Usha Vance visits Greenland: « No innocent tourist trip »
The American Second Lady’s visit is scheduled for Thursday, the White House confirms in a statement. With it, Usha Vance will have an American delegation that according to information to several media, including Danish TV2 And American New York Timesincludes US national security adviser Mike Waltz.
Usha Vance, married to Trump’s Vice President JD Vance, will, among other things, visit « several historical sites » and look at a national dog team race, according to the statement.
At the same time, Mike Waltz is expected to visit an American military base on the island together with US Energy Minister Chris Wright, says sources for the New York Times.
Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says in a comment to Denmark’s radio that she « looks seriously » on the visit, and that it « cannot be seen regardless of the public statements that have been made ». She is referring to the long line of statements that Donald Trump made that the United States should take control of the island.
According to Danish-Swedish Drude Dahlerup, professor emerita in political science at Stockholm University, is the visit a « political stunt ».
She compares to Donald Trump JR’s Greenland visit At the beginning of the year.
– Then he said it was a private tourist trip but it turned out that it was very well organized, someone had been there for a whole week and prepared. Everything in order to showcase a false picture that « the Greenlands love Donald Trump, » she says, continuing:
– I think it’s exactly the same here. You do not plan any meetings with Greenlandic politicians, and call it a private trip. But everyone knows it’s a lie. I would be crazy if I was a Greenlandic politician.
Even Dag Blanck, Professor In North American Studies at Uppsala University, are on the same track.
– It is said that it should be a private visit when it comes to her, but it is obviously no coincidence that you go there. If the security adviser also follows, it is a little higher level on the whole.
The visit is a way for Americans to show their presence on the island, Blanck says.
– This is another example of the interest in the United States for Greenland. Trump has said that we will « in one way or another get Greenland », and I think you should interpret it in the light of it.
