Denmark is open to discussions with the U.S. on how to "fix" the status quo in Greenland, the country's foreign minister said, after Vice President JD Vance's visit.

President JD Vance has accused Denmark of leaving Greenland vulnerable to alleged incursions by China and Russia, as he urged its people to "partner" with the US.Speaking during a visit to the Arctic island,

Vice President J.D. Vance made a pitch Friday for Greenland to consider U.S. leadership, saying Denmark is "failing" at securing the Arctic island.

A day after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said that the old, bilateral relationship between Canada and the United States was over, he and President Trump had a conversation that both men described as "productive.

Leader of the Democrats (Demokraatit) party and Greenland's Prime Minister-elect Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Greenland's Prime Minister and Leader of the IA party Mute B. Egede, Chairperson of Siumut party Vivian Motzfeldt,

Republicans in Congress would likely be needed to approve any plan to annex Greenland, and several told USA TODAY they aren't sure that's a good idea.

J.D. Vance doubled down on the administration's interest in acquiring Greenland while at the Pituffik Space Base as Donald Trump argued the U.S. "can't" do without it.

Vance on Friday spoke of this idea more as a security alliance than an annexation. That doesn’t align with Trump.

Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance touched down Friday in Greenland for a daylong visit to the U.S. Space Force base in Pituffik.