US Vice President Closes Ranks On Annexing Greenland After Leaked Controversy

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News

PITUFFIK, GREENLAND (Worthy News) – Under pressure for allegedly disagreeing with his boss on other foreign policies, Vice President JD Vance rushed to close ranks on Greenland, telling troops the U.S. has to gain control over the Arctic island.

Vance said over the weekend that the United States has to get Greenland to stop the threat of China and Russia as Denmark has “not done a good job.”

Greenland, a former Danish colony, is a semi-autonomous territory within the kingdom of Denmark, its foreign and security policies run by Copenhagen.

Yet Vance said during a visit to Pituffik space base on Friday, “Our message to Denmark is very simple: you have not done a good job by the people of Greenland. You have underinvested in them and in the security architecture of this incredible, beautiful landmass.”

Vance, 40, said Air Force Two flew over some “pretty cool spots” approaching the northern coast of the world’s largest island before he sat down for lunch with some of the roughly 150 American forces at the Pituffik Space Base.

Second Lady Usha Vance, national security adviser Mike Waltz, Energy Secretary Chris Wright, and Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee joined the vice president on his whirlwind stop in the Arctic.

His comments on Greenland also came after it became clear that Vance had disagreed with his boss, President Donald J. Trump, on his policy toward the Houthis.

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In a recent leaked chat in the social media Signal group, Vance wondered if it was in the U.S.’ interest to strike the Iran-backed group in Yemen.

“Team, I am out for the day doing an economic event in Michigan. But I think we are making a mistake,” he wrote, according to The Atlantic magazine, which published screenshots from the alleged conversation.

The Vance account added, “3 percent of US trade runs through the Suez. 40 percent of European trade does. There is a real risk that the public doesn’t understand this or why it’s necessary. The strongest reason to do this is, as [ the President of the United States] POTUS said, to send a message.”

The Vance account then made a noteworthy statement, as the vice president has not deviated publicly from Trump’s position on virtually any issue. “I am not sure the president is aware how inconsistent this is with his message on Europe right now. There’s a further risk that we see a moderate to severe spike in oil prices. I am willing to support the consensus of the team and keep these concerns to myself. But there is a strong argument for delaying this a month, doing the messaging work on why this matters, seeing where the economy is, etc.”

The account identified as “JD Vance” sent a message at 8:45 to @Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary: “If you think we should do it, let’s go. I just hate bailing Europe out again.”

The administration argued that America’s European allies benefit economically from the U.S. Navy’s protection of international shipping lanes.

However, Vance made clear Friday he supported Trump’s security policies, especially regarding Greenland.

Shortly after he flew into the ice-locked US military base of Pituffik in northwest Greenland on Friday with his wife, Usha, and other senior US officials, the vice president told US troops he was “really interested in Arctic security.”

In the White House, Trump reiterated his previous claims that the US needs Greenland for “world peace.”

“I think Greenland understands that the United States should own it,” he told reporters. “And if Denmark and the [European Union] EU don’t understand it, we have to explain it to them. We need Greenland. Very importantly, for international security, we have to have Greenland.” There are, he claimed, “Chinese and Russian ships all over the place.”

Hours before Vance arrived in Nuuk, political leaders agreed to form a broad four-party coalition government in a show of national unity. In a rebuke to the Trump administration and its public campaign to gain control of Greenland, four of the territory’s five parties signed the coalition agreement on Friday, which states on page one: “Greenland belongs to us.”

The delegation’s plans were hastily rescheduled just days before to cut out visits to the capital, Nuuk, and a dog sled race in Sisimiut after widespread outrage in Nuuk and Copenhagen over the unsolicited trip. Initially, the second lady was scheduled to travel without the vice president.

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