The trip came as Trump also significantly escalated his rhetoric about his desire to control the sparsely populated, semiautonomous Danish territory.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance says Denmark has “underinvested” in Greenland’s security and demands Denmark change its approach as President Donald Trump continues to talk of taking over the Danish territory.

The Vice President visited Greenland with his wife on March 28 with the message to the people of Greenland and Denmark that the U.S. can do a better job of managing Greenland's safety, economy and resources.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said it would be a "profound mistake" to dismiss American interest in taking control of Greenland, but added it is of no concern to his country.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says President Donald Trump's ambitions for Greenland has "nothing to do" with Russia as Vice President JD Vance lands to assess security base.

It can look surprising only at first glance and it would be wrong to believe that this is some sort of extravagant talk by the current U.S. administration,” the Russian president said.

President Donald Trump said the U.S. will "go as far as we have to go" to get control of Greenland, ahead of a planned visit to the Arctic island by the vice president.

The Trump administration has scaled back its planned visit to the island as a result of the strong backlash to the president’s annexation threats.

Whatever President DONALD TRUMP is doing feels like the opposite of that. That’s according to interviews with seven American and European officials as well as Republican lawmakers and outside experts tracking the issue.