Covered from top to nails with heavy clothing- gloves, miller jacket and surely thick sweaters- Jay Di Vance He pressed today (28.03.2025) his leg at Greenland.
Accompanied by his wife, US Vice President Jay Di Vance arrived in Greenland, the Danish area that Donald Trump wants, for a Visit to the air base of Pitoufik, which the US has on the northwest coast.
The mission aircraft, also involved in internal security adviser Mike Walts and Energy Minister Chris Wright, landed at the base of Pitoufik at 12.52 local time (17.52 hours of Greece), according to reporters on the plane.
The vice president did not speak to the cameras waiting for him as he arrived on the island, but entered a shielded vehicle for a while after his landing from Air Force 2.
Speaking to US troops at the base, he said it was “very cool” to be the first vice president to ever visit Greenland.
“The mission is really important, the Trump government is really interested in the security of the Arctic. It is a big issue and will become bigger in the coming decades.
As you have heard, we have some interest in Greenland by the Trump government, so we will talk about it with our media friends in the media, “he said.
US officials are likely to meet angry protesters, with additional police officers recruited to monitor the scheduled demonstrations.
Initially, Usha was to travel to Greenland alone with her son to watch a dog sled in Sisimiut – but the visit was canceled as no local was willing to pre -empt it …
It is one of the most famous dog sleigh races in the world: Avannaata Qimussersua or the Grand North.
This is essentially Greenland’s Super Bowl. However, the news of the US Vice President’s arrival in the midst of increasing tension between the US and Greenland was considered more as a threat to the island’s deeply favorite sporting event.
“We didn’t invite them,” the organizers of the race said in a statement last Sunday (23.03.2025), referring to the Vance family.
Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen It denounced the US plans to visit the Arctic island uninvited – for a visit initially a wider visit to the Greenland society – as “unacceptable pressure” to Greenland and Denmark.
The majority of Greenlanders are opposed to the US annexation, according to a January poll.
The Pituffik base is a key part of Washington’s infrastructure for anti -missile defense, as its position in the Arctic places it on the shortest rocket route launched by Russia to the United States.
Known as Thule Air Base by 2023, it served as a warning guard for possible attacks by the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
It is also a strategic location for aerial and underwater surveillance in the northern hemisphere, which Washington claims that Denmark has neglected.