It is not quite on the level of the famed Hamlet quote “something is rotten in the state of Denmark,” but White House officials are rejecting mainstream media narratives that second lady Usha Vance was not welcome by officials in Greenland.

Usha Vance, wife of Vice President J.D. Vance, was, indeed, invited to attend Greenland’s National Dogsled Race and wave the flag opening the event, according to the second lady’s Communications Director Nikki Reeves.

“The second lady received multiple invitations for her attendance to the Greenland National Dogsled Race,” Reeves shared with Newsmax in a statement Thursday. “Chairman Mikkel Jeremiassen of the Dogsledding Association KNQK Qimussersauq was excited to welcome the second lady and offered for her to waive the flag opening the race, per conversations between the U.S. Consulate and event organizers.”

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