The commander of the base wrote, “I do not presume to understand current politics, but what I do know is the concerns of the US administration discussed by Vice-President Vance on Friday are not reflective of Pituffik Space Base.” in an email and was thus dismissed. In dismissing her, the Pentagon stated this reason. “Actions [that] undermine the chain of command or to subvert President [Donald] Trump’s agenda will not be tolerated at the Department of Defense.”
I imagine it’s “Expand the base whether Denmark agrees or not.”
Hi Greenland, here’s our new lease contract for our base, we want to expand our footprint to cover 836,000 sq mi.
I think it’s be more of a nibble than a chomp.
“Oops, we built a bit outside our perimeter due to a special military operation. It’s not an act of war so need for Article 5, right?”
While destabilizing the US economy
No, I doubt that was part of the military conversation with the commander of the Greenland base.