Danish PM accuses US of ‘unacceptable pressure’ over planned Greenland visit
by Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent from on (#6W5FP)
US vice-president JD Vance later says he will join unsolicited visit to Arctic island, which Mette Frederiksen says is not what Greenland needs or wants'
Mette Frederiksen, the Danish prime minister, has accused the US of putting unacceptable pressure" on Greenland - which she has vowed to resist - before an unsolicited visit to the Arctic island by members of the Trump administration.
Later, just hours after her comments, the White House sprang a fresh surprise, as the US vice-president, JD Vance, announced he would join his wife on a trip to the territory this week.
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