Greenland tourism firm cancels Usha Vance visit fearing 'media spectacle'
Source: The Independent
A Greenland tourism business that was due to host second lady Usha Vance has canceled her visit, fearing it would descend into a “media spectacle”.
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The U.S. Consulate initially reached out to Tupilak Travel in Nuuk ahead of the days-long visit, during which the second lady and one of her children would “immerse themselves” in Greenlandic culture and visit the annual dogsled race.
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Reacting to the change, Tupilak Travel issued a sternly-worded statement which read: “When the American consulate called yesterday to ask if the wife of the U.S. Vice President, Usha Vance, could visit our store on Friday, we replied that she was welcome. After all, everyone is welcome in our store.
“However, upon further consideration, we have now informed the consulate that we do not wish to host her visit, as we cannot accept the underlying agenda and do not want to be part of the media spectacle that will inevitably follow,” it read.
Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/greenland-vance-trump-visit-denmark-b2722778.html

Captain Zero
(7,776 posts)In the country?
Of course either way it is going to be used for propaganda here in the US.
BadgerMom
(3,159 posts)Info about this trip is changing, but the last report I read said that now the Vance’s will stay on the base.
montanacowboy
(6,468 posts)bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Hey Vance's what do you not get about stay the hell out of Greenland
Think. Again.
(22,330 posts)ToxMarz
(2,306 posts)and not hiding behind some encrypted app, he is instead hiding behind his children OUTRAGED that anyone would dare say anything negative too him in front of his children.
Dulcinea
(8,091 posts)He drags his kid around everywhere. I feel sorry for that poor little guy.
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(2,521 posts)travelingthrulife
(1,911 posts)ananda
(31,401 posts)and use to blame Greenlanders if the child gets upset.
Think. Again.
(22,330 posts)I hope the kid brought a gameboy or something.
Crowman2009
(3,015 posts)Aristus
(69,489 posts)It's their job to gaze adoringly at their husbands, and nod and grin vapidly at everything their husbands say.
Mrs. Aristus once cautioned me against going into politics. She said she can do the gaze adoringly thing, no problem. But no way was she going to nod and grin enthusiastically at everything I say.
central scrutinizer
(12,500 posts)I was looking forward to the humiliating spectacle of Greenland giving them the finger.
Buddyzbuddy
(592 posts)in Greenlandic culture, stay home and read a book. Read the room, the Felon has made it so Americans are not welcome. Hopefully that book hasn't been banned in today's amerca.
FakeNoose
(37,022 posts)... Not that any Repuke would even consider it.
IcyPeas
(23,383 posts)(Unless its white culture)
Escape
(151 posts)she was smarter than this. Why did she allow her handlers to get her involved in this Trumpian silliness?
She was the only one of Trump's corrupt entourage I thought might be a decent person.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,985 posts)Skittles
(162,919 posts)how smart can she be?
VTderry
(13 posts)she is less of a POS than her spouse.
Skittles
(162,919 posts)UGH!
DENVERPOPS
(11,568 posts)probably had a button on his desk, just like Trump.....that he pushed whenever he wanted a beer, and she was the one who brought it to him......
Escape
(151 posts)Aristus
(69,489 posts)n/t
Raven123
(6,501 posts)Honestly not worth the attempt, but it does explain some of her decision making capacity
Skittles
(162,919 posts)but I imagine he has always been a fucking asshole
Dulcinea
(8,091 posts)This is what happens when people like him get access to power.
Skittles
(162,919 posts)but then that is a requirement of being a Trump bootlicker
Joinfortmill
(17,681 posts)Bev54
(12,278 posts)This is the best they are going to get.
Cha
(309,082 posts)be a part of your Gaslit media Spectacle!
twodogsbarking
(13,115 posts)Cha
(309,082 posts)TY
oasis
(52,140 posts)
ClarencesBrother
(16 posts)Wanted to observe a dogsled race, why not sign up for ICE, a total dog shit race.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(120,793 posts)US representatives canvassed door-to-door in Greenland as part of a “charm offensive” to sound out whether residents would welcome a visit from Usha Vance, it has been claimed.
The second lady and one of her sons had been set to visit the Danish territory this week after Donald Trump continued to inflame tensions by announcing it should come under US control.
Ahead of her visit, staffers reportedly spent a week traipsing around Nuuk, the capital city, to gauge the feeling among residents.
“The Americans’ charm offensive mission has failed,” Jesper Steinmetz, a reporter for TV 2, said.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/vance-team-door-door-pleading-184157827.html
DFW
(57,591 posts)Charm: we love your nation’s natural beauty, and want to do whatever we can to help you preserve it.
Offensive: we think your nation’s natural beauty has a wonderfully strategic location. Denmark should give it up. Not to the people living there, but to the USA, and thus to whomever has the heaviest influence on the current administration.
Apparently, it hasn’t dawned on the current leaders of the American foreign policy desk that the most effective seduction line is not “let’s fuck.”
travelingthrulife
(1,911 posts)Emrys
(8,496 posts)asking if anyone would like to invite Usha Vance to visit them at home.
No takers. Not one.
FakeNoose
(37,022 posts)... it's a great story that illustrates how much we are loathed in Greenland now.
Go MGGA - Make Greenland Great Again
Emrys
(8,496 posts)Last edited Fri Mar 28, 2025, 04:37 PM - Edit history (1)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3427857(I hadn't noticed that post till I'd posted mine).
Crowman2009
(3,015 posts)Someone with empathy, someone like....I don't know....Gwen Walz!