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JD Vance’s visit to Greenland is ‘unacceptable pressure’ by US: Danish PM

Protesters in Greenland take part in a march, ending in front of the US consulate, under the slogan, 'Greenland belongs to the Greenlandic people', in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 15, 2025 [Christian Klindt Soelbeck/Ritzau Scanpix via Reuters]

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has accused the United States of exerting “unacceptable pressure” on Greenland in advance of a provocative high-level visit to the Arctic territory led by US Vice President JD Vance.

Vance, who has become the attack dog of US President Donald Trump’s foreign policy, will travel with his wife, Usha, and other senior officials to the US’s Pituffik Space Base in Greenland on Friday, “to receive a briefing on Arctic security issues and meet with US servicemembers”, his office said in a statement.

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