U.S. officials went door to door in Greenland’s capital of Nuuk looking for residents who wanted to greet the second lady, Jesper Steinmetz from Denmark’s TV 2 reported. But everywhere they went, they were rejected.
The unwelcoming response forced the second lady to change her plans, Steinmetz said, ahead of her arrival with Vice President JD Vance on Friday.
A senior White House official pushed back hard at the Danish report, telling The Hill in an email: “This is categorically false. 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.”
ABC News had previously suggested that the addition of national security adviser Mike Waltz and Energy Secretary Chris Wright to the delegation was also a factor in the shifting plans.