Greenland’s leader has slammed the planned US visit to the island as “very aggressive” as the international crisis over President Trump’s desire to annex the territory continues to bubble over.
“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 island, who has expressed a desire for his territory to declare independence from Denmark, hit out at the planned visit led by second lady Ushe Vance along with White House National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and Energy Secretary Chris Wright.
The delegation plans to visit from Thursday to Saturday, visit a US military base and watching a dogsled race.
