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
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Trump news at a glance: Vance stakes US claim for Greenland as island’s new coalition insists it ‘belongs to us’
JD Vance told troops in Greenland that the US has to gain control of the Arctic island to stop the threat of China and Russia as he doubled down on his criticism of Denmark, which he said has “not done a good job”. As the US vice-president toured Pituffik space base, Donald Trump reiterated his