Col. Susan Meyers, the commander of Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, was removed from her role on Thursday following a report detailing an email she wrote distancing herself from Vice President JD Vance’s comments during his visit to the Danish semi-autonomous territory.

A statement released by the U.S. Space Force said Meyers was taken off the job by Col. Kenneth Klock “for loss of confidence in her ability to lead.”

“Commanders are expected to adhere to the highest standards of conduct, especially as it relates to remaining nonpartisan in the performance of their duties,” the statement adds.

Meyers is being replaced by Col. Shawn Lee.

While the U.S. military has not specified a reason for her removal, Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell accused Meyers of undermining Trump’s priorities.

“Actions to undermine the chain of command or to subvert President Trump’s agenda will not be tolerated at the Department of Defense,” Parnell wrote on X, formerly Twitter, citing an article published by Military.com on Thursday reporting an email purportedly written by Meyers, breaking with Vance’s comments during his Greenland visit.

Parnell’s message was reposted by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Prior to Meyers’ dismissal as commander of the 821st Space Base Group, Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) had called for an investigation into the report, claiming that, if true, her email represented an “extraordinary and deeply troubling action for a sitting military commander.”

“This behavior, if left unchecked, undermines civilian control of the military and sets a dangerous precedent within the ranks,” he wrote in a letter to the acting Secretary of the Air Force Gary Ashworth.

In the message addressed to all personnel at the base on March 31, three days after Vance’s trip, Meyers said she had spent a lot of time considering how the vice president’s comments may have impacted them, according to Military.com.

Beside U.S. Air Force and Space Space Force staff, the base also hosts Canadian, Danish and Greenlandic civilian contractors.

“I do not presume to understand current politics, but what I do know is the concerns of the U.S. administration discussed by Vice President Vance on Friday are not reflective of Pituffik Space Base,” she wrote in her message, the outlet reported.

“I commit that, for as long as I am lucky enough to lead this base, all of our flags will fly proudly ― together,” her message reportedly continued.

During his visit to the base last month, Vance claimed Denmark had failed Greenland.

Greenland would fare better “under the United States’ security umbrella than you have been under Denmark’s security umbrella,” Vance said.

“It’s the policy of the United States that that will change,” he added.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen criticized the Trump administration’s adversarial stance during her visit to Greenland last week.

“This is about the world order that we have built together across the Atlantic over generations: you cannot annex another country, not even with an argument about international security,” Frederiksen said.