Far from any town
I love it when people I don’t like show up on my doorstep demanding dinner.
When he arrives in Greenland on Friday, Vice President JD Vance is not going to get much of a welcome from Greenlanders.
Mr. Vance will be the highest-ranking American official ever to visit the island.
But the government of Greenland never invited him and after all that President Trump has said about his desire to “get” the island, many Greenlanders don’t want Mr. Vance coming at all. Mr. Vance is scheduled to visit a remote American military base on the northern coast, far from any town.
Military base. Geddit? MILITARY BASE? They’re so subtle.
The White House’s original plan was more ambitious. Usha Vance, the second lady, had announced that she was going to attend a famous dog sled race this weekend and see other cultural sites, in an effort to bring the United States and Greenland closer.
But the plan backfired. Protesters were gearing up to line the road from the airport in Nuuk, Greenland’s capital. The island’s government blasted the visit as unwanted and “highly aggressive.” And the organizers of the dog sled race released a pointed statement saying they had never asked Ms. Vance to attend in the first place.
It’s so trumpy to think that “visiting” people you’re openly promising to conquer and dominate is a real thing you can do. Vance and spouse are not “visiting” Greenland, they’re taunting and bullying it.
I hope they get frostbite.
It will be interesting to see what happens when Trump comes to the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada in June. How will the Not-so-Great Dictator respond to his former allies, and vice versa? I know these sorts of things aren’t generally recorded and publicized, but it would be instructive. “Frank discussions” with Trump are likely to be very heated ones. Oh, to be a fly on the wall…
@YNnB Trump has 34 felony convictions, so he has to apply for special ministerial permission to enter Canada. He will have to convince the government that he’ll never reoffend and poses no threat to the country. I’d love to see him declared inadmissible.
Oooh, I forgot about that!
Me too. He’s certainly demonstrated that he’s a threat to our country.
Not to mention that he’ll always always always reoffend.
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