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"Of course, we are open to criticism, but let me be completely honest -- we do not appreciate the tone in which it's being delivered."
From ABC News
Dr. Peter Marks, the Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine regulator, has resigned, an official at the Department of Health and Human Services said today.
From NBC News
In fact, of the four territories Mr. Trump has discussed acquiring — Greenland, the Panama Canal, Canada and Gaza — it is Greenland that he seems most determined to get.
From The New York Times
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U.S. Vice President JD Vance has received a stern rebuke from Copenhagen about his criticism of Denmark's treatment of Greenland. The Danish Foreign Minster Lars Løkke Rasmussen laid down the gauntlet by expressing Copenhagen's unhappiness with White House rhetoric about Greenland,
The VP said the territory would “be a lot better” under the U.S. security umbrella and scolded Denmark for not doing “a good job” by Greenlanders.
17hon MSN
JD Vance criticized Denmark for neglecting Greenland's people and security during a visit to Pituffik Space Base, and Greenlandic officials had mixed reactions.
Vance called on the people of Denmark to “cut a deal” with the US, accusing the country of leaving Greenland open to suspected Russian and Chinese intrusions.
But 1,500km (930 miles) south of America's Pituffik base, in Greenland's capital, Nuuk, the American story vied for attention with a very different local event on Friday. "We will prevail," a smiling crowd sang, at a ceremony to celebrate the formation of a new coalition government for Greenland.
The agreement was reached ahead of Vice President JD Vance 's arrival on the Arctic island on Friday. He and second lady Usha Vance are expected to visit the Pituffik Space Base on a scaled-back version of a trip that had angered officials in Greenland and Denmark.
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