Denmark “does not appreciate the tone used” by the US Vice President, who strongly criticized her inaction for her, the Danish Foreign Ministry said today.
“We are open to criticism, however, to be honest, we do not appreciate the tone with which it was formulated,” Lars Locke Rasmussen said in a video in English that went up on the X platform.
Denmark ‘did not do a good job for the Greenland people
During a visit yesterday at the only American base in Greenland, Jay Di Vance estimated that Denmark “”, in particular that she did not invested enough on the huge Arctic island claimed by Donald Trump.
“The 1951 Defense Agreement offers the United States many opportunities to have a much stronger presence in Greenland. If this is what you want, let’s discuss it, “the Danish minister replied, referring to the text governing the US presence in Greenland.
In 1945, the United States had 17 military bases and facilities in Greenland, with thousands of soldiers, he said.
“We can do more, much more in the existing context,” he added.
