Denmark’s foreign minister criticized a on Monday, calling it “inappropriate.”
Greenland is a territory that has some self-governance but is still part of Denmark, and it is wanted by US President Donald Trump.
“This shows an appetite among Americans that is inappropriate,” the minister, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, told broadcaster TV2.
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.
‘s outgoing Prime Minister Mute Egede called the delegation’s visit, which runs from Thursday to Saturday, a “provocation” and said his caretaker government would not meet with it.
“Until recently, we could trust the Americans, who were our allies and friends, and with whom we enjoyed working closely,” Egede told local newspaper Sermitsiaq. “But that time is over.”
The visit comes as of the mineral-rich territory, which is strategically located in the Arctic Ocean between Europe and North America.
Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has repeatedly said that he wants the US to take over Greenland for national security reasons, refusing to rule out using force to do so.
“I think Greenland is going to be something that maybe is in our future,” he said at cabinet meeting on Monday.
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