When Second Lady Usha Vance announced that she would be going to Greenland to visit cultural sites and get to know the locals, husband JD Vance was quick to insert himself in her plans. In a rather clingy move, JD announced he would be joining Usha on her ...

The White House and Pentagon did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Danish support for the US operation was first reported by Newsmax. Nathanielsen said Greenlanders understand that the US sees Greenland as part of its national security sphere.

President Donald Trump says controlling Greenland is essential to prevent Russia and China from gaining more of a foothold in the Arctic. But a number of concerned European officials and a growing, bipartisan contingent of lawmakers in Washington believe that Trump’s insistence that the U.

Alessandro RAMPAZZO / AFP via Trump claims that the United States has to have Greenland for national security purposes because the Arctic is under threat from Russia and China. The U.S., he has said,