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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(120,947 posts)
Wed Mar 26, 2025, 02:40 PM Mar 26

Change in itinerary for US Vice President JD Vance brings cautious relief for Greenland and Denmark

Source: AP

Greenland and Denmark appeared cautiously relieved early Wednesday by the news that U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his wife are changing their itinerary for their visit to Greenland Friday, reducing the likelihood that they will cross paths with residents angered by the Trump administration’s attempts to annex the vast Arctic Island, a semi-autonomous Danish territory.

The couple will now visit the U.S. Space Force outpost at Pituffik, on the northwest coast of Greenland, instead of Usha Vance’s previously announced solo trip to the Avannaata Qimussersu dogsled race in Sisimiut.

President Donald Trump irked much of Europe by suggesting that the United States should in some form control the self-governing, mineral-rich territory of Denmark, a U.S. ally and NATO member. As the nautical gateway to the Arctic and North Atlantic approaches to North America, Greenland has broader strategic value as both China and Russia seek access to its waterways and natural resources.

Trump, in an interview Wednesday on “The Vince Show,” repeated his desire for U.S. control of Greenland. Asked if the people there are “eager” to become U.S. citizens, Trump said he didn’t know “but I think we have to do it, and we have to convince them.”

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/vance-greenland-trump-denmark-pituffik-base-arctic-ec5ba20a161ba52c9d664706d030b60f



They could take Vance and Trump ice fishing.
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Change in itinerary for US Vice President JD Vance brings cautious relief for Greenland and Denmark (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 26 OP
And what might they be up to at the afb Clouds Passing Mar 26 #1
Pretty much nothing. maxsolomon Mar 27 #11
I meant to say SFB (Space Force Base) Clouds Passing Mar 27 #12
Greenland runs away screaming....aaagh! wcmagumba Mar 26 #2
Instead of good faith negotiations.................... Lovie777 Mar 26 #3
He can meet with the homeless people that got a free meal and free hat from Trump Jr. Norrrm Mar 26 #4
The damage is done. AmericaUnderSiege Mar 26 #5
Putin will tell him to send green men to Greenland. Marcuse Mar 26 #6
As if these Orcs could handle a culture they never engaged with. AmericaUnderSiege Mar 26 #7
Trump and Hegseth will deploy ground troops out from Thule to win hearts and minds. Marcuse Mar 26 #8
Do not Rebl2 Mar 26 #9
Vance and his wife just found out they don't speak much English in Greenland FakeNoose Mar 26 #10

maxsolomon

(36,182 posts)
11. Pretty much nothing.
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 05:46 PM
Mar 27

Go look at it on Google Maps - it's not nowhere, but you can see it from there.

Maybe a 2-hour tour and a belligerent press availability.

wcmagumba

(3,754 posts)
2. Greenland runs away screaming....aaagh!
Wed Mar 26, 2025, 02:45 PM
Mar 26

No Trump Tower in Nuuk...who in their right mind wants any of trump, Vance, Musk or Putin within half a hemisphere?

Lovie777

(17,655 posts)
3. Instead of good faith negotiations....................
Wed Mar 26, 2025, 02:48 PM
Mar 26

shithole musk republicans are forcefully bullying many countries, and that ain't right.

Norrrm

(1,026 posts)
4. He can meet with the homeless people that got a free meal and free hat from Trump Jr.
Wed Mar 26, 2025, 02:50 PM
Mar 26

He can meet with the homeless people that got a free meal and free hat from Trump Jr.

Maybe even the drug dealer that Trump bragged about who favored America taking over Greenland.

 

AmericaUnderSiege

(777 posts)
5. The damage is done.
Wed Mar 26, 2025, 03:43 PM
Mar 26

I say we punish Russia for this bullshit by having lots of conversations about Koenigsberg, and what ways the countries with legitimate claims to it could reach consensus on its future.

 

AmericaUnderSiege

(777 posts)
7. As if these Orcs could handle a culture they never engaged with.
Wed Mar 26, 2025, 07:09 PM
Mar 26

Crimea was always in their headspace, but Greenland would be triply an away game: Denmark, NATO, and North America.

Go for it, motherfucksys.

FakeNoose

(37,058 posts)
10. Vance and his wife just found out they don't speak much English in Greenland
Wed Mar 26, 2025, 10:27 PM
Mar 26

Like the waiters in Paris restaurants, the Greenlanders probably know enough English to get by, until they're around Americans. Then they don't know any English.

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