‘The US should take over Greenland’: JD Vance says population would choose independence from Denmark and there will be no need to send in the troops

America’s Vice-President last night predicted Greenlanders would choose independence from Denmark. In a defiant speech during a fleeting visit to a US base on Greenland, JD Vance warned of threatening Russian and Chinese activity in the Arctic in recent years. He said Donald Trump was right to talk of taking over the territory, which has

Why does Donald Trump want Greenland?

The name Greenland was coined by the Norse explorer Erik the Red. Exiled from Iceland for homicide, he landed there in around 982 and settled there a few years later. He chose the name to encourage other settlers, though it was misleading: the Greenland ice sheet, the world’s second-largest body of ice, is more than

Adani and PGTI to launch Invitational Golf Championship

Kapil Dev and Gautam Adani during a meeting in Ahmedabad The Adani Group is set to enter Indian professional golf with the launch of ‘Adani Invitational Golf Championship 2025’, in partnership with the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), the official sanctioning body of men’s professional golf in India. This Adani Group initiative intends to

JD Vance Threatens Greenland in Visit Where No One Wanted to See Him

Vice President JD Vance spent his time in Greenland doubling down on the Trump administration’s threats to take the territory from Denmark. “Our message to Denmark is very simple,” Vance said at a press conference in Greenland on Friday. “You have not done a good job by the people of Greenland, you have underinvested in

J.D. and Usha Vance Went to Greenland. It Did Not Appear to Go Well.

Politics A Visual Diary of the Vances’ No Good, Very Bad Greenland Visit Turns out that the people of Greenland are not pleased that Trump still keeps going on about acquiring their homeland. “You want me to snap that pic so you can all be in it? Here, let me take it.” Jim Watson/Pool/Getty Images