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Greenland residents address 'concerning' JD Vance visit after Donald Trump vows to 'have' the country

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Updated 20:51 28 Mar 2025 GMTPublished 20:29 28 Mar 2025 GMT

Greenland residents address 'concerning' JD Vance visit after Donald Trump vows to 'have' the country

It's not just the weather that's 'cold as s**t' for Vance

Jess Battison

Jess Battison

Greenland residents have spoken out over JD Vance’s visit following Donald Trump’s consistent vows to make the autonomous country his.

The Vice President controversially arrived at the US military base of Pituffik in the territory earlier today (28 March), and it isn’t sitting well with a lot of those who live there.

It comes as Trump continues to insist Greenland should be under his control, something he has been expressing since his first time in office.

He insisted that the US ‘have to have Greenland’ and that: “It’s not a question of ‘Do you think we can do without it?’ We can’t.”

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This isn’t something that the country are exactly on board with, as many protested Vance’s unofficial visit today.

JD Vance's arrival wasn't necessarily warmly received. (Jim Watson - Pool / Getty Images)
JD Vance's arrival wasn't necessarily warmly received. (Jim Watson - Pool / Getty Images)

Greenland's Acting Prime Minister Mute Egede said: “Just for the record, the government of Greenland has not extended any invitations for any visits, neither private nor official."

Vance arrived anyway, saying ‘it’s cold as s**t here’ as a video of him talking to soldiers at the US military base went viral.

But it’s not just the weather that’s icy but the attitude from residents towards him.

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One woman named Nina, in the capital city of Nuuk, told the BBC: “I'm concerned (about the visit)...this is kind of odd, I don't like it.”

And her daughter, Anita, explained that this visit has caused ‘a lot of uncertainty and a lot of people are worried’.

She claimed that the ‘intentions’ of the Americans ‘aren't as pure or as clear as they claim to be’.

While Anita added that Greenlanders are typically ‘very welcoming people’, many apparently said they'd turn their backs on the Vice President and his wife if they saw them ‘because of the disrespect’ from the US.

The visit was scaled back following criticism. (Jim Watson - Pool / Getty Images)
The visit was scaled back following criticism. (Jim Watson - Pool / Getty Images)

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Trump claims Greenland is needed ‘for national security and international security’, but it's currently officially a territory within the Kingdom of Denmark.

It does, however, have its own government and a population of about 57,000 people.

During his address to troops stationed in Greenland today, Vance said that the base there is vital for monitoring missile threats to North America, while slamming Denmark for ‘under-investing’ in its ‘security architecture’.

And when asked about Trump’s vow to ‘have’ the island, he said: “We respect the self-determination of Greenlanders.”

After today’s visit, it seems to still be unclear quite what the US ‘endgame’ is in Greenland, but Vance seems certain that eventually the territory will ‘cut a deal’ with the states.

Featured Image Credit: BBC

Topics: Donald Trump, JD Vance, Politics, US News, World News

Jess Battison
Jess Battison

Jess is a Senior Journalist with a love of all things pop culture. Her main interests include asking everyone in the office what they're having for tea, waiting for a new series of The Traitors and losing her voice at a Beyoncé concert. She graduated with a first in Journalism from City, University of London in 2021.

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