Vice President JD Vance speaks to troops at the U.S. Pituffik Space Base in Greenland.
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00:00Hey guys, how we doing? Please, at ease. At ease. Good lord. Sit down and eat. Sit down and eat. Don't let the Vice President stop you guys from getting your chow here.
00:11How we doing? It's cold as shit here. Nobody told me. Well, thank you all for everything you do and thanks for having us. So please sit down guys. Please, please. I wish you'd eat your food.
00:22Usha and I are thrilled to be here. It's a really beautiful flight actually. You fly over some pretty cool spots. I've never been to Greenland. Apparently I'm the first Vice President to ever visit Greenland.
00:32So that's a pretty cool thing. But we're looking forward to hanging out and getting to know you guys and understanding what you do.
00:39What do we have? Mike, we're going to talk to the command and some of the guardians about what exactly the base does and all the important ways it contributes to national security.
00:49We're going to get a briefing, of course, about what you guys do every day. And then we're going to talk just about, as you've heard, we have some interest in Greenland from the Trump administration.
00:58So we're going to talk a little bit about that with our friends in the media. But I just want to say thank you all. Thanks for having us and thanks for being here. Thanks for doing what you do.
01:06The colonel told me that this is a one-year unaccompanied duty station. When we were flying in, we were wondering whether you guys were allowed to bring your families here.
01:14So I know it's a lot of sacrifice to spend a year away from your families, but the mission is really important.
01:19The Trump administration, the president is really interested in Arctic security. As you all know, that's a big issue.
01:26And it's only going to get bigger over the coming decades. So thanks for doing what you do.
01:31What's the plan here? I thought I was serving food, but it looks like I haven't gotten any food.
01:36What's the plan from here, guys? I'm sorry? OK, we're going to get some food here, too. Good.
01:42OK. All right. We're sitting right there. Fantastic. Great. Thank you all for having us.
01:48Thank you. Hey, guys. Good.
01:57So, hey, guys. How are we doing? Eat, eat. Seriously.
02:02So where's everybody from? Texas. Texas. OK.
02:09Yeah, yeah. Yeah. A little bit. A little bit colder than that.
02:14Nice to meet you, Hannah.