Greenland Officers Categorical Fury Over Trump’s Plan to Ship Delegation

Relations between Greenland and the USA sank additional on Sunday because the Greenlandic prime minister erupted over what he referred to as a “extremely aggressive” delegation of senior officers the Trump administration mentioned it might ship to the island this week.

Usha Vance, the second girl, and Michael Waltz, the nationwide safety adviser, are among the many officers headed to the island, which is a semiautonomous territory of Denmark, although President Trump has vowed to make it a part of the USA “by hook or by crook.”

Ms. Vance is scheduled to make a sequence of cultural stops after her arrival on Thursday, separate from Mr. Waltz. The nationwide safety adviser is meant to be touring earlier within the week with the U.S. vitality secretary, Chris Wright.

The prime minister, Mute B. Egede, mentioned on Sunday that Greenlanders’ effort to be diplomatic simply “bounces off Donald Trump and his administration of their mission to personal and management Greenland.”

He made the remarks, his angriest but, to a Greenlandic newspaper on Sunday, and a high-ranking member of his occasion confirmed them. The prime minister appeared particularly upset with Mr. Waltz’s involvement.

“What’s the nationwide safety adviser doing in Greenland?” he requested. “The one goal is to reveal energy over us.”