00:00Well, from what we're hearing, Vice President J.D. Vance, during his short stay here in
00:05Greenland, will be criticizing the Danish government for how it has been dealing with
00:11Greenland. Remember that Greenland is a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark at this point. Now, what
00:18does Vice President J.D. Vance really want to do with this trip? Well, he wouldn't be
00:22here in Greenland. It's as simple as that. Without Donald Trump having again and again
00:28said that the United States would like to, well, essentially own this place, annex it
00:32maybe, possibly even make its people into U.S. citizens. Something that, of course,
00:38people here in Greenland absolutely reject. They do not want Vice President J.D. Vance
00:44to be here in Greenland, though one did tell me yesterday that he was more than happy for
00:50J.D. Vance to be here and to have a look around, but that Greenland was not for sale. That
00:57is essentially the point of view of people here in Greenland as this visit happens right
01:04now as we speak. Another thing worth mentioning, and it is a pure coincidence that these two
01:08things are happening at the same time, Greenland has managed to find itself a coalition government
01:14after an election held here this month. Now, that is interesting and particularly important
01:20because the ruling parties here, the main parties here in Greenland, they advocate for
01:26independence for Greenland from Denmark. That is also something that a lot of people
01:30here in Greenland want. They want to be independent from Denmark, but they don't want to become
01:35independent from another country, potentially the United States. It's also worth noting
01:40that the ruling parties here, pretty much all politicians here in Greenland, but also
01:45in Denmark, have said pretty clearly that they do not want to sell Greenland. They do
01:51not want to give it to the United States, even though the U.S. will probably make a
01:56bit of a case for it through J.D. Vance later today here in Greenland by saying that national
02:01security is important and that that is one of the reasons why the United States maybe
02:06should have control over this Arctic island, that the United States also wants to have
02:10access to its natural resources because of climate change. There are new transportation
02:17ways that are opening up in the Arctic. There are many reasons the United States might give
02:21for them wanting to take control of this territory, but that doesn't mean that anybody here really
02:26wants that to happen.
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