Vice President Vance said he's traveling to Greenland on Friday, a move that comes after the Trump administration provoked backlash from officials in Greenland and Denmark when it was announced that second lady Usha Vance would be heading there.

"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," Vance said in a video released on X on Tuesday afternoon.

Vance’s announcement adds another layer of tension to an already fraught atmosphere surrounding his wife’s planned visit, which officials in Denmark and Greenland reject as a provocation part of President Trump’s repeated claims of his intent to take over the arctic island for what he says are “international security concerns.”

Plans for National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and Energy Secretary Chris Wright to also travel to Denmark are further inflaming tensions between Washington and........

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