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Not one family in Nuuk, Greenland would accept a visit from JD and Usha
Vance.
NOT A SINGLE RESIDENCE, this is why the visit was cancelled.
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The real reason Trump’s Vance visit to Greenland was cancelled: “they’ve been
going door-to-door”
"United States second lady Usha Vance made headlines over her Arctic tour
plans, but things haven’t gone quite to the planned script.
Update: Mar 27th, 2025
The visit was meant to be a show of soft power from the United States, on the
back of some rather harsher words from both President Donald Trump and his
number two (officially, at least) JD Vance.
Usha Vance, wife of the U.S. Vice President, traveled to Greenland for a friendly
public appearance during a celebrated dog-sled race. Instead, it became a
diplomatic embarrassment, and not for the first time a Trump-aligned U.S.
official has had plans in Greenland go sideways. Here’s JD talking about joining
his wife.
The official reason for cancelling the full visit has not been made public. But
according to local reports out of Nuuk, the real story is more humiliating than
the administration might have expected.
What happened with Vance in Greenland?
TV 2 Denmark’s correspondent in Greenland, Jesper Steinmetz, reported that
U.S. representatives had spent several days ahead of the visit going door-to-
door in Nuuk – literally – asking residents if they’d be willing to host or welcome
the vice president’s wife. Not one person said yes.
It seems that the refusal wasn’t just symbolic – it was decisive. Plans changed,
and Usha Vance’s public appearance, with her husband involved too, was
pulled from the schedule.
A social media post from user Viking Fella summed up the episode in more
blunt terms: “They didn’t find a single person who would let her in. This is why
the trip was really cancelled!”
What’s behind the Greenland cold shoulder?
The cold reception wasn’t random. Public opinion in Greenland has hardened
significantly against the U.S. government in recent years, especially after Trump
floated the idea of buying the island in 2019, referring to it as a “large real
estate deal,” and then more aggressively since he took office a second time.
The idea has sparked widespread outrage.
Recent polling shows the majority of Greenlanders strongly oppose any move
to become part of the United States. And in recent weeks, anti-American
demonstrations in Nuuk and other towns have drawn some of the largest
crowds in the island’s modern history.
The visit from Usha Vance arguably came at the worst possible moment.
Danish ministers had already condemned Trump’s renewed claims last week
that “we need Greenland and the world needs us to have Greenland.” The tone
was so aggressive that Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said the
U.S. rhetoric had “escalated,” calling the statements “far-fetched” and
inappropriate for an ally.
Greenland, while geographically massive, is home to just 57,000 people. But its
geopolitical weight has grown due to its Arctic location and natural resources.
The U.S. already operates a key military base at Pituffik in the north, which was
the easier focus of the visit. But that’s a military installation – not the heart of
public life in Nuuk, where the local response has been clear: they don’t want
America knocking, literally or otherwise.
While international tensions continue to grow fueled by erratic comments and
actions from the White House, let’s hope we don’t hear the word “Nuuk” in any
other context."
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