The trip prompted outcry from some Greenlandic politicians. But the terms of any possible American bid to acquire, or partner with, Greenland remain unwritten.
Testifying before the Senate, Gabbard noted a 2024 U.S. cybersecurity guidance recommending government officials use encrypted messaging apps like Signal.
The vice president will join his wife and national security officials on a trip to Greenland as the territory pushes back on Trump’s plans for U.S. control.
A journalist for The Atlantic reported he was erroneously included in a Trump administration group chat where officials discussed renewed U.S. strikes on Yemen.
The CIA chief and the director of national intelligence faced questions about their participation in the Signal group chat during a Tuesday Senate hearing.
Relations between Greenland and the United States have been tense since Trump said the United States would seek to take over the Danish autonomous territory.
White House National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes said the Trump admin is ’reviewing how an inadvertent number was added' to the Signal chat.