1h ago
19.07 GMT
JD
Vance's criticism of Denmark over Greenland - summary
US
vice-president JD Vance said Denmark “has not done a good job at keeping
Greenland safe,” accusing it of “underinvesting in the people of Greenland and
… in the security architecture” of the island (19:23).
He argued
that “Denmark has not kept pace in devoting the resources necessary to keep
this base, to keep our troops, and in my view, to keep the people of Greenland
safe” from Russia, China and other nations with interest in this area” (19:20).
He accused
Denmark of “passing it all off” to Americans and hoping they would pick up the
bill for it (19:30), saying the US argument was “with the leadership of
Greenland,” adding: “this simply must change” (19:25)
He called
for allies to “wake up from a failed 40-year consensus that said that we could
ignore the encroachment of powerful countries as they expand to their
ambitions” and said “we can’t just … bury our head in the snow” (19:27).
Vance
appeared to back the independence movement in Greenland, saying the
administration’s view was that the Greenlanders would “choose … to become
independent of Denmark, and then we are going to have conversations … from
there” (19:41).
But he said
that Trump “does not think that military force is going to be necessary” to see
the advances the US wants.
Speaking
more broadly about the Trump administration’s policies, including on tariffs,
he said “we are done being the piggy bank of the entire world,” while repeating
his attack on “European friends” for “neglecting international security for 40
years” (19:35).
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