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Tonk

(86 posts)
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 06:27 AM Mar 2025

Greenland states they will not meet with Usha Vance or Trump's delegation

The planned trip by Usha Vance to northern Greenland has infuriated the Island. Residents of one of Earth's two largest ice caps have made themselves clear to Donald Trump once again: do not send your representatives here and bully us into agreeing to your imperialist aims.

Prime Minister Egede was neither playing nor Demark with Trump, who had threatened a military invasion of the majority Inuit population. Both countries blasted the US delegation. Telling them we will not meet with you

From USA Today:

Greenland's Prime Minister Mute Egede criticized an upcoming trip to the Danish territory by Usha Vance, wife of Vice President JD Vance, and other senior U.S. officials as a "provocation" and "highly aggressive."

The second lady was expected to travel to Greenland on Thursday alongside Mike Waltz, President Donald Trump's national security adviser, and Energy Secretary Chris Wright. The White House said that she would watch the island's national dogsled race and "celebrate Greenlandic culture and unity."


snip

Egede, who is Greenland's outgoing prime minister, said his caretaker government would not meet with the delegation. He raised particular objection to Waltz’s visit. Denmark also voiced opposition to the trip. "What is the national security adviser doing in Greenland? The only purpose is to demonstrate power over us," Egede said in an interview with Greenlandic newspaper Sermitsiaq on Sunday. "His mere presence in Greenland will no doubt fuel American belief in Trump’s mission − and the pressure will increase."


