OAN Staff James Meyers
8:25 AM – Monday, March 24, 2025
Second Lady Usha Vance will visit Greenland on Thursday, as the Trump administration looks to continue to pursue the territory.
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Vance will take one of her sons with her on the three-day Greenland trip, her second solo official journey abroad.
“Usha Vance will travel to Greenland with her son and a United States delegation to visit historical sites, learn about Greenlandic heritage, and attend the Avannaata Qimussersu, Greenland’s national dogsled race,” the White House said of Vice President JD Vance’s wife.
“Ms. Vance and the delegation are excited to witness this monumental race and celebrate Greenlandic culture and unity.”
The solo trip without her husband follows her solo trip to Italy earlier this month, when she ran the U.S. delegation to the Special Olympics World Winter Games.
Additionally, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and Energy Secretary Chris Wright will be making a separate visit to the territory this week.
Waltz and Wright are expected to tour a military base in Greenland during their visit.
The announcement comes after first son Donald Trump Jr. flew to Greenland to tour the country as the Trump administration has looked to acquire it.
However, the latest moves were met with criticism from Greenland’s leader, saying the visit to the island is “very aggressive.”
“The very aggressive American pressure against Greenlandic society is now so serious that the level cannot be raised any higher,” Greenland’s Prime Minister Mute B. Egede said in an interview with the Sermitsiaq newspaper on Sunday.
“Until recently, we could trust the Americans, who were our allies and friends, and with whom we enjoyed working closely … But that time is over.”
Egede, the left-wing leader of the country, has been known for sharing his desire for his territory to declare independence from Denmark.
Greenland is currently owned by the Kingdom of Denmark, while the prime minister has been claiming that it’s not for sale. Greenland’s PM has echoed that sentiment as well.
“We are not for sale and cannot simply be taken,” Egede has said of Trump’s pursuit.
Greenland held an election earlier this month, and the Demokraatit party, which has favored a slow drift toward independence, won. Its leaders have been known for scolding Trump’s calls to take over the island.
“We need Greenland for national security and even international security,” Trump said during his speech to a joint session of Congress this month. “I think we’re going to get it. One way or the other, we’re going to get it.”
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