Vice President JD Vance said President Donald Trump is “willing to go as far as he has to” over Greenland, deepening the ugly rift between the U.S. and fellow NATO Denmark over the strategic Arctic territory.

“Have the Europeans, have the Danes, done a proper job of securing Greenland and making sure it can continue to serve as an anchor for world security and missile defense—and the answer is, obviously they haven’t,” Vance said in an interview with Fox News, aired on Wednesday. “They’ve underinvested in their security, they haven’t done a good job of securing that area, that landmass.”

“We are going to make sure we defend America’s interests,” Vance then said. “And I think the president is willing to go as far as he has to make sure he does that.”

This is a developing story; updates to follow.

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