JD Vance takes a sinister message to the Danish territory

The green shimmering, like a veil of light that stretches through the night sky, is formed next to the incredibly bright stars above the Nauk late night.

The appearance of the spectacular northern radiance – the usual miracle in these parts – seemed to be the end of the extremely significant day in the Arctic, which brought Hope and the problems of Greenland to the most harsh relief.

It was a day when the acquisition of foreign power sent an uninvited delegation to the world’s largest island with an uncomfortable message.

With a short visit to a remote US military base in the far north of Greenland, US Vice President JD Vance may have sometimes tried to mitigate the stated goal of his boss simply annexed the autonomous Danish territory.

“We do not believe that the military force will never be needed,” Vnes said, perhaps trying to update.

But the comprehensive message of the vice president remained bright and scary: the world, the climate and the Arctic region change quickly, and Greenland must wake up to threats that expansionist China; Ancient Western partnerships have conducted their course; The only way that the island can protect itself, its values ​​and its mineral wealth is to abandon the weak and unhappy Danish lords and turning to the US muscular and protective hugs.

“We have to wake up from the unsuccessful, 40-year-old consensus, which said we can ignore the attempt on powerful countries when they expand their ambitions.

“We can’t just bury our heads in the sand – or, in Greenland, to bury your head in the snow . And pretending that the Chinese are not interested in this very big land, “Pitufi’s troops told us.

If you look at the map of the world that has a North Pole in its center rather than the equator, it is easy to understand how Greenland suddenly goes from soft, easily ignores the blinking of the uninhabited territory and into the key strategic land at the heart of what many analysts take as the emergence of struggle between China, USA, USA, U.S.

But the speed and contempt of Trump’s White House rejected its traditional dependence on Western allies – in particular, left its partners confused.

“Not justified,” the Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederixen was a pretexed response from hearing Vens attacks on her government when he stood in his sovereign territory.

But 1500 km (930 miles) south of the Pitufi base in America, in the Greenland capital, Nuuk, American history, which gathered for attention with a completely different local event on Friday.

“We will prevail,” the smiling crowd sang at the ceremony to celebrate the formation of a new coalition government in Greenland.

The mood felt mostly joyful and municipal when people lock their hands and gently swaying when the band played in the House of Culture.

It was a powerful reminder of the common values ​​that associate the tiny and predominantly native Inuit population of Greenland – the need for consensus and cooperation in the often hostile natural climate, the desire to protect and celebrate the inuit culture and the desire to respect outsiders they are from familiar but far from Denmark.

“There are many ways to say everything. But I think the way (Trump) says it’s not. It’s like a threat,” said Lysbeth Kartline Poolsen, 43, a local artist attending the ceremony.

Her reaction seems to have captured a wider mood here – a recent poll showed that only 6% of the population support the idea of ​​being part of the United States.

According to the new government, and with the predominant public support, Greenland is starting a slow and very cautious step to complete independence from Denmark.

This is a process that will probably take many years and which will be provided with a long dialogue with both Copenhagen and Washington.

After all, Greenland is well aware that their economy should be much more developed if their independence application can be a realistic chance of success.

But they need to balance this development against realistic fears of exploitation with powerful external commercial forces.

What leads us to the main confusion, in Greenland and abroad, about the approach of Trump administration to their territory.

In his visit, Vens mentioned Greenland’s aspirations for independence and meant that the real intention of America was not a sudden annexation of the island, but something much more patient and long -term.

“Our message is very simple, yes, Greenland residents will have self -determination. We hope they decided to cooperate with the US because we are the only nation on Earth that respects their sovereignty and respects their security.”

If this is really an American step – Mr Trump’s messages remain more aggressive than Mr. Vnes – then Greenlanders can certainly relax and take their time.

There are still great will of good will and great interest in more business with US companies.

At the security front, the 74-year-old Treaty with Denmark allowed the US to increase its military presence in Greenland at any time, to new bases to submarines, of course, to take care of Washington’s concern about counteracting the threat from China, as it was during the Cold War.

It remains strange, this is the impatience of Donald Trump – the same impatience he showed, trying to agree on the end of the war in Ukraine.

There is not enough possession of Greenland, America can get everything that wishes and needs from this huge island without much difficulty. Instead, many people in Nauka feel they are bullied.

It’s deep A counter -producer approach that has already forced Washington into one humiliating rise – to cancel the planned cultural tour of Vnes Usha’s wife, to Nuuk and another city before the planned local protests.

Probably more respectful, more respectful, behind -the -scenes interaction, probably makes more sense.

But this is not for the taste of every politician.