Vances' planned trip to Greenland is stoking Arctic anti-Americanism

NUUK, Greenland — Just 150 miles south of the Arctic Circle, in Nuuk, the world’s northernmost capital, locals were preparing to receive U.S.

NUUK, Greenland — Just 150 miles south of the Arctic Circle, in Nuuk, the world’s northernmost capital, locals were preparing to receive U.S. Vice President JD Vance with what they were calling the “Arctic cold shoulder,” a nod to the diplomatic fallout sparked by President Donald Trump’s repeated suggestions that the U.S. should take over Greenland.  

“We have always looked at America like the nice big brother to help you out and now it’s like the big brother in bullying you,” Anders Laursen, 41, the owner of a local water taxi company, told NBC News on Thursday.  

“Growing up you see Hollywood movies, all the heroes and then you feel backstabbed and you feel like an ally that’s just gone the other way round and you’re like, ‘This can’t be happening, this is not the America we knew,’” added Laursen. 

Both the length of the trip and itinerary have changed since Sunday’s announcement that second lady Usha Vance was going to visit Greenland along with Energy Secretary Chris Wright and national security adviser Michael Waltz — who has been under fire in recent days for adding Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg into a Signal group chat that detailed U.S. airstrike plans on Yemen. 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/vance-trip-greenland-arctic-anti-americanism-rcna198343

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