(NewsNation) — Vice President JD Vance and an American delegation are going on a trip to Greenland on Friday, but those from the country have already been protesting the visit.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he wants the United States to acquire Greenland, which hasn’t sat well with those who live there.
“It’s depressing to me to watch the way the Trump administration talks about our allies, so I am frustrated by it,” former U.S. Ambassador to Denmark Rufus Gifford, who served under President Obama, said on “NewsNation Now.”
Greenland, Gifford said, would “love nothing more” than to have a closer relationship with the United States.
“They would love more American tourists to visit them,” Gifford said. “They would love more American investment. They would welcome a greater military presence on Greenland.”
This is why Gifford wants “nothing more” than for the United States and Greenland to negotiate.
“Sometimes you’re going to agree, sometimes you’re going to disagree, but treat them with respect,” Gifford said. “Frankly, what I have seen from the Trump administration ever since Donald Trump tweeted that he was planning to take over Greenland is nothing but disrespect for our allies.”