US authorities: US Vice President Vance landed on Greenland | EUROtoday

US Vice President JD Vance has arrived for a controversial go to to Greenland. The deputy of the US President Donald Trump landed within the late afternoon (CET) on the American navy base Pituffik, as could possibly be seen in stay recordings by the broadcaster CNN. He due to this fact received out of the machine collectively along with his spouse Usha.

The Pituffik Space Base, which was referred to as Thule Air Base till two years in the past, is taken into account the world’s northernmost navy facility within the United States. It is about 1,500 kilometers north of the Greenland capital Nuuk and is of nice significance for world rocket protection and house surveillance. Officially, there was a briefing for Vance concerning the safety state of affairs within the Arctic and an encounter with the stationed US troopers. It was additionally anticipated that Vance will touch upon journalists who traveled with us for a number of hours.

Trump has repeatedly spoken of desirous to take management of Greenland prior to now few months. He justifies this with nationwide or worldwide safety. He criticized the American NATO allied Denmark a number of instances, whose Kingdom of Greenland formally belongs.

Vance is the very best consultant of the Trump camp, who visits Greenland. Unlike presidential son Donald Trump Jr. throughout a media -effective brief journey in January, he won’t journey to Nuuk and doubtless won’t get in contact with the Greenland inhabitants.

Greenland politics has repeatedly spoken out clearly towards Trump’s advances. According to a survey, a big majority of the island inhabitants itself is, nonetheless, to grow to be a part of the United States from Trump.