Playbook: “The pretense for Vance’s voyage to Greenland today is that he’s visiting the northernmost base for the U.S. Space Force. But it’s clear to all observers that the trip’s true purpose is to ratchet up the pressure on Greenland as Trump aims to bring the arctic island nation under U.S. control.
”“Given Vance’s role in the administration so far, there’s a message in his being dispatched to Greenland: We are serious about this.”
A senior White House official told Politico that Vance would emphasize how the Danish leaders on whom Greenland relies for financial and military support have “spent decades mistreating the Greenlandic people, treating them like second-class citizens and allowing infrastructure on the island to fall into disrepair.”