The US vice-president, JD Vance (centre), and his wife, Usha, tour the US military’s base at Pituffik in Greenland in March last year. im Watson/APThe US vice-president, JD Vance (centre), and his wife, Usha, tour the US military’s base at Pituffik in Greenland in March last year. im Watson/APUS attack on Venezuela raises fears of future Greenland takeoverDanish ambassador posts ‘friendly reminder’ about defence ties after provocative Maga post over territory Venezuelan president jailed in New York – live updates The US bombardment of Venezuela and the capture of its president, Nicolás Maduro, have renewed fears of an American takeover of Greenland, as members of Donald Trump’s Maga movement gleefully set their sights on the Danish territory after the attack in South America. Just hours after the US military operation in Venezuela, the rightwing podcaster Katie Miller – the wife of Stephen Miller, Donald Trump’s powerful deputy chief of staff for policy – posted on X a map of Greenland draped in the stars and stripes with the caption: “SOON.”The threat to annex the mineral-rich territory, which is part of the Nato alliance, drew immediate outrage from Danes. Copenhagen’s ambassador to the US, Jesper Møller Sørensen, reposted Miller’s provocation with a “friendly reminder” of the longstanding defence ties between the two countries.“We are close allies and should continue to work together as such.
