00:01European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is visiting Greenland on Sunday and Monday
00:07in a show of support for the island amid President Trump's call for the U.S. to acquire it.
00:14Von der Leyen is expected to sign a joint declaration between the EU and the Danish
00:19Autonomous Territory on Monday. Trump has claimed the U.S. needs to take control of
00:25Greenland for its national security, arguing that either China or Russia would otherwise
00:30seize the island. Von der Leyen has previously said the EU is working on a massive European
00:37investment surge in Greenland in a bid to ramp up Arctic security, proposing to allocate €530
00:44million. In January, five political parties in Greenland's parliament released a joint statement
00:51saying, we do not want to be Americans, we do not want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders,
00:57it read. The U.S. currently operates one base on the island used for missile warning,
01:03missile defense and space surveillance missions, according to the U.S. Space Force.
