J.D. Vance doubled down on the administration's interest in acquiring Greenland while at the Pituffik Space Base as Donald Trump argued the U.S. "can't" do without it.
A high-powered US delegation arrived in Greenland as Trump talks about acquiring the island. 'Do you think we can do without it?,' Trump said. 'We can't.'
Vice President Vance looked to appeal to Greenland by urging it to side with the US, not Russia or China, after it seeks independence from Denmark.
An international relations expert said there are a few ways Trump could acquire Greenland, however, those options would have serious consequences to the world order.
"There was so much excitement around Usha's visit to Greenland this Friday that I decided I didn't want her to have all that fun by herself, and so I'm going to join her," Vance said in a video announcement Tuesday.
President Donald Trump has made U.S. control of Greenland a pillar of his second term’s burgeoning foreign policy.
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