JD Vance to lead 'unacceptable' trip to Greenland as Donald Trump pushes ahead with annexation plans after decades of 'neglect and inaction' by Denmark

JD Vance is travelling to Greenland, as Donald Trump continues to threaten to annex the territory

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Donald Trump's plane arriving in Greenland earlier this year

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The US has claimed gaining control of Greenland is critical to its own national security

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Mette Frederiksen has accused the US of exerting 'unacceptable pressure' on Greenland

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The Danish Prime Minister has accused the US of exerting “unacceptable pressure” on Greenland following the announcement of the trip.

“You cannot make a private visit with official representatives from another country”, Mette Frederiksen told Danish media.

The Vances will travel to the island alongside Mike Waltz, the US national security adviser, and Chris Wright, the energy secretary.

Whilst Vance will be there on a “private visit” to watch the annual Avannaata Qimusseru dogsled race, Waltz and Wright are expected to visit the US military facility.

“President Trump is serious. He wants Greenland. Therefore, [this visit] cannot be seen independently of anything else.

Greenland’s outgoing prime minister, Mute Egede, called the visit 'very aggressive'

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“I have to say that it is unacceptable pressure being placed on Greenland and Denmark in this situation. And it is pressure that we will resist.

“It is clearly not a visit that is about what Greenland needs, or what Greenland wants,” Frederikson concluded.

Greenland’s outgoing prime minister, Mute Egede, called the visit “very aggressive”.

“We are now at a level where it can in no way be characterised as a harmless visit from a politician’s wife. What is the national security adviser doing in Greenland? The only purpose is to demonstrate power over us,” he told a local paper.

Meanwhile, Trump told reporters in Washington DC recently that the trip was an act of “friendliness, not provocation”.