captivating adaptation on Peacock. With that said thanks for watching and until next time. Controversy erupts this morning over a planned U.S. visit to Greenland this week. It comes as President Trump has pushed to annex the autonomous Danish territory, saying he thinks the U.S. will get it one way or the other. Second Lady Bush Events and National Security adviser Mike Wallace are expected to be among the Americans visiting the White House, as Lucia Vance will attend the island’s national dog sled race and, quote, celebrate Greenlandic culture and unity.
But Greenland’s prime minister is slamming the visit, calling it, quote, highly aggressive in seeking relations with the U.S. to a new low. Let’s get right to the White House. CNN. Elaina Treena is there. It’s the second international trip by the second lady, Elena, and it’s an odd one. But the next step in this.
It is, and I think it just is really putting a further spotlight on this administration’s desire to try and purchase Greenland, despite, of course, us hearing repeatedly now, several different times over from both the leaders of Greenland also Denmark, that Greenland is not for sale. And just to back up here to give you the big picture, I’ve talked to several White House and Trump administration officials about the president’s desire to purchase Greenland and make it a U.S.
Greenland’s Prime Minister Mute B. Egede slams planned
territory. This is both before he was in office and after he was sworn in. And part of the reasoning behind it is, one, they argue it would be economically beneficial to the United States. That’s in part because Greenland has vast stores of rare earth minerals would be great for technology here in the United States.
But another and this is the key thing that I think that Greenland’s prime minister was really focusing on here in his criticism of these visits, is their national security interest as well. That’s in part because the United States really sees Greenland as a way to try and curb both Russian and Chinese aggression in the Arctic region.
Now, I want to read to you some of what Greenland’s prime minister said in response to these visits, particularly as it relates to national security adviser Michael Waltz’s visit this week, again focusing on that national security. Part of the desire by the United States to purchase it. He said, quote, What is the National Security Advisor doing in Greenland? The only purpose is to demonstrate power over us.
Greenland PM furious over Usha Vance visit after Trump
His mere presence in Greenland will no doubt fuel American belief in Trump’s mission, and the pressure will increase. And I’ll just say the pressure has been increasing now for several weeks. You mentioned this, John, during Donald Trump’s state of that or excuse me, not state of the Union, but a joint address to Congress, which was essentially a state of the Union address.
In February, he said directly that he thinks we’re going to get it one way or another when referring to his desire to take over Greenland. All to say, the tensions between these two countries are incredibly, have been escalating in an incredible way over the last several months. Again, before the president even officially took office.
Those are only escalating further this week with these visits from the Second Lady and Michael Waltz. Meanwhile, a new round of negotiations in Saudi Arabia to end the war in Ukraine. And it comes as the special U.S. envoy is making comments that sound an awful lot like ones made by Vladimir Putin. Yeah, those comments by special envoy Steve Wycoff yesterday, who I will say is currently now leading that delegation in Riyadh with different representatives from the Kremlin, are quite concerning, I think, to the Ukrainians.
Greenland PM Mute Egede slams Usha Vance, officials’ visit
And part of this is because and we’ve heard this now repeatedly in our conversations, you know, with our reporting, with Ukrainian officials coming out of these talks, there’s a big concern that perhaps President Donald Trump is so eager to get a deal and do it so quickly that he gives away more to the Russians than they are willing to concede to.
Now, we heard Wycoff essentially say this weekend that he takes Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, at his word, that he doesn’t believe that this is what he wants to take over Europe, things that are, of course, very concerning to people in Ukraine as they’re entering these talks. So this is a huge day for the broader ceasefire talks. Overall.
We know that the goal here is really to hammer out, I’m told, specific language on the pathway to trying to find lasting peace between Russia and Ukraine. John Elena at the White House this morning of war. There is, as always, a lot going on. Appreciate it. Leaders in Greenland are fighting back, saying that the White House call, saying what the White House calls a cultural visit, is actually highly aggressive.
Greenland Prime Minister Slams U.S. Officials’ Upcoming
Secondly, Russia Vance and national security adviser Mike Wallace are expected to be among the Americans travelling to Greenland later this week. The White House says that Russia Vance will attend the island’s national dog sled race. Greenland’s prime minister
