The head of the American military base in Greenland was dismissed for criticizing the Washington agenda for the Arctic island after the visit of JD Vance two weeks ago.
The Susannah Meyers pass, who had been commander of the Pituffik space base since July, has been deleted among the information she had distant and the basis of the criticism of the American vice-president with regard to Denmark and her surveillance of the territory.
Greenland has its own government but is also part of the kingdom of Denmark, which previously led it as a colony and continues to control its foreign and defense policies. Donald Trump has repeatedly said that he wanted to acquire the island and did not exclude military or economic strength to do so.
The US Space Force said Thursday evening in a statement that Meyers had been withdrawn from the position of commander on Thursday due to a “loss of confidence” in its ability to direct.
“Commanders should join the highest standards of conduct, in particular with regard to non-partisan respect for the exercise of their functions,” he added.
The statement has not spread further, but the American website Military.com said that Meyers had sent an email to all Pituffik staff on March 31 “apparently aimed at generating unity among aviators and tutors, as well as Canadians, Danish and Greenlanders who work there, according to the appearance of Vance”.
Vance visited the base on March 28 in a trip which was considerably modified at the last minute in the midst of increasingly tense relations between the United States, Greenland and Denmark. During the visit, he told the troops that the United States had to take control of the Arctic island to stop the threat of China and Russia. He also criticized Denmark, which, according to him, had “not done a good job by the inhabitants of Greenland”.
Originally, the delegation had been led by his wife, the second lady, Usha Vance, who was to visit the capital Nuuk and a dog sledding in Sisimiut. But after the indignation of the calendar after the elections – the new coalition government had not yet taken oath – the plans have been modified.
The vice-president said at a press conference at the base: “Our message to Denmark is very simple: you have not done a good job by the inhabitants of Greenland. You have subinvested in the inhabitants of Greenland and you have sub-infringement of the security architecture of this incredible and beautiful earthly mass. ”
In his email, relayed to Military.com, Meyers wrote: “I do not assume to understand the current policy, but what I know is that the concerns of the American administration discussed by vice-president Vance on Friday do not reflect the basis of the Pituffik space.”
Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said on X: “The actions aimed at undermining the chain of command or overthrowing the agenda of President Trump will not be tolerated at the Ministry of Defense.”
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Trump insisted that the United States needs to control Greenland for national and international security and refused to exclude the use of force to secure it.
US Space Force said Meyers had been replaced by Shawn Lee collar.
Meyers seems to be the last of a Trump administration purge of high -ranking military officers and commanders. Others include Air Force Gen Tim Haugh, director of the National Security Agency, and V Adm Shoshana Chatfield, who served with NATO.
Joe Kasper, chief of staff to the American Ministry of Defense, told Military.com: “Civil control of the military is a principle of foundation of our armed forces. The actions to undermine the chain of command or to overthrow the order of President Trump will not be tolerated at the Ministry of Defense. ”
The American and Danish defense departments and the Pituffik space base were contacted for comments.
