US Vice President J.D. Vance believes that the US will gain far more from a new framework agreement on Greenland than the Americans had previously.
- We've definitely gotten a lot more than we had before, says J.D. Vance when he is interviewed on The Megyn Kelly Show.
However, Vance does not elaborate on what the US has actually received.
US President Donald Trump announced in January that he had agreed with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on the framework for an agreement on Greenland and the Arctic. This came after Trump had long claimed the island.
However, details about the agreement between Trump and Rutte remain sparse.
J.D. Vance talks about the meeting he had in the United States in mid-January with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen (M), and Greenland's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vivian Motzfeldt.
"We had a really good conversation. And it's funny because the Europeans are so friendly in private and are willing to make a lot of compromises, and then they attack us in public and say they won't cooperate with the Americans. I'm sorry, but that's all a lie," Vance said on The Megyn Kelly Show.
"We all know that this situation will be resolved. I think it's a solution that's good for Europe, and most importantly, it's a solution that will be good for the United States. But it's not true that they haven't made compromises and made concessions to the United States," Vance added.
Trump's special envoy to Greenland, Jeff Landry, recently opened up a bit about the process for the framework agreement that is to be the solution to the situation between Denmark, Greenland and the United States.
Jeff Landry told the American media outlet The New York Times that the framework agreement for Greenland builds on the defense agreements from 1941 and 1951 between the United States and Denmark.
In the interview, Vance calls Denmark "one of the better NATO allies", but still believes that Denmark has invested far too little in security compared to the Russians and the Chinese.
He talks about ownership of Greenland and sets up a scenario where the United States comes to the rescue because Russia or China affects a critical missile defense system.
- But we don't get anything for that. It's an unfair situation. The US has no ownership of Greenland, and we don't get any of the benefits.
- So let's rewrite the rules a little: If the United States is going to defend the entire world's missile defense systems, then we also have to get something in return, says Vance.
/ritzau/
