'We Must Ensure the US Leads in the Arctic' — JD Vance in Greenland

Denmark has failed to protect the island, Vance says. "This place is less safe than it was 30-40 years ago," he claimed. Greenland's infrastructure, security architecture and manpower are "underinvested" and "that has to change," Vance said.

Meanwhile, in the United States, Donald Trump added his voice to the Greenland issue: "We need Greenland for international security. We have to have Greenland."

Greenland was a colony of Denmark until 1953. It remains part of the kingdom, but was granted autonomy in 2009 with the possibility of self-government and independent choices in domestic politics. In 2019, there were a series of media reports that Trump was considering buying Greenland.