What Trump fails to understand is that most of the mineral wealth in Greenland is under up to two miles of ice, so it is only his ego that drives this absurd effort of annexation whose people who have made it clear for years: We are not for sale.
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Greenland states they will not meet with Usha Vance or Trump's delegation (Original Post) Tonk Mar 2025 OP
good for them! RJ-MacReady Mar 2025 #1
This! calimary Mar 2025 #19
Why would they? Dulcinea Mar 2025 #72
Watch the dogsled race, maybe she is just picking nakocal Mar 2025 #98
They should scan their cell phones Danmel Mar 2025 #2
👏👏👏👏!! Traildogbob Mar 2025 #78
Free clue for the G.O.P., Inc. BoRaGard Mar 2025 #3
Crass. Pinback Mar 2025 #36
CrassNov is, of course, the proper pronunciation of the felon's name in Russia BoRaGard Mar 2025 #47
Ha! Good one. (nt) Pinback Mar 2025 #49
We went from class (Obama) to crass (T💩p) to class (Biden) and back to crass (T💩p). OMGWTF Mar 2025 #70
And Stupid Ass Aggession! Cha Mar 2025 #93
So this AM I am reading that Trump has gotten Greenland, S. Africa, Canada, and Europe pissed off @ us. Botany Mar 2025 #4
Easier to list who he hasn't pissed off. Russia. twodogsbarking Mar 2025 #5
Of course that won't stop Russia from screwing him over when the time is right Wiz Imp Mar 2025 #41
Yeah, Russia isn't pissed at Trump RazorbackExpat Mar 2025 #112
Panama Canal..... Lovie777 Mar 2025 #8
What's he done to piss off South Africa? Wiz Imp Mar 2025 #39
We expelled their ambassador. Botany Mar 2025 #43
Thanks! I hadn't seen that. Wiz Imp Mar 2025 #59
Musk has gotten to Krasnov to be pissed off that S. Africa is no longer an Apartheid Afrikaner nation Botany Mar 2025 #62
Trump probably would have thrown the South African ambassador out of the country even if he hadn't criticized him. LudwigPastorius Mar 2025 #79
Trump offered white South African farmers US citizenship and "safety" muriel_volestrangler Mar 2025 #71
Shame on Vance xuplate Mar 2025 #6
It smacks of Blazing Saddles and the quicksand railroad building scenes. OnDoutside Mar 2025 #15
Well spotted, right down to the dark comedy aspect Hekate Mar 2025 #89
She's a big girl HereForTheParty Mar 2025 #44
It's not outdated in the Vance household. OrangeJoe Mar 2025 #77
Right blubunyip Mar 2025 #110
I got your national dogsled race, Ms. Vance. Paladin Mar 2025 #7
I second that wish. Think. Again. Mar 2025 #10
Eagle Cap Extreme Sled Dog Races Zackzzzz Mar 2025 #95
I bet trump has already lined up some fake... Think. Again. Mar 2025 #9
I don't imagine Trump thinks 2 miles of ice MadameButterfly Mar 2025 #11
Without a doubt, I'm not sure if the extraction industries Tonk Mar 2025 #12
he probably thinks he can just wait for it to melt. mopinko Mar 2025 #17
He'll modify the hurricane plan and deploy nukes . . . hatrack Mar 2025 #20
Nuclear bombs leave a nice deep crater. magicarpet Mar 2025 #46
The idiot will probably want to try nuking it like that hurricane he wanted blow up. brush Mar 2025 #51
Waiting to hear him describe the 'big, beautiful nuclear explosion' he will order to melt ice Attilatheblond Mar 2025 #55
Don't cry over Usha Vance. bronxiteforever Mar 2025 #13
She clerked for Roberts & Kavanaugh and helped in Kavanaugh's confirmation too and now she is going Botany Mar 2025 #24
Greenland shouldn't even let them visit! Captain Zero Mar 2025 #83
She was also a presidential campaign advisor to husband JD. Lars39 Mar 2025 #111
Exactly, she is all in on the invasion plans. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #35
Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing was particularly grotesque. Good to know travelingthrulife Mar 2025 #58
Brings to mind the charitable manner with which Melania Trumpsky was viewed Harker Mar 2025 #60
K&R orangecrush Mar 2025 #65
"Smart" for a modern conservative, maybe, which isn't remotely impressive. Karasu Mar 2025 #102
Ugh Chi67 Mar 2025 #14
Greenland refuses to see wife of former Yale drag queen, Vance, now V.P. of U.S.A. Joinfortmill Mar 2025 #16
Why would they meet with common tourists? no_hypocrisy Mar 2025 #18
Let's hear it for the Rainbow Tour! tanyev Mar 2025 #21
Don't they have a Customs checkpoint? ECL213 Mar 2025 #22
They are flying into Pituffik Space Base, formerly known as Thule, a US air base. Tonk Mar 2025 #26
Ah, thanks... ECL213 Mar 2025 #27
Can they check all her social media accounts and posting like Trump/Musk are doing to other foreigners? Botany Mar 2025 #28
"Looks like you have a bunch of photos of yourself with terrorists on your phone, ma'am." Pinback Mar 2025 #38
It's more Trumpsky's style to threaten, but... Harker Mar 2025 #23
Perfect response! IrishAfricanAmerican Mar 2025 #25
Republicans, even her husband, consider her a DEI. Norrrm Mar 2025 #29
And she's taking one of their kids... Escape Mar 2025 #30
You go, Greenland! ShazzieB Mar 2025 #31
Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time. surfered Mar 2025 #32
She can have lunch at the BX, a cold sandwich and coke. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #33
Good! William769 Mar 2025 #34
Putting off the lame duck. Sneederbunk Mar 2025 #37
Greenland's "mineral wealth" Diraven Mar 2025 #40
greenland actually isn't as large as most people think. lapfog_1 Mar 2025 #103
If Putin's plan were for Denmark to get so pissed off at the US, 70sEraVet Mar 2025 #42
Thank you Greenland. Thank you prime minister Egede. F*** the parasites. 58Sunliner Mar 2025 #45
Usha Vance is said to be a vegetarian. Traditional Greenlandic food Ocelot II Mar 2025 #48
No problem, they kacekwl Mar 2025 #50
They should refuse to let them land or, land long enough to refuel. Let none of them get off the plane. nt Hotler Mar 2025 #52
She wants to "celebrate culture and unity" louis-t Mar 2025 #53
Deny her landing rights ............ turbinetree Mar 2025 #54
When have facts ever impeded his lunacy? MaineBlueBear Mar 2025 #56
I think they hope for some kind of incident to complain about. rickford66 Mar 2025 #57
Don't give them clearance to land. Swede Mar 2025 #61
There is no need to meet with these assholes LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2025 #63
Yes, Greenland, thank you for telling trump and his following to shove it. republianmushroom Mar 2025 #64
Usha?? Owens Mar 2025 #66
GOOD!!!! FUCK 'EM and SLAM YOUR DOORS IN THEIR FACES!! The_REAL_Ecumenist Mar 2025 #67
Good for Greenland. An example for us all. Martin68 Mar 2025 #68
They should forbid the plane from landing. FoggyLake Mar 2025 #69
"Close your eyes. Can you guess what finger I'm holding up?" struggle4progress Mar 2025 #73
This message was self-deleted by its author coprolite Mar 2025 #94
I don't care for this person at all, but I wonder if it has occurred... dchill Mar 2025 #74
"What Trump fails to understand is that most of the mineral wealth in Greenland is under up to two miles of ice..." LudwigPastorius Mar 2025 #75
Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2025 #76
You need to take a U turn. GP6971 Mar 2025 #80
Good for them Historic NY Mar 2025 #81
"...she would watch the island's national dogsled race" Grins Mar 2025 #82
Arrest them when they show up. At least 2 weeks the same treatment the trump administration Blue Full Moon Mar 2025 #84
I think they can spot neo-colonialism blubunyip Mar 2025 #85
Oh No! Now all the MAGAts will insist we eat maxrandb Mar 2025 #86
Well there should be no confusion that they like us and want to be US citizens. 33taw Mar 2025 #87
Am I missing something? MorbidButterflyTat Mar 2025 #88
From USA Today linked in the article Tonk Mar 2025 #91
Thank you. MorbidButterflyTat Mar 2025 #100
Require VISAs for US Citizens, or representatives of the US. Then do not grant any VISAs. Scalded Nun Mar 2025 #90
Or at least cancel all of them for the Trump Administration mdbl Mar 2025 #92
"Second Lady" Godot51 Mar 2025 #96
Good! kevink077 Mar 2025 #97
That is awesome hamsterjill Mar 2025 #99
They are all but under attack, they should refuse entry. bucolic_frolic Mar 2025 #101
America stands with Greenland. AmericaUnderSiege Mar 2025 #104
IF IF IF JDAcme Mar 2025 #105
I wouldn't Want Them, Either! Daleuhlmann Mar 2025 #106
"The White House said that she would watch the island's national dogsled race ..." generalbetrayus Mar 2025 #107
National flag of Greenland canetoad Mar 2025 #108
I like that! Haggard Celine Mar 2025 #109

