Vance to accompany wife to Greenland amid backlash
Source: The Hill
Vice President Vance said hes traveling to Greenland on Friday, a move that comes after the Trump administration provoked backlash from officials in Greenland and Denmark when it was announced that second lady Usha Vance would be heading there.
There was so much excitement around Ushas visit to Greenland this Friday, that I decided that I didnt want her to have all that fun by herself, and so Im going to join her, Vance said in a video released Tuesday afternoon on the social platform X.
Officials in Denmark and Greenland have denounced the visits. Greenland Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede called Waltzs visit in particular highly aggressive. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called the U.S. delegation an unacceptable pressure and vowed resistance.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5213452-vance-travels-greenland/
malthaussen
(18,629 posts)Except, unfortunately, no visa is required for US citizens to visit Greenland.
-- Mal
SheltieLover
(81,744 posts)DENVERPOPS
(13,003 posts)airport can refuse to allow a plane to land..............Much like the U.S. has done with planes from other countries.......
raccoon
(32,470 posts)IthinkThereforeIAM
(3,328 posts)and then double bill them for fuel/tariff.
Aviation Pro
(15,771 posts)I think nobody, couch fucker.
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CanonRay
(16,275 posts)DENVERPOPS
(13,003 posts)until they can provide proof of U.S. Citizenship......And even if they have a Birth Certificate, reject its legitimacy like Trump did with Obama.......
Sneederbunk
(17,642 posts)displacedvermoter
(5,011 posts)trying to sell this bullshit. So much excitement, Jeezus..
tulipsandroses
(8,300 posts)Using that to go after protesters. But the " president' has been threatening to take over a nation, the VP and his wife are going there promoting his threats of takeover. Officials don't want them there. The Prime Minister says US officials have been aggressive... - Yeah I think this admin is the poster child of hostility.
Diamond_Dog
(41,071 posts)sinkingfeeling
(58,053 posts)OrlandoDem2
(3,243 posts)mountain grammy
(29,221 posts)FirefighterJo
(444 posts)When I heard the news about the visit, 'Franz Ferdinand ' immediately popped up in my mind : the killed prince during a visit that sparked WW1.
bluestarone
(22,466 posts)Talk with them.
AmericaUnderSiege
(777 posts)One where the theoretical topic of invoking Article 5 against the Russian-backed Trump regime is discussed openly.
RainCaster
(13,892 posts)He hopes that this shit will blow over if he goes and does something else that is quite stupid.
Buddyzbuddy
(2,916 posts)Rebl2
(17,937 posts)they would not let her back in the country.
Rebl2
(17,937 posts)should not allow the plane to land.
I was just gonna say the same thing.
maxsolomon
(39,144 posts)I don't think Greenland can stop that.
It's just fucking weird to send a delegation without an invite. "Aggressive" is spot on.
thomski64
(964 posts)maxsolomon
(39,144 posts)Pittufik is across from Ellesmere Island, north of Baffin Bay. 900 miles north by air.
It's clowning.
Skittles
(172,917 posts)FUCK THESE HYPOCRITES
kacekwl
(9,266 posts)either dumb ass.
Karasu
(2,086 posts)point now, outside of a couple of fascists getting a taxpayer-subsidized Greenlandic vacation?
niyad
(134,056 posts)oysterpoint
(21 posts)Vance, and his backer Thiel, along with several other tech-bros, want uninhabited, unused territory for the development of a "network state". It is fascist. They will not stop there. They will want something more independent, like a privatized charter state, and eventually, they will claim all of Greenland as theirs. Canada is obviously next, as they build their "technate". I wouldn't give them a square foot of land!
Marthe48
(23,459 posts)Karasu
(2,086 posts)Last edited Wed Mar 26, 2025, 05:11 PM - Edit history (1)
has explicitly said they won't meet with them if they come. I don't know what they intend to gain by still going through with it under those circumstances.
ShazzieB
(22,886 posts)If so, go right ahead, JD. We'll all be here, laughing our asses off at you!
BadgerKid
(5,030 posts)PortTack
(35,824 posts)Greenland officials have already said they will NOT meet with these goons! Stay strong Greenland the ppl of the free world, including most ppl in America are with you!
kimbutgar
(27,560 posts)Blue Owl
(59,634 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(179,360 posts)Diamond_Dog
(41,071 posts)Then him accompanying her makes it worse! They should all stay out!
Paladin
(32,354 posts)"...I didn't want her to have all that fun by herself..." Puh-leeeze...
Zackzzzz
(397 posts)Could someone please give an expense total for the trip to Greenland and back.
I would like to know how much CASH we are "saving" in this horrible assault.
If someone can remember, would you give the total for Jr's surprise visit, as well. TY.
Mysterian
(6,632 posts)because Greenland ain't sending a dog catcher to meet those assholes.
Botany
(77,870 posts)Shameful actions by Shameful people.
Blue Full Moon
(3,653 posts)Keep them in detention for 2 weeks then send them back to the USA in chains.
Polybius
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In his mind, that's the perfect excuse to attack.
ShazzieB
(22,886 posts)Greenland should just ignore them. Let them land at that US military base, but don't allow them to go anywhere else. Don't even acknowledge them, just let them sit there till they get bored enough to fly back home with their tails between their legs!
Marthe48
(23,459 posts)In 1958, v.p. Nixon went on a goodwill tour of South America. His motorcade was attacked by a mob in Caracas, Venezuela.
I think I'd laugh if shady and isha got pelted by snowballs.
Gimpyknee
(1,025 posts)Retrograde
(11,450 posts)Greenland doesn't want him in an official capacity - is he going to pay for his and his wife's expenses, as this appears to be a personal touristing visit? Unless he wants to claim that watching sled dog races is an official duty.
EarnestPutz
(2,843 posts).....by the Minister of Tourism, nor even the Mayor of Nuuk. But by the courtesy shuttle from the Hilton Hotel.
turbinetree
(27,736 posts)you are allowed to land and stay at this Pituffik Space Base formerly Thule Air Base .
You cannot leave the base facilities................
Figarosmom
(13,438 posts)Said they would not meet with her. I guess he thinks that if he goes with her then they have to meet with them. Well, we will see. Unless it's an official visit why would they? And any protests or demonstrations planned won't stop just because he's there. In fact there will likely be more.
HPM
(24 posts)If no one shows up to greet the couch fucker and Usha eventually theyll leave. Im surprised hes still married to her. Shes clearly a DEI hire.
CentralMass
(16,994 posts)Buddyzbuddy
(2,916 posts)And, it looks like he's going in defense of his wife. When in fact, she's providing him cover. You know like a beard, over your face.
Ray Bruns
(6,776 posts)Its a dogsled race. How much fun could it be?
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