Overview

• Vice President JD Vance emphasized Greenland's strategic importance for U.S. security, citing threats from Russian and Chinese ambitions in the Arctic.
• Greenland's government criticized the visit as 'highly aggressive,' with protests forcing the U.S. delegation to limit its itinerary to the Pituffik Space Base.
• Vance claimed Denmark has neglected Greenland, arguing that U.S. involvement would enhance the island's security and prosperity.
• Greenland's newly formed coalition government has united against U.S. annexation efforts, excluding the pro-Trump Naleraq party from power.
• President Trump has made Greenland a key focus of his second term, but local resistance to annexation remains strong, with many Greenlanders rejecting U.S. overtures.