Dulcinea

(9,597 posts)
72. Why would they?
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 12:29 PM
Mar 2025

If Usha Vance wants to watch the dogsled race, fine. If she wants to try to bully Greenland into submission, no thanks!

nakocal

(624 posts)
98. Watch the dogsled race, maybe she is just picking
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 06:36 PM
Mar 2025

what dog she wants to eat with her husband.

Danmel

(5,673 posts)
2. They should scan their cell phones
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 06:46 AM
Mar 2025

And deport them to that lovely prison in El Salvador.

BoRaGard

(7,591 posts)
3. Free clue for the G.O.P., Inc.
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 06:47 AM
Mar 2025

According to common manners, you do not invite yourself into someone else's home.

You behave like a decent human being (or government) and wait for them to invite you.

Inviting yourself is the very definition of PIGGISHNESS. Jesus would not do, as you should well know.

Pinback

(13,485 posts)
36. Crass.
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 08:14 AM
Mar 2025

I unfortunately woke up thinking of these assholes today, and the one word that came to mind was crass. People with no manners, values, or appreciation of anything truly meaningful in life — not to mention no patriotism or dedication to the values this country supposedly stands for.

Boors and bullies who think they’re better than everybody else just because they’ve gotten their grubby hands on a pile of money.

OMGWTF

(5,000 posts)
70. We went from class (Obama) to crass (T💩p) to class (Biden) and back to crass (T💩p).
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 12:17 PM
Mar 2025

Botany

(76,244 posts)
4. So this AM I am reading that Trump has gotten Greenland, S. Africa, Canada, and Europe pissed off @ us.
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 06:48 AM
Mar 2025

Good job Krasnov.

Botany

(76,244 posts)
62. Musk has gotten to Krasnov to be pissed off that S. Africa is no longer an Apartheid Afrikaner nation
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 10:29 AM
Mar 2025

And I think that racism might have been Musk’s motivation in getting us out of USAID because
it was helping black people in Africa and Musk was raised to see them as “the enemy.”

