A senior official of the American military base stationed in Greenland was released from his post after having pretended to send an email sentenced to the vice-president Jd vance Comments on Denmark treatment of the great island nation.
In a declaration ThursdayThe command of the American army space operations said that Colonel Susannah Meyers, commander of the Pituffik space base, had been “removed” on Thursday for “the loss of confidence in his ability to direct”.
“Commanders should comply with the highest standards of conduct, in particular with regard to non-partisan respect for the exercise of their functions,” he continued.
At the end of March, Vance supported Denmark had “not done a good job” to GreenlandSaying that he failed to spend enough for security during his highly controversial visit to his wife on autonomous Danish territory.
Meyers would have sent an email to Pituffik staff saying that Vance’s comments were “not thought out” from the base.
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Site of new military military.com, who published the alleged notesaid Meyers told staff that she had ruminated during the Trump administration visit on March 28, writing on March 31 that she “spent the weekend thinking about Friday’s visit – the actions taken, the words pronounced and how it had to affect each of you”.
“I do not presume understand the current policy, but what I know is that the concerns of the American administration discussed by the vice-president Vance do not reflect the pituffik space base,” wrote Meyers, according to the displayed email.
Military.com says that a familiar source with the email said that it had been sent to all the basic staff, including the Danish and Greenlandian staff on the spot, adding that correspondence was confirmed as legitimate by the American spatial force.
In an article on X Thursday, the spokesperson for Pentagon, Sean Parnell, shared a screenshot of Meyers’ dismissal announcement, in parallel with the commentary, “the actions aimed at undergoing the chain of command or overthrowing the agenda of President Trump will not be tolerated at the Ministry of Defense.”
In her statement announcing Meyers’ dismissal, Space Command said she would be replaced by Colonel Shawn Lee.
Meyers assumed his former post at the American military base in July of last year. Before taking control of the role of Meyers, Lee was a squadron commander at the Clear space station in Alaska.
During the short visit of the vice-president to the vast snowy island, which was initially planned as a trip for his USHA wife and a small delegation of senior White House officials, Vance has doubled Trump’s intentions to annex Greenland, which houses large mainly unexpected minor resources stores and occupies an increasing geographical position in an increasing geographical landscape.
The visit was largely condemned by Danish and Greenlanders, who were forming a new government when Vance’s arrival.
A few days before landing in Greenland, Danish Prime Minister Put Frederiksen told the Danish channel TV 2 that “the unacceptable pressure (was) placed on Greenland and Denmark in this situation. And this is the pressure that we will resist. “
Earlier this month, during its first official visit to the island’s territory since the unsolicited stopover in Vance, Frederiksen was standing alongside his Greenland counterpart, Jens-Frederik Nielsen and his predecessor, Muted Egede.
The Prime Minister of Denmark, puts Frederiksen (C), head of government of Greenland Múte Bourup Egede (R) and the new head of government Jens-Frederik Nielsen (L) hold a press conference on board the Danish Navy inspection Vaedderen in Nuuk, Greenland, April 3, 2025.
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During a press conference, Frederiksen addressed Trump directly, saying: “You cannot annex other countries”, adding that Denmark accelerates its military presence in the Arctic and offers to develop its collaboration efforts to defend the region.
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