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Topic - Greenland Posted: 24 Mar 2025 at 2:38am By Dutch Josh 2 |
https://www.thelocal.dk/20250323/wife-of-us-vp-vance-to-visit-greenland or https://www.thelocal.dk/20250323/wife-of-us-vp-vance-to-visit-greenland ;(paywalled...new form of censorship...)
https://www.dw.com/en/us-second-lady-usha-vance-to-visit-greenland/a-72013993 or https://www.dw.com/en/us-second-lady-usha-vance-to-visit-greenland/a-72013993 ; JD Vance's wife, Second Lady Usha Vance, will travel to Greenland on Thursday. US President Donald Trump has said he wants to take control of the mineral-rich, autonomous Danish territory. Second Lady Usha Vance, the wife of the United States Vice President JD Vance, is due to visit the autonomous Danish territory of Greenland this week, the White House said Sunday. Vance will be accompanied by one of her three children as part of a US delegation that will also include President Donald Trump's National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and Energy Secretary Chris Wright. During the three-day trip, which begins Thursday, Vance will view historical sites, learn about Greenland's heritage, and watch the Avannaata Qimussersu, the Arctic territory's national dogsled race, the White House said in a statement. - A US official said that Waltz and Wright were expected to visit a US military base in Greenland during the trip. - In an interview Sunday with Greenlandic daily Sermitsiaq, Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said the US delegation's visit "cannot be seen independently of the public statements" Trump has made. "We want to work with the Americans," Frederiksen told Sermitsiaq. "But it must and shall be a cooperation based on the fundamental values of sovereignty and respect between countries and peoples. This is something we take seriously," she added. Polls suggest that a majority of Greenland residents support independence from Denmark but are against being annexed by Washington. A Greenlandic party that favors gradual independence from Copenhagen won a recent general election in the territory. DJ, Both DenmarK (DK) and the EU are "unhappy" with US-trump plans...however for now are NOT stopping it.. Greenland politics should seek security in a deal that also includes (nearby and stronger) Canada...Turn US bases into NATO (most EU) bases... Under present agreements DK and Greenland may NOT be able to stop the US from "increasing all kinds of military activities"...However other NATO members also "could increase that kind of activities".... If that does not do enough of a job maybe neutral/Antarctic countries could be invited to "increase their presence" in Greenland ? (Chile, Argentina ? ).
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