We are now the allies of Russia, Hungry, N. Korea, and China. BTW the White House just replaced
A.P. in the press pool w/Semafor which is propaganda outlet for the Chinese Communist Party
leadership, banks and investment houses, and businesses that are linked to China.

LudwigPastorius

(14,047 posts)
79. Trump probably would have thrown the South African ambassador out of the country even if he hadn't criticized him.
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 12:52 PM
Mar 2025

He is Muslim after all.

muriel_volestrangler

(105,494 posts)
71. Trump offered white South African farmers US citizenship and "safety"
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 12:26 PM
Mar 2025
President Trump doubled down Friday on his offer to grant U.S. citizenship to White Afrikaner farmers in South Africa, accusing their government of treating them "terribly." Mr. Trump said the U.S. would offer them "safety" and that they would be given a "rapid pathway to citizenship."

Mr. Trump had previously pointed to new land expropriation laws in South Africa that he claims are racist and a breach of the White farmers' human rights. In reaction to the laws, he has halted all foreign aid to South Africa.
...
In a Friday post on his own Truth social platform, Mr. Trump once again offered "safe refuge" to Afrikaner farmers who feel unsafe in South Africa. That came after, on Feb. 7, Mr. Trump signed an executive order accusing the South African government of adopting racist laws that discriminate against Afrikaners, an ethnic group made up primarily of the descendants of Dutch settlers who started arriving in the country hundreds of years ago and now amount to about 13% of the population.
...
South Africa's government hit back at the time, saying the law pertained to unused land or land that was not serving the public interest. Mr. Trump ordered Secretary of State Marco Rubio to prioritize the resettlement program in the U.S. for Afrikaners who feel they have been the victims of racial discrimination. He also cut off all aid and assistance to South Africa for as long as the land expropriation law remains on the books.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-south-africa-farmers-white-afrikaners-offer-us-citizenship/

At a time when he's denying asylum to pretty much anyone else from anywhere in the world, that's implying South Africa is the worst of the worst. Plus of course he stopped USAID anti-HIV programs, which will kill many South Africans (and other nationalities, of course).

xuplate

(156 posts)
6. Shame on Vance
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 06:59 AM
Mar 2025

Allowing the Trump administration to use his wife to run point for this ludicrous display of aggression is a new low—and it smacks of racism.

Hekate

(100,131 posts)
89. Well spotted, right down to the dark comedy aspect
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 02:00 PM
Mar 2025

We re-watched Blazing Saddles for a respite from the news over the weekend, followed by Men In Black 1,2,&3

 

HereForTheParty

(915 posts)
44. She's a big girl
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 08:42 AM
Mar 2025

The notion JD shouldn't be "allowing" it is outdated by several decades.

blubunyip

(267 posts)
110. Right
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 07:48 AM
Mar 2025

and I have a feeling she's the (nasty) woman behind the man... Greenland dog and pony show could have even been her idea. Usha looks all sweetness but OMG she married that guy. "The Fall of the House of Usher" I hope to see that reality show...

Paladin

(32,208 posts)
7. I got your national dogsled race, Ms. Vance.
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 06:59 AM
Mar 2025

Bravo and a thousand thanks to Prime Minister Egede of Greenland for telling the trump regime to fuck off. I only wish that more of the leadership of the Democratic Party was exhibiting similar courage and principles.

Zackzzzz

(244 posts)
95. Eagle Cap Extreme Sled Dog Races
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 04:28 PM
Mar 2025

Well, if the Mrs VP is into dogsled races there is very exciting
one held every year outside of Joseph, Oregon.
Days and days of fun.

 

Think. Again.

(22,456 posts)
9. I bet trump has already lined up some fake...
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 07:03 AM
Mar 2025

...Greenlanders to pretend they are happy to see usha, just like don jr did last month.

MadameButterfly

(3,725 posts)
11. I don't imagine Trump thinks 2 miles of ice
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 07:10 AM
Mar 2025

will stop him. He's probably ready to do whatever damage it takes to get to the minerals.

