Foreign visits by leading American figures tend not to have as much drama as what has been attracted by the plan this week for Second Lady Usha Vance and other officials to visit Greenland. Then again, most such visits don’t involve a territory that the American president has openly talked about wanting to take over.
According to a Danish TV report this week, as cited by the Daily Beast, an advance team “went door to door” in the Greenland capital of Nuuk to try to find residents who wanted to welcome Usha Vance but could find no one who would.
American officials went door to door in Greenland’s capital looking for residents who would welcome a visit from Usha Vance during her upcoming trip—and every single one of them said no, according to a Danish TV report. https://t.co/gSC8O8R8vF
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) March 28, 2025
The vice president himself will also be on the trip, even though it was first announced that Usha was going without him. The embattled National Security Adviser Mike Waltz was also announced as part of the trip, and CBS News reported that he is still scheduled to go. The trip will also be shorter than first announced.
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“The Americans’ charm offensive has failed,” Danish reporter Jesper Steinmetz said on TV2 this week, of the advance team’s trouble. “They have finally understood what the Greenlanders here in town have been trying to tell them for a little over a week: We don’t want visitors right now.”
The White House denied the report.
“The Second Lady is proud to visit the Pituffik Space Base with her husband to learn more about arctic security and the great work of the Space Base,” the White House said in a statement.
Just 6% of Greenlanders want to join the United States. There are more people who think we faked the moon landing (~10%).
85% of Greenlanders are opposed.
Meanwhile, less than 30% of Americans want Greenland to join the U.S.
I’ve rarely seen anything so unpopular. pic.twitter.com/03LdNLS5aP
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) March 28, 2025
CNN polling analyst Harry Enten, in a segment Thursday, called the idea of a U.S. takeover of Greenland “one of the most unpopular ideas I’ve ever heard,” sharing a Fox News poll showing that 70 percent of Americans oppose such a takeover, numbers he compared to “more Americans than were for the impeachment and removal of Richard Nixon at the end of his presidency.”
According to a local poll, the idea is even less popular in Greenland, where 85 percent of people oppose their territory becoming part of the United States, with 6 percent saying yes.
Photo courtesy of the YouTube screengrab
