The vibes just got a little bit frostier, ahead of second lady Usha Vance’s upcoming trip to Greenland. (And that’s saying something for a country whose warmest region averages temperatures of around -4°C in March.) A Greenlandic tourism business announced on Wednesday it has canceled a planned meet-and-greet on her schedule over her—and the broader Trump administration’s—“underlying agenda” and declared, “Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders.”
Usha became the face of President Donald Trump’s latest attempts to win favor with Greenlanders when the White House announced Sunday that she would lead a March 27 delegation to “visit historical sites, learn about Greenlandic heritage, and attend the Avannaata Qimussersu, Greenland’s national dogsled race.”
Her trip quickly devolved into a political hot potato, however, as Trump continued his controversial push to takeover the autonomous island territory. (“We need Greenland for international safety and security,” Trump said in a Wednesday interview with podcaster Vince Coglianese, reported Politico.)
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In a Facebook post in Greenlandic, Tupilak Travel wrote that it was contacted by the U.S. Consulate about Vance coming to their souvenir store in Nuuk on Friday. But after initially agreeing to her dropping in, and maybe picking up some postcards or yarn, the company said it had “after careful consideration” decided not to proceed with the visit.
They added that they “do not want to be part of the press show that will certainly follow.”
The post came as the White House announced Tuesday that Usha’s trip would be scaled back to a single day, and a visit to the U.S. Pituffik Space Base.
Initially featuring Usha and her children as part of a delegation with national security adviser Mike Waltz, Vice President J.D. Vance also announced Tuesday that he would be in attendance.
“There was so much excitement around Usha’s visit to Greenland this Friday, that I decided that I didn’t want her to have all that fun by herself, and so I’m going to join her,” Vance said in a video posted to X.
In light of the bombshell reporting of Trump administration officials—V.P. Vance and Waltz included—participating in the discussion of “highly classified” American military strikes on an unsecured group chat, the trip could be the perfect opportunity for Vance and Walz to leave their cellphones on airplane mode, unplug, and discuss which one of them is the real “f---ing idiot.”
