U.S. officials went door-to-door in Greenland to find anyone who wanted to be visited by the Vances. They found no one.
A local travel company in Greenland’s capital also cancelled a planned visit by Usha Vance
The headline says it all? Not quite. There is this:
Vance, the Second Lady, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, and Energy Secretary Christ Wright are scheduled to depart for Greenland on Friday, though those plans could change by the time the delegation departs.
The U.S. delegation was also scheduled to attend the Avannaata Qimusserua, one of the world's largest dog-sledding events, but that visit has been cancelled as well, according to USA Today.
As it currently stands, the American visitors will only be visiting the U.S. Space Force Base at Pituffik.
Greenlanders and Danish authorities aren't pleased about the trip. Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen accused the US of exerting "unacceptable pressure" on Greenland through its planned visit.
“I have to say that it is unacceptable pressure being placed on Greenland and Denmark in this situation. And it is pressure that we will resist,” Frederiksen told Danish broadcasters DR and TV2 on Tuesday. “You cannot make a private visit with official representatives from another country, when the acting Greenlandic government has made it very clear that they do not want a visit at this time,”
Frederiksen went on to say the US delegation's arrival is "clearly not a visit that is about what Greenland needs or wants."
It's sort of like a "Go fuck an iceberg" response. Earned, and given.