Citing ‘Excitement’ About Trip, Vance To Join Second Lady on Greenland Visit Even as Residents, Leaders Say ‘Go Away’

Vance says the Danish territory has been ‘threatened’ by ‘a lot of other countries.’

AP/Evgeniy Maloletka
A military vessel, HDMS Ejnar Mikkelsen of the Royal Danish Navy, patrols near Nuuk, Greenland. AP/Evgeniy Maloletka

Greenlanders openly expressing frustration with Second Lady Usha Vance’s trip to their Arctic island are getting what may be an unwelcome update: The vice president is now scheduled to tag along.

In a video posted on X on Tuesday, Vice President Vance said, “There is so much excitement about Usha’s visit to Greenland this Friday that I decided that I didn’t want her to have all that fun by herself, and so I’m going to join her.”

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