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(51,797 posts)Vice President JD Vance spent his time in Greenland doubling down on the Trump administrations threats to take the territory from Denmark.
Our message to Denmark is very simple, Vance said at a press conference in Greenland on Friday. You have not done a good job by the people of Greenland, you have underinvested in the people of Greenland, and you have underinvested in the security architecture of this incredible, beautiful land mass filled with incredible people. That has to change.
The president said we have to have Greenland, and I think that we do have to be more serious about the security of Greenland, Vance continued. We respect the self-determination of the people of Greenland, but my argument to them is: I think that youd be a lot better coming under the United States security umbrella than you have been under Denmarks security umbrella. Because what Denmarks security umbrella has meant is effectively theyve passed it all off to brave Americans and hoped that we would pick up the tab
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