The White House and Pentagon did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Danish support for the US operation was first reported by Newsmax. Nathanielsen said Greenlanders understand that the US sees Greenland as part of its national security sphere.

Usha Vance, the wife of Vice President J.D. Vance, has already made history in a few ways: she’s the first person of color to become Second Lady and the youngest Second Lady since the Truman Administration. She may soon set another record: the second sitting Second Lady to bear a child and the first in over 150 years.