Washington – Second Lady Usha Vance Plan a trip to Green EarthThe autonomous territory and rich in minerals of the American ally Denmark that president Donald Trump He has suggested that the United States should take control.
Vance will leave Thursday and return on Saturday, according to his office. Vance and one of his three children will be part of an American delegation to “visit historical sites, learn about the heritage of Greenland and attend Advanaata Qimussersu, the national race of Greenland dogs.”
The race presents about 37 Mushers and 444 dogs and offers what Vance’s office described as a “remarkable sample of speed, skill and teamwork. The statement said that Vance and the delegation” are excited to witness this monumental race and celebrate the culture and unity of Greenland. “
The media in Greenland and Denmark reported that during their trip this week, Vance would be accompanied by Trump’s national security advisor Mike Waltz. The White House and the National Security Council did not immediately respond to requests for comments.
Trump had reflected during his first mandate on buying the world’s largest island, even when Copenhagen, an NATO ally, insisted that he was not on sale.
Since he returned to the White House, Trump has repeatedly said that the United States will come to control Greenland by insisting that he supports the idea for strategic reasons for national security, not with an eye towards American expansionism.
“I think we will have it,” Trump said about Greenland shortly after starting his second term on January 20. The United States already has a military base in Greenland and the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., He visited it in January.
During a recent Oval Office meeting with NATO general secretary Mark Rutte, Trump said “Denmark is very far” from Greenland, and questioned if that country still had the right to claim the largest island in the world as part of its kingdom.
“A boat landed there 200 years or something ago. And they say they have rights over it,” Trump said. “I don’t know if that’s true. I don’t think it’s really.”
The five parts in the Parliament of Greenland issued a joint statement Last week he rejected Trump’s comments. Denmark has recognized the right to independence of Greenland at a time of choice.
Beyond his focus on Greenland, Trump has He refused to rule out military intervention in Panama To resume the channel of that country, he said that Canada should be State 51 of the United States and suggested that the interests of the United States could assume control of the torn Gaza Strip of Israel and rebuilding it as A complex with the sea of ”Riviera”.
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Associated Press Kirsten Grieshaber writer in Berlin contributed to this report.
