Disputed journey: “Don’t want her to have all the fun alone” – Vance accompanies spouse to Greenland | EUROtoday

US Vice President JD Vance needs to accompany his spouse Usha on her controversial go to to Greenland subsequent Friday. “The excitement for our visit to Greenland this Friday was so great – so I decided that I don’t want her to have all the fun alone,” introduced President Donald Trump’s deputy in a video on the X platform. So he would journey there along with his spouse.

Usha Vance’s journey plans lately made headlines. Greenland was not very happy with the go to. The background to Trump is the background that he wish to take management of the massive island within the North Atlantic.

Greenland belongs to Denmark. The island is close to North America, which arouses geopolitical pursuits. The island is of nice significance for the navy management of the Arctic and can also be wealthy in uncooked supplies similar to uncommon earths. In addition, essential transport routes run within the area.

Trump has had an eye fixed on Greenland for a very long time. In his first time period (2017 to 2021) he had proposed that the USA may merely purchase the island. At that point, the Greenlanders had been outraged. During his second time period, he now raised entitlement to checking the island and has repeated his want to flip it into American territory prior to now few months. Trump justifies this with the nationwide or worldwide safety of the United States. Against this background, his son Donald Jr. had already traveled to the Greenland capital Nuuk for a day firstly of January – which additionally brought on a sensation.

Donald Trump had lately claimed that the deliberate go to from Usha Vance had successes. However, the manager authorities of Greenland made it clear that she had not invited anybody – neither for a non-public nor on an official go to. After the parliamentary election of March 11, Greenland politics is at present within the technique of forming a brand new authorities. On April 1st, native elections will even happen on the island.

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen additionally complained that when visiting Usha Vance, it’s clearly not about what Greenland wants or want. Frederiksen spoke of an unacceptable stress that’s exerted on Greenland and Denmark. The NATO accomplice Denmark factors out that the residents of the largely autonomous Greenland themselves may resolve on their future and their attainable independence from the Danish kingdom.

Vance additionally plans a go to to the troop

According to official info, Usha Vance had initially deliberate to go to historic websites collectively along with her son and companions, to be taught extra concerning the Greenland legacy and to attend a standard canine sled race. Now not solely the journey elegation has modified, but additionally this system: According to the White House, a go to to the canine sled race has been canceled. Instead, a gathering of the vances with US armed forces is deliberate. A go to to the troop can also be attainable with out invitation from the host nation.

Trump’s Vice Vance stated that he needed to satisfy representatives of the US World Commerce Command Space Force when visiting Greenland and watched “how it is about security in Greenland”. Many different nations have threatened Greenland – and likewise threatened to make use of their territories and waterways with a view to act towards the USA and Canada. “So we will check how things are going there,” he pushed. Politicians within the United States and Denmark have ignored Greenland for much too lengthy, he complained.