00:02European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is visiting Greenland on Sunday and Monday
00:08in a show of support for the island amid President Trump's call for the U.S. to acquire it.
00:14von der Leyen is expected to sign a joint declaration between the EU and the Danish
00:19Autonomous Territory on Monday. Trump has claimed the U.S. needs to take control of Greenland for
00:26its national security, arguing that either China or Russia would otherwise seize the island.
00:32von der Leyen has previously said that the EU is working on a massive European investment
00:37surge in Greenland in a bid to ramp up Arctic security, proposing to allocate €530 million.
00:46In January, five political parties in Greenland's parliament released a joint statement saying,
00:52we do not want to be Americans, we do not want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders, it
00:57read.
00:58The U.S. currently operates one base on the island used for missile warning,
01:03missile defense and space surveillance missions, according to the U.S. Space Force.