Tonk

(86 posts)
12. Without a doubt, I'm not sure if the extraction industries
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 07:14 AM
Mar 2025

That fueled his campaign with cash and the technology to succeed. I hope not, anyway.

mopinko

(73,247 posts)
17. he probably thinks he can just wait for it to melt.
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 07:27 AM
Mar 2025

i think he has a fantasy that climate change is gonna lay the arctic out for us to plunder.
he pretends to think it’s a hoax, but he thinks it’s gonna b a big windfall.

magicarpet

(18,456 posts)
46. Nuclear bombs leave a nice deep crater.
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 08:46 AM
Mar 2025

A perfect way to extract minerals needed by industry that are buried below 2 miles of ice.

You could even use the "Green" method - out of respect for the natural environment - use hydrogen bombs.

 

brush

(61,033 posts)
51. The idiot will probably want to try nuking it like that hurricane he wanted blow up.
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 09:21 AM
Mar 2025

Such an idiot...and is president again because of too many dumb ass maga voters.

Attilatheblond

(8,142 posts)
55. Waiting to hear him describe the 'big, beautiful nuclear explosion' he will order to melt ice
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 09:30 AM
Mar 2025

Or, maybe Musk/Putin has convinced him he'll make a fortune selling 'ancient ice cubes from the Greenland Ice Mines', then drill drill drill

bronxiteforever

(11,062 posts)
13. Don't cry over Usha Vance.
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 07:15 AM
Mar 2025

Last edited Mon Mar 24, 2025, 08:44 AM - Edit history (1)

She clerked for John Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh. Plus she advised Kavanaugh during his confirmation proceedings. I have seen remarks like “she isn’t as bad as him”. Don’t fall for the bull. She is knee deep in MAGA hoopla. She is rich and smart which makes her decision to go to Greenland all the more reprehensible.

Botany

(76,244 posts)
24. She clerked for Roberts & Kavanaugh and helped in Kavanaugh's confirmation too and now she is going
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 07:48 AM
Mar 2025

where she has been told she is not welcome? I hope all members of Greenland’s government and
leadership refuses to meet with her.

How fast does spit freeze in Nuuk, Greenland?

Btw why do I think that this Greenland, Panama Canal, and Canada shit are just gas lighting in order
to distract from the take over our nation by Putin, Musk, and Christo Fascists.

Captain Zero

(8,711 posts)
83. Greenland shouldn't even let them visit!
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 01:14 PM
Mar 2025

Tel them to stay out.
Declare them all persona non grata.

If I was a Greenlander I'd be yelling we don't have to let them in.

Tell them to visit some ice in Russia.

Irish_Dem

(79,367 posts)
35. Exactly, she is all in on the invasion plans.
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 08:13 AM
Mar 2025

Anybody who helps the rapist Kavanaguh is a sociopath too.

Harker

(17,285 posts)
60. Brings to mind the charitable manner with which Melania Trumpsky was viewed
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 10:15 AM
Mar 2025

before much was known about her.

Joinfortmill

(19,907 posts)
16. Greenland refuses to see wife of former Yale drag queen, Vance, now V.P. of U.S.A.
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 07:25 AM
Mar 2025

No offense to drag queens or VPs.

ECL213

(429 posts)
27. Ah, thanks...
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 07:54 AM
Mar 2025

and then I suppose they have some diplomatic credentials that allow them to go elsewhere.

Botany

(76,244 posts)
28. Can they check all her social media accounts and posting like Trump/Musk are doing to other foreigners?
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 07:55 AM
Mar 2025

Ask her how long is she staying? Does she know anybody in Greenland?

Pinback

(13,485 posts)
38. "Looks like you have a bunch of photos of yourself with terrorists on your phone, ma'am."
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 08:23 AM
Mar 2025

“We’re gonna need you to wait in this freezing room for a few hours while we decide what to do with you. Here’s a piece of aluminum foil.”

Harker

(17,285 posts)
23. It's more Trumpsky's style to threaten, but...
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 07:46 AM
Mar 2025

he might have thought that if the roughly 60,000 Greenlanders achieve independence, he could buy it for $24.00 worth of beads.

ShazzieB

(22,148 posts)
31. You go, Greenland!
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 08:03 AM
Mar 2025

I swear to God, I am beyond sick of the surrealistic hellscape the Orange Hellbeast is doing his best to turn not just this country but the entire world into. I feel utterly helpless to stop this madness and terrified to find out what the next body blow is going to be. I'm so frustrated that I feel like SCREAMING!

