President Donald Trump reiterated his arguments about the U.S. taking over Greenland on Wednesday, just before Vice President JD Vance prepares to visit the island.
Trump said his administration must “let them know that we need Greenland to be safe and secure for international security. We need it. We have to have it.” Vance and His wife, Usha Vance, will visit the island-based U.S. space facilities.
“It is [an] What we need is an island with defensive postures or even offensive postures. …It’s a busy place when you look at hundreds of people along the boats along the shore. ” he said in an interview with radio host Vince Coglianes.
Trump continued to say he is not sure whether the Greenland people want to be American citizens, but he thinks it is important to “convince them.”
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President Donald Trump doubled his ambition to win Greenland this week. (Reuters/Brian Snyder)
“We have to own this land because without it, it is impossible to defend much of the planet correctly. So we have to own it, and I think we will have it.”
JD Vance recalls his wife texting him during dinner in Silicon Valley: “These people are crazy”
Vice President says he will visit Space power On Friday, the guardians of Pituffik Space Base “with Greenland’s Security” conducted a “check on what”.
The base is the “northmost device” of the Ministry of Defense, a press release from the Vance office said.
Vice President JD Vance will travel to Greenland with his wife Usha Vance on Friday. (Fox News / Hannity)
“The visit of the Vice President and the Second Lady to Pituffik Space Base will replace the Second Lady’s previous announcement of a tournament to Avannaata Qimussersu in Sisimiut,” the press release said.
Trump remains optimistic about the chances of getting Greenland: “I think this will happen”
“The strategic partnership between the United States and Greenland has long played a crucial role in our national and economic security. During World War II, the United States established twelve military bases in Greenland to defend the North Atlantic to avoid Nazi invasion. During the Cold War, the United States provided Greenland with more resources to prevent Greenland from resisting the Soviet Union in the Soviet Union, declared.”
Pituffik Space Base (formerly the Thule Air Base with the dome of the Thule Tracking Station) is pictured in northern Greenland. (Thomas traasdahl/ritzau scanpix/afp via Getty image)
“In the decades since then, the neglect and inaction of Danish leaders and past U.S. governments have provided an opportunity for opponents to raise their priorities In Greenland and the Arctic. President Trump is changing the course correctly. ”
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Sarah Tobianski and Alex Nitzberg of Fox News contribute to this report
