Vance quarreled in Denmark during the trip to Greenland

US Vice President JD Vance has accused Denmark of leaving Greenland vulnerable to alleged invasions from China and Russia as he asked his people to “reduce a deal” with the United States.

Speaking during a visit to the Arctic Island, Vance minimizes President Donald Trump’s recent threats to take over the island with force.

Instead, he urged Greenland to separate the connections and win his independence from Denmark, which he said did not invest enough to protect the semi -autonomous territory.

An prevailing majority Greenland is opposed to the idea of ​​annexation, a poll indicated in January. Greenland’s Prime Minister said the US visit shows “lack of respect”.

And King Frederick of Denmark also rejected the US plan.

“We live in a changed reality,” said the monarch on social media on Friday. “There should be no doubt that my love for Greenland and my connectivity to Greenland people are intact.”

A visit to Friday was originally declared a “cultural” tour by Vance’s wife, Usha, where she will watch a dog destruction race, but she stopped a few days of adjustments, as the visit attracted attention and concerns about security, with many protests planned.

Instead, Vance and the second lady were in Greenland for just over 24 hours, visiting only the Pitik space base, a missile defense facility in the remote north of the island, about 930 m (1500 km) from the capital, Nuk.

He uses the opportunity to aim in Denmark, claiming that he should “protect people from Greenland from many aggressive invasions from Russia, from China and other nations” without providing further details.

He specifically called the parties to show interest in routes and minerals in the region, as the island of 57,000 people is thought to have massive preserved minerals and oil reserves.

In his remarks, Vance strives to reassure the Greenland people that the United States will not use military force to take the island from Denmark. Instead, he urged Greenland to embrace “self -determination” and to separate connections with Denmark, who controls the region since 1721.

“We think we will be able to reduce Donald Trump -style deal to guarantee security in this territory,” Vance said.

“We hope they choose to partner with the United States, because we are the only nation on Earth that will respect their sovereignty and respect their security,” he said, adding that “their security is very security.”

The Vice President said the US does not have immediate plans to expand the US military presence on the spot, but will invest more resources, including naval ships and military icebreakers.

“Our message to Denmark is very simple,” Vance said.

“You haven’t done a good job of the Greenland people. You are not invested in the people of Greenland and have invested in the security of this incredible, beautiful land.”

Together with his wife, Vance joined the trip by US National Security Advisor Mike Walz and Energy Secretary Chris Wright.

The external temperature at Pitifik was -3f (-19 C).

Back to the White House, President Donald Trump insists that the United States need Greenland to guarantee “peace of the world” and that its waterways have “Chinese and Russian ships everywhere.”

“We need Greenland, very important, for international security,” he said.

“We have to have Greenland. It’s not a matter of:” Do you think we can do without it? “We can’t.”

He said that Denmark and the European Union understand the situation “And if they do not, we will have to explain it to them.”

In a statement to the BBC, Danish Prime Minister Met Fredericksen took up the comments of Vance.

“For many years, we have stood side by side with Americans in very difficult situations,” she said. “Therefore, it is not an accurate way that the Vice President refers to Denmark.”

She said Denmark has significantly increased defense costs, but would further increase its investment with more observation, new Arctic ships, long -distance drones and satellite capacity.

“We are ready and night-to cooperate with the Americans,” she said. “Cooperation to be based on the necessary international rules of the game.”

The new Greenland Prime Minister, Jens-Frederick Nielsen, said before Vance’s visit that he showed “lack of respect for Greenland people”.

In the Greenland capital of Nuuk, some people with whom the BBC is talking to have not been earned by American overtures.

At the city’s cultural center, the artist Carline Pullsen said, “There are many ways to say things. But I think the way President Trump says is not the way.”

A woman who gave her the name only as Nina said, “I’m concerned (for a visit). It’s something weird, I don’t like it.”

Her daughter Anita said the visit caused “a lot of uncertainty and many people are worried.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he considers Trump’s plans for Greenland as “serious”.

He expressed concern that “NATO countries as a whole increasingly define the distant north as a springboard for possible conflicts.”