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.”

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    I imagine it’s “Expand the base whether Denmark agrees or not.”

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      Hi Greenland, here’s our new lease contract for our base, we want to expand our footprint to cover 836,000 sq mi.

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        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?”

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        No, I doubt that was part of the military conversation with the commander of the Greenland base.