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Greenlandfs leader says US officialsf visit is ehighly aggressive.f Trump says itfs efriendliness, not provocationf
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Greenlandfs prime minister said a planned visit to the island by US officials, including second lady Usha Vance, is ghighly aggressive,h plunging relations to a new low after President Donald Trump vowed to annex the autonomous Danish territory.
But despite the backlash, Trump has insisted the visit is about gfriendliness, not provocationh@and claims the US team was ginvited.h
Vance, the wife of US Vice President JD Vance, will travel to Greenland this week to watch the islandfs national dogsled race and gcelebrate Greenlandic culture and unity,h according to a statement from the White House. National security adviser Mike Waltz is also expected to visit the territory this week, according to a source familiar with the trip.
Greenland Prime Minister Mute B. Egede called the US delegationfs trip to the island ghighly aggressiveh in an interview with Greenlandic newspaper Sermitsiaq on Sunday, and raised particular objection to Waltzfs visit.
gWhat is the national security adviser doing in Greenland? The only purpose is to demonstrate power over us,h Egede said. gHis mere presence in Greenland will no doubt fuel American belief in Trumpfs mission@and the pressure will increase.h
Trump claimed on Monday that people in Greenland have responded warmly to the USfs recent interest in the territory. gTheyfre calling us. Wefre not calling them. And we were invited over there,h he said.
gWefre dealing with a lot of people from Greenland that would like to see something happen with respect to them being properly protected and properly taken care of,h Trump told reporters following a meeting with his Cabinet.
gI think Greenland is going to be something that maybe is in our future,h Trump added.
The president said he believes Secretary of State Marco Rubio would be traveling to Greenland too.
Trumpfs idea to annex Greenland has thrown an international spotlight on the territory, which holds vast stores of rare earth minerals critical for high-tech industries, and has raised questions about the islandfs future security as the US, Russia and China vie for influence in the Arctic. Trump has repeatedly expressed interest in the US taking the island by force or economic coercion, even as Denmark and Greenland have firmly rejected the idea.
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