US is putting 'unacceptable pressure' on Greenland, Danish PM says

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen criticised the US on Tuesday for putting "unacceptable pressure" on Greenland, ahead of an unsolicited visit to the Arctic island by members of the Trump administration.

A delegation from Washington including second lady Usha Vance, wife of US Vice President JD Vance, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and Energy Secretary Chris Wright is set to visit semi-autonomous Danish territory from Thursday until Sunday.

"I have to say that it is unacceptable pressure being placed on Greenland and Denmark in this situation. And it is pressure that we will resist," Frederiksen told Danish media.

"You cannot make a private visit with official representatives from another country."

US President Donald Trump on Monday repeated his desire to take over Greenland, using national security as a justification. He said that the upcoming visit was about "friendliness, not provocation".

However, Greenland's Prime Minister Múte Egede on Monday called the visit "highly aggressive". He said that there would be no official meetings with the US representatives as the island has just held elections, with a new government yet to be formed.

Egede, who will remain in his post until a new government convenes, wrote on Facebook that there was worry on the island over the visits.

The "only purpose" of a trip by Waltz is "a demonstration of power to us, and the signal is not to be misunderstood," Egede said.

Frederiksen referred to Egede's comments in her interview on Tuesday, saying that it was "clear that when you make a visit in this way, and the Greenlandic politicians clearly say that they do not want the visit, you cannot interpret it as respectful."

“It is clearly not a visit that is about what Greenland