The United States announced the resignation of the commander of the Pitufik Space base in Greenland on Thursday due to “loss of confidence in his leadership ability”, after the visit of Vice Vice President JD Vance to the island last month.
“The procedures to undermine the leadership chain or sabotage the agenda of President Trump in the Ministry of Defense,” said Pentagon’s spokesman Sean Barnell in a statement published on Thursday.
after Vans visit to the island At the end of March, Military.com stated that Maires sent an email to the space base by competing for the Vice President’s actions and comments during the trip. Parnell included a link to Military.com Article.com in its publication on X.
The news website stated that the separate leader wrote in an email message: “I cannot understand the current policy, but what I know is that the concerns of the United States government discussed by Vice President Vice on Friday do not reflect the spatial base of Beitovic.”
Colonel Sean Lee took office, according to a press statement to lead space operations.
The removal highlights the continuity of the movements by the United States to control Greenland, as President Donald Trump promised to get the land “in one way or another”, and Verse repeatedly mentioned that the island is weak and that the United States “does not have another option” but it increases its presence there.
Vans, accompanied by his wife, The second is Usha VanceThe American Space Power Station in Pitux, on the northwestern coast of Greenland, visited 1600 km from the capital Nuk last month.
Usha Vans initially planned to participate in a ranked dogs on the island, but expected to increase the protests in the visit.
During his journey, the vice president defended greatly American control over GreenlandSemi -independent area in Denmark. He stated that Greenland would be better “with US security protection more than Denmark’s security.”
Trump was also spoken of his goal to win in Greenland and said that he “will not remove anything from the table” to get the island, including ForceBut there is a “good possibility” that it is not necessary. He also confirmed that he had “definitely” participated in serious discussions about A possible correlation with Greenland.
