 "Do you want to meet Usha Vance? 'No, thanks', say Greenlanders ahead of JD Vance and US Second Lady's visit")
US President Donald Trump seems to be adamant about seizing Greenland in the name of “international security” and will likely only rest after the acquisition is complete. He has been relentlessly pitching the idea of “buying” Greenland despite opposition from the government and the country’s citizens, so much so that he is sending his vice president to take stock of the situation.
JD Vance and the second lady of the US, Usha Vance, will be flying down to Greenland on Friday, but no one really wants to meet her. A report by Danish TV 2 says that the US administration conducted a door-to-door survey in Greenland to ask whether they want to receive a visit from Usha Vance. Their response? No, thanks.
Ahead of her prominent visit to the island, the Second Lady is facing not only local disapproval but also a withdrawal of support from Tupilak Travel. Based in Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, the company had initially agreed to host Usha Vance but decided to back out on Thursday.
The company said in a statement, “After closer consideration, however, we have now informed the consulate that we do not want her visit, as we cannot accept the underlying agenda and will not be part of the press show that, quite, of course, comes with it. No thanks to nice visit… Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders.”
JD and Usha Vance’s visit
US Vice President JD Vance will tour a US military base in Greenland with his wife Usha Vance.
Trump insisted on Wednesday that the United States needed the vast Arctic island for national and international security, and has previously refused to rule out the use of force to get it.
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More ShortsThe couple will only visit the US-run Pituffik Space Base in the northwest of the island, accompanied by US Energy Secretary Chris Wright.
The delegation is to meet with US Space Force members and “check out what’s going on with the security” of Greenland, Vance said in a video message.
‘Unacceptable pressure’
Greenlanders have joined its government’s protest against the Vance couple’s visit, with many citizens saying they will not be welcoming the US delegation to their country.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen denounced plans by a US delegation to visit the Arctic island uninvited – for what was initially a much broader visit to Greenlandic society – as “unacceptable pressure” on Greenland and Denmark.
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