Denmark welcomes US decision to skip Greenland dog-sled race amid Trump spat


FILE PHOTO: Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen addresses the media in Copenhagen, Denmark, January 29, 2025. REUTERS/Tom Little/File photo

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark on Wednesday welcomed a U.S. decision to confine a planned visit to Greenland to a military base after the plans triggered a spat between Copenhagen and the White House amid President Donald Trump's interest in taking over the island.

Denmark's prime minister said on Tuesday that a scheduled visit by Usha Vance, the wife of U.S. Vice President JD Vance, to a popular dog-sled race in Greenland this week was part of an "unacceptable pressure" on the semi-autonomous Danish territory.

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