Irish_Dem

(79,367 posts)
33. She can have lunch at the BX, a cold sandwich and coke.
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 08:07 AM
Mar 2025

Then sashay herself over the to base commander's house for dinner.

Then go the hell back home.

Diraven

(1,795 posts)
40. Greenland's "mineral wealth"
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 08:31 AM
Mar 2025

The only reason this is ever brought up is Greenland is a huge area so it's bound to have some. But there's a reason they're not being mined right now - it's just not economically feasible compared to getting those same minerals from much more convenient sources elsewhere. And it won't be for many, many years.

lapfog_1

(31,573 posts)
103. greenland actually isn't as large as most people think.
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 07:51 PM
Mar 2025

On a Mercator projection, Greenland appears roughly the same size as Africa, but in reality, Africa is about 14 times larger. The Peters projection, in contrast, aims to show landmasses in their correct relative sizes, though it distorts shapes.


70sEraVet

(5,203 posts)
42. If Putin's plan were for Denmark to get so pissed off at the US,
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 08:34 AM
Mar 2025

that it demands the closure of the Pituffik Space Base, then Putin's Fool would be doing .... just what he is DOING!

Ocelot II

(128,827 posts)
48. Usha Vance is said to be a vegetarian. Traditional Greenlandic food
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 08:48 AM
Mar 2025

relies heavily on fish, and seal, whale and reindeer meat. You don't travel to a country and turn up your nose at their food...

kacekwl

(8,851 posts)
50. No problem, they
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 09:00 AM
Mar 2025

already have their paid fake supporters set up to greet them . And plenty of maga hats to give out.

Hotler

(13,717 posts)
52. They should refuse to let them land or, land long enough to refuel. Let none of them get off the plane. nt
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 09:25 AM
Mar 2025

louis-t

(24,566 posts)
53. She wants to "celebrate culture and unity"
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 09:29 AM
Mar 2025

before wiping them off the map and bringing in the digging machines. Arrest the delegation as "hostile invaders", "illegal aliens" or just, plain "aliens".

I'm going to guess they get chased off the island rather quickly.

MaineBlueBear

(405 posts)
56. When have facts ever impeded his lunacy?
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 09:33 AM
Mar 2025

Two layers of ice be damned. He's going to destabilize NATO by attacking one or more of our allies.

rickford66

(6,032 posts)
57. I think they hope for some kind of incident to complain about.
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 09:48 AM
Mar 2025

Give the MAGA's some victimhood. Viva Greenland or whatever the saying is there.

Swede

(38,198 posts)
61. Don't give them clearance to land.
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 10:27 AM
Mar 2025

"We're low on fuel."

"That sounds like a you problem."

Owens

(585 posts)
66. Usha??
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 11:06 AM
Mar 2025

Why is she representing the U.S. and why are we paying for her trips?? Imagine if Douglas Emhoff did this? Republicans would be having a meltdown!! Hello Democrats???

The_REAL_Ecumenist

(928 posts)
67. GOOD!!!! FUCK 'EM and SLAM YOUR DOORS IN THEIR FACES!!
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 11:17 AM
Mar 2025

BRAVO TO THE KALAALIT, (West Greenlanders), The INUGGUIT, (From the Thule District) & THE IIT, (The East Greenlanders) BRAVISSIMO!!!!!

Response to struggle4progress (Reply #73)

dchill

(42,660 posts)
74. I don't care for this person at all, but I wonder if it has occurred...
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 12:43 PM
Mar 2025

...to her that an "incident" could happen that could be blamed on Greenland, which would obviously require an immediate invasion thereof.

LudwigPastorius

(14,047 posts)
75. "What Trump fails to understand is that most of the mineral wealth in Greenland is under up to two miles of ice..."
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 12:45 PM
Mar 2025

The UN says that global freshwater demand will outstrip supply by 40% by 2030, and Greenland contains 8% of the Earth's supply of freshwater in its ice sheet.

Trump is NOT a strategic thinker (or a thinker of any kind, really), but it is possible that somebody spoke to him about global water scarcity at some point, and it stuck in the decrepit funhouse that is the inside of his head.

