The trip to Greenland by high-ranking US representatives has already been criticized for days. Now the delegation's plans have changed, slightly easing tensions, at least on the Danish side. Instead of going to public events like a sled race, the Americans are now only going to visit their own military base.

It is "very positive" that the US delegation has changed its original plans for its stay on the island, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen told radio station DR on Wednesday. Rasmussen explained that Denmark had "no objections" to the planned visit to the US base.

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has previously spoken of "unacceptable pressure" from the US.

US Vice President JD Vance belatedly announced that he would join his wife Usha on the controversial trip.

"There was so much excitement around Usha's visit to Greenland this Friday that I decided that I didn't want her to have all that fun by herself, and so I'm going to join her," President Donald Trump's deputy said in a video on social media platform, X.

At Pituffik Space Base, Vance will get a briefing on Arctic security issues and meet with US soldiers.

The White House had originally announced that Usha Vance would visit the autonomous Danish territory from Thursday to Saturday with her son and a US delegation, but without her husband.

According to media reports, Trump's National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Energy Secretary Chris Wright will also form part of the delegation, even though the visit to the mineral-rich Arctic island has been described as a private visit.

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