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We're not relying on Denmark or anyone else to take care of that situation. And we're not talking about peace for the United States. We're talking about world peace.
JD Vance complained that it was too cold after arriving in Greenland on the first trip by a US vice president to the territory.
Vance traveled to the US Army's Pituffik Space Base for a national security briefing.
"It's cold, no one told me," he said, prompting laughter from the troops.
The US vice president, who was accompanied by his wife Usha Vance, said Donald Trump was "really interested in Arctic security, as you all know, and it's going to get bigger over the next few decades."
Trump, the US president, has repeatedly insisted that the US will annex Greenland, which is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, to protect national security.
Mike Waltz, the US national security adviser, is also part of the US delegation, despite reports that he would not make the trip after becoming embroiled in a political row after accidentally revealing military plans to a journalist.
Vance said he and Waltz will "talk to the command... about what exactly the base does and all the important ways it contributes to national security."
"We will certainly receive a briefing on what you do every day," he told the troops.
"We have some interest in Greenland from the Trump administration, so we'll talk a little bit about that without the media presence," he said.
The photos appeared to show a two-woman protest taking place in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, as Vance landed on Friday.
One of the women, standing on a snowy hill, held a sign demonstrating against the installation of stealth American B-2 bombers at the military base.
Ms Vance was due to travel without her husband to the territory, but her trip was cut short amid reports of protests by locals angry at Trump's comments about annexing Greenland.
Trump's statement was reinforced on Friday, claiming that US national security was being threatened by Chinese and Russian warships in the region.
"It's not a question of, do you think we can do without it? We can't," the US president told reporters in the Oval Office, adding "if you look at Greenland now, Chinese and Russian ships everywhere, and we're not going to be able to do that."
"We're not relying on Denmark or anyone else to take care of that situation. And we're not talking about peace for the United States. We're talking about world peace. We're talking about international security," he stressed.
A senior White House official said before the Vance couple's visit that the Vice President would enter the Greenland debate on independence from Denmark.
Danish politicians previously told The Telegraph that they fear Mr Trump's comments about absorbing Greenland will ignite a movement to secede from the kingdom.
"Unfortunately, Danish leaders have spent decades mistreating the Greenlandic people, treating them as second-class citizens and allowing the infrastructure on the island to fall into disrepair," a Trump administration official told Fox News.
"Expect the vice president to emphasize these points," he added.
Earlier this month, the pro-independence Demokraati party scored a shock victory in Greenland's elections. /Adapted from The Telegraph/
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