Response to Tonk (Original post)

Grins

(9,214 posts)
82. "...she would watch the island's national dogsled race"
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 01:11 PM
Mar 2025

Because Yale Law grads living in Ohio just LOVE dogsled racing.

What a stupid comment!

Blue Full Moon

(3,111 posts)
84. Arrest them when they show up. At least 2 weeks the same treatment the trump administration
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 01:18 PM
Mar 2025

Showed the 2 that are from Canada and UK. Send them back chained.

blubunyip

(267 posts)
85. I think they can spot neo-colonialism
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 01:21 PM
Mar 2025

especially when it's loudly announced. Might as well say, "We don't want to negotiate with you and give you something in return for exploiting you --we just want to own you, ie. rape you." The whole world sees them. The playground bully suddenly wants to be Greenland's bestie and be represented at the dogsled races...huh?

Greenland

maxrandb

(17,131 posts)
86. Oh No! Now all the MAGAts will insist we eat
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 01:23 PM
Mar 2025

"FREEDOM" SUAASAT, instead of Greenlandic Suaasat

MorbidButterflyTat

(4,102 posts)
88. Am I missing something?
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 01:59 PM
Mar 2025

I saw these quotes posted in a different thread yesterday, but where does it say, "Greenland states they will not meet with Usha Vance or rump's delegation."?

Tonk

(86 posts)
91. From USA Today linked in the article
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 02:50 PM
Mar 2025

Egede, who is Greenland's outgoing prime minister, said his caretaker government would not meet with the delegation

Scalded Nun

(1,590 posts)
90. Require VISAs for US Citizens, or representatives of the US. Then do not grant any VISAs.
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 02:27 PM
Mar 2025

Godot51

(706 posts)
96. "Second Lady"
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 05:20 PM
Mar 2025

Neither the "first" nor the "second" ladies have any actual, elected, or appointed status with the government. They are accorded their "respect" due to the status of their husbands. This is also true of any "first or second" gentlemen.

The people of Greenland owe her nothing. They normally would be simply polite and waste valuable time, resources, and efforts to entertain and please her and put on photo-ops but nothing official.

However, due to her husband's and his "bosses" pointless, provocative, and repeated statements her visit is ill-timed and unnecessary. Imagine Jill Biden or Michelle Obama engaging in such petty gestures? How would the "republicans" react?

It would be interesting to know what is in Usha Vance's mind. Does she think she has some official status or power? Does she think as her husband and the current administration do, that she is some kind of princess to her husband's prince?

Overreach is very common among this generation of "elite" conservative republican politicians. They truly seem to believe their elected status, appointed status, or accidental status means they are "official" leaders over the people who elected them for life.

hamsterjill

(16,912 posts)
99. That is awesome
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 07:06 PM
Mar 2025

Now, if they will simply not CAVE to the asshole down the line like everyone else is doing.

Go, Greenland! Kick him in the balls!

 

AmericaUnderSiege

(777 posts)
104. America stands with Greenland.
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 10:21 PM
Mar 2025

And America remains NATO.

If Russia wants to talk with Greenland, it can send its own reps under its own blood-soaked flag.

JDAcme

(35 posts)
105. IF IF IF
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 11:28 PM
Mar 2025

Greenland is such a strategic place, and a place not particularly suited for a large population, and since it belongs to Denmark, a NATO nation, would it make sense for Greenland to join NATO as a shared possession of NATO, not of any single country? Inhabitants of Greenland would become employees of NATO and be paid for that work, kind of like the payment Alaskans earn as dividends on Alaskan oil. They would also continue to pursue their own interests. This status would also make Greenland of greater strategic importance while placing it under the NATO umbrella. And, no country would attempt a land grab as the US is doing.

generalbetrayus

(1,484 posts)
107. "The White House said that she would watch the island's national dogsled race ..."
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 12:40 AM
Mar 2025

Greenlanders should be grateful that Orange Julius Caesar is sending VD Jance's wife and not Kristi Noem.

canetoad

(20,076 posts)
108. National flag of Greenland
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 01:31 AM
Mar 2025

I admit - did not know this until today. Interesting design.

Haggard Celine

(17,644 posts)
109. I like that!
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 03:23 AM
Mar 2025

What a clever design showing the midnight Sun and the constant darkness during summer and winter.

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