US Vice President JD Vance to join his wife on controversial trip to Greenland

You can't organise a private visit with official representatives of another country,

Frederiksen told reporters

We'll turn our backs when they drive by. It's our way of showing we don't agree with their presence and manner,

said local organizer Per Norgard

Mette Frederiksenprime Minister

We are allies, we have a defence agreement on Greenland that dates back to 1951,

Frederiksen said

We are told the U.S. national security adviser and energy secretary are coming here to watch dog sled races. Be careful! How do such high-ranking people have time for that while there are crises in many parts of the world

he said in a statement

The Americans have received clear instructions that meetings can only happen once a new Greenlandic government has taken office. Our integrity and democracy must be respected, without any interference from outside,

Egede wrote

No one from the Greenlandic official system has invited the so-called tourists. They're coming, using soft power diplomacy and also focusing on security issues and this is totally unacceptable,

Chemnitz told AFP

We’re going to check out how things are going there,

Vance said in a post on Tuesday (Washington time).

These are not random tourists. It is a signal -- a charm offensive to draw Greenland toward the USA. There is no appetite for that in Greenland or the Kingdom, and therefore it is not good timing,

he told DR

Greenland and Denmark have stated very clearly that they don’t want the US to visit right now, when Greenland doesn’t have a government in place,

a reference to the recent elections there

You cannot conduct a private visit with official representatives from another country -- especially when the acting Greenlandic government has made it clear that such a visit is not desired at this time,

she said

A lot of other countries have threatened Greenland. Have threatened to use its territories and its waterways to threaten the United States, to threaten Canada, and, of course, to threaten the people of Greenland. So we're gonna check out how things are going there,

said the vice president, alluding to Trump's desires to make Greenland part of the U.S

I'm going to visit some of our guardians in the Space Force on the northwest coast of Greenland, and also just check out what's going on with the security there of Greenland,

Vance continued

Hey guys, It's JD Vance, the vice president,

Vance said in a video posted to social media

Unfortunately, leaders in both America and in Denmark, I think, ignored Greenland for far too long,

he said

Speaking for President Trump, we want to reinvigorate the security of the people of Greenland,

added Vance

There was so much excitement around Usha’s visit to Greenland this Friday that I decided that I didn’t want her to have all that fun by herself, and so I’m going to join her,

Vance said in a video on Tuesday

Looking forward to visiting Greenland on Friday,

Vance wrote in a post on social media platform X

We need that for international security, not just national security."

The billionaire said

Just for the record, Naalakkersuisut, the government of Greenland, has not extended any invitations for any visits, neither private nor official. The present government is a caretaker government awaiting the formation of a new government coalition and we have kindly requested all countries to respect this process,

the Greenlandic government said in a Facebook post

We are protesting politically [as] the people of Greenland,

she told the publication