Washington – Second lady Usha Vance is planning a trip to Greenland, the self -governing, mineral -rich territory of US ally Denmark, which President Donald Trump suggested that the United States should take control.
Vance will leave on Thursday and return on Saturday, according to her office. Vance and one of her three children will be part of an American delegation that will “visit historic sites, to learn about Greenland’s heritage and to attend the avantim Kimusersu, the national race of Greenland’s dogs.”
The competition includes about 37 mosheres and 444 dogs and offers what the Vance office has defined as “remarkable speed, skill and teamwork. The statement states that Vance and the delegation” are excited to witness this monumental race and to celebrate the culture and unity of Greenland. “
Media in Greenland and Denmark report that during his journey this week, Vance will be accompanied by Trump Mike Walk National Security Advisor. The White House and the National Security Council did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Trump had pondered during his first term on the purchase of the largest island in the world, even as Copenhagen, a NATO ally, insisted that it was not sold.
Upon his return to the White House, Trump has repeatedly said that the United States will come to control Greenland, insisting that he supports the idea of strategic reasons for national security – not with a look at American expansionism.
“I think we will have it,” Trump told Greenland shortly after his second term on January 20 began. The US already has a military base for Greenland and the son of the President, Donald Trump, Jr., visited him in January.
During a recent meeting at the Oval Office with NATO Secretary General Mark Rute, Trump said “Denmark is very far from Greenland and asked whether this country was still entitled to claim the most large island in the world as part of its kingdom.
“A boat landed there 200 years ago or something. And they say they have rights over it,” Trump said. “I don’t know if this is true. I don’t think it’s really.”
All five countries in Greenland’s parliament issued a joint statement last week, rejecting Trump’s remarks. Denmark acknowledged Greenland’s right to independence in time of choice.
Beyond its focus on Greenland, Trump declined to exclude military intervention in Panama to seize the channel of this country, said Canada should be the 51st country in America and suggested that the US interests could take control of the war-torn strip from Israel and re-rebuild it as a “rivira”.
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The writer of the Associated Press Kirsten Grishaber in Berlin has contributed to this report.
