President Donald Trump appeared to forget the name of the second lady of the United States ahead of her visit to Greenland later this week.
At a cabinet meeting on Monday, Trump was asked about Usha Vance's upcoming trip to the Danish territory.
"Greenland is confused about the second lady and the national security advisor visiting this week," a reporter told the president. "They're concerned that this is further provocation, whatever it is you ultimately want for Greenland. Could you further explain why they're going, what is the ultimate end goal when it comes to Greenland?"
"This is friendliness, not provocation," Trump insisted before struggling to remember Vance's name. "And we were invited over there and I thought it would be a great, I have great respect for the wife of our first, of our great vice president."
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"I think she's doing a, she's a brilliant woman," he added. "She's a very nice woman, and she loves the concept of Greenland."
"And so she's going there, and I think Marco is going there, and some others are going there."
In a statement, Greenland's Prime Minister Mute Egede called the visit part of "very aggressive American pressure against the Greenlandic community."
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