As President Trump talks of acquiring Greenland, Vice President Vance has taken on a role of good cop, using softer language than his boss.

Donald Trump had an opportunity to categorically rule out the possibility of using military force to acquire Greenland. He did largely the opposite.

Thule Air Base was renamed Pituffik Space Base in April 2023 to “recognize Greenlandic cultural heritage,” and the site continues to handle missile defense, space surveillance and a system that detects ballistic missiles before they fly near U.S. soil.

The president said that nothing was "off the table" with regards to Washington taking control of the Arctic island.

Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Greenland's prime minister, said in a Facebook post on Sunday that the United States will not be able to annex the resource-rich island in the Atlantic.

Vice President JD Vance and Usha Vance will visit Pituffik Space Base, the US military's base in Greenland dating back to World War II.