"Denmark hasn't done a good job at keeping Greenland safe," U.S. Vice President JD Vance told servicemembers at the Pituffik Space Base in Greenland on Friday. Vance said the island was key because Pituffik would be the first to alert the U.

Washington — Vice President JD Vance said Friday during a day trip to a U.S. base in Greenland that the Trump administration doesn't think that "military force is ever going to be necessary" there, the same day President Trump said, "We have to have Greenland."

U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Friday accused Denmark of not doing a good job keeping Greenland safe and suggested the United States would better protect the semi-autonomous Danish territory that President Donald Trump has pressed to take over.

Vice President Vance looked to appeal to Greenland by urging it to side with the US, not Russia or China, after it seeks independence from Denmark.

Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha are visiting Pituffik Space Force Base in Greenland on Friday and will get a briefing on Arctic security issues.

JD Vance criticized Denmark for neglecting Greenland's people and security during a visit to Pituffik Space Base, and Greenlandic officials had mixed reactions.

Vice President JD Vance accused Denmark of failing to keep Greenland safe. The foreign affairs minister of Denmark scolded the vice president soon after: "We are open to criticism. But let me be completely honest: We do not appreciate the tone in which it is being delivered.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has received a stern rebuke from Copenhagen about his criticism of Denmark's treatment of Greenland. The Danish Foreign Minster Lars Løkke Rasmussen laid down the gauntlet by expressing Copenhagen's unhappiness with White House rhetoric about Greenland,