Summary
JD Vance criticized Denmark for failing to protect Greenland from Russian and Chinese incursions during a visit to the U.S. military base in Pituffik.
While pledging respect for Greenland’s sovereignty, Vance announced increased U.S. naval presence without expanding ground forces.
Trump echoed the need for Greenland’s strategic importance to global security.
Greenland’s new prime minister condemned the visit as disrespectful, and public protests opposed U.S. influence. Trump’s administration continues to push for stronger U.S. involvement in the mineral-rich Arctic region.
Vance says whatever he’s told to say.
And his traitorous wife
what in the fuck leads him believe that Greenland is in danger?
It’s a racket, a stick up job. “Nice country you’ve got, it would be a shame if anything happened to it. We can help you keep it safe, for a price.”
The only country threatening Greenland is his country.
Yes. That’s the very definition of a protection racket.
Also, why do they get to talk like that when they’re threatening their owm neighbours and former allies.
Projection
Who exactly is the intended audience?
Same as it ever is. Their Russian handlers and their mouth breathing, Nazi loving supporters.
The US made agreement with Denmark to do this in 1951. Instead, the US has gone from 10000 personel to 200 and closed the majority of their bases. From 17 to 1 base.
This is Danish foreign minister on the subject after it being clear that JD Vance has no idea what he’s talking about
I am so tired of the fucking usa, wish they would just implode, fuck off, and leave everyone alone.
All I can say is that it isn’t all of us.
The south have been like this since the founding, we took away their slaves and they never forgave us.
Unfortunately social media means they aren’t contained in their hell hole anymore, and we no longer have the strength to stop them.
I live there and basically… Yeah. I mean, it feels like we are on a direct course for implosion.
Sorry the rest of you have to deal with our bullshit.
I have to apologize. Venting is one thing, but I don’t think I really have an excuse for that, so I’m going to leave it there and maybe I’ll learn something. Having said that, the position this has put me in has been a nightmare to say the least. And I know I’m not the only one. The shit I’ve had to do in the last month alone to prepare for possible shtf is insane, and it’s far from over. If it was just me alone, I’d be ok, but it’s not. Just fuck. Sorry.
As another US person, I don’t think you have anything for which you should apologize. Everyone, everywhere, should be angry about what the US is doing - internally and externally. I would never think it’s wrong to say “I wish Nazi Germany had imploded before it became WWII and mass murder”; Nazi US is no different.
It’s terrifying to be here but I don’t think anyone should be quiet about how awful this is.
Hugs to you, friend. I hope we all come out of this okay.
No worries, I get it. This shit is terrible, and while its not all Americans, its embarrassing how many of us are for the craziness. I always knew I was surrounded by dumbasses but holy shit, its way worse than I ever expected.
its embarrassing how many of us are for the craziness.
It should also be embarrassing how few of you are actively fighting back against the collapse of your own country.
Those few hundred person protests? They should be millions. And they shoukd be constant.
That’s the only way you’ll reclaim your country from the fascists who are taking it over and destroying ~250 years of progress.
It would be cool if you and your fellow citizens (millions of you, not just the handful who have been shouting into the wind so far) got together and did something to prevent that implosion.
Yeah I mean totally, all of that. If you got any idea how to rally a bunch of spineless dumbasses who let every chance to do something slip through their fingers I’m all ears. The politicians opposing Trump seem to wanna sit on their hands until it all magically blows over on its own, and the average citizen is too busy watching reality tv to get off their butts and do anything remotely uncomfortable. I’m living the prophecy of idiocracy and its driving me insane
If you got any idea how to rally a bunch of spineless
I don’t understand Americans and how to motivate them.
I would hope an actual American would have a better idea about that than this Canadian dude…
I feel like i need to print T-shirts or make an alias username to say, “I’m sorry we suck.”
Maybe the measles will take em down
As a citizen of fucking USA, I keep expecting to wake up one morning with bombs being dropped on us. And frankly, I fully welcome the bombs. Whatever keeps my family from reliving concentration camps.
I’ve often wondered how I would have acted during the Nazi invasion of Poland. Apparently, the answer is “become paralyzed with fear and thank my luck every day that they didn’t come for me.”
I’ve spent so much of my life trying to honor my family who died in the Holocaust by teaching kids about their lives and explaining how complacency will allow it to happen again. Yet here I am, metaphorically hiding under a blanket telling myself “but if the monster comes to get me, you know I’ll get them then!”
I hate living through all this and grown to hate myself over the snivelling inactive role I play.
I keep waiting for mass resistance to kick off so I can join in, but it never does.
That’s the thing. There are probably a lot of people thinking the exact same thing, you just haven’t found each other.
Be the change you want to see.
Organize.
Will probably happen sooner than we think.
For real. Get me out of here man I don’t wanna die in a failed state
I doubt any countries are lining up to take in the average U.S. citizen
They’re not. I will probably die in a failed state
But who can keep them safe from the Nazis in America?
Ah, the Russia playbook. Make up a boogie man and claim you’re saving the country from the boogie man. Krasnov is a bit too predictable.
So America already has bases there, and has free rein in its waters. That sounds like having all the benefits and none of the cost of having to have more land. Ah, he wants to strip mine it which he’s not allowed at the moment.
If you want to stop Russian incursions, stop cosying up to them you spineless twats.
IDK man. they seemed to keep the Russian assets out from their recent publicity tour.
Russia can’t even easily annex confining countries with lots of roads and rails, how they would even try to get to Greenland with all those NATO countries in the middle.
China would even need to circumnavigate the Americas to reach it
I feel there’s another dictatorship that’s more dangerous than those two
In the middle? Have you ever seen a globe? They would go across the Arctic.
That’s why there are American airbases and NATO radar stations up there.
But then you need to buy into the conspiracy theory that the earth is round
Have Russia and China ever threatened Greenland? Because I can only think of one country that actually has.
What incursions would those be, JD?
The DARVO ones.
Denmark has not kept pace and devoted the resources necessary to keep this base, to keep our troops, and in my view, to keep the people of Greenland safe from a lot of very aggressive incursions from Russia, from China and other nations," Vance said. He gave no details of the alleged incursions. The U.S. vice president said Russia, China and other nations are taking an “extraordinary interest” in Arctic passageways, naval routes and minerals in the region and the U.S. will invest more resources, including naval ships and military icebreakers that will have a greater presence in the country.
It sounds like there is one one group doing more aggressive incursions.
Wait, it’s Denmarks responsibilty to keep american troops safe in their own bases? If you don’t feel safe, then what about fucking off?
Looks like they updated the title: “Vance accuses Denmark of not keeping Greenland safe from Russia, China”
But really, journalists don’t need to pretend any of this is legitimate. Add a “dubiously” in there. This is obviously not a sincere complaint. Stop assuming good faith just because he’s got an official title.
But really, journalists don’t need to pretend any of this is legitimate.
In 2016, I would have agreed with you. I think now, journalists’ personal safety might be at risk if they don’t fall in line.
Plenty of other journalists posting anti Trump content without problem. If you’re too scared to use words to mildly criticize power, you shouldn’t be a journalist in the first place. They didn’t become cowards due to Trump’s new hyper fascism, they’ve been like that the whole time.
Kind of a moot point I guess. You’re right, they were always cowards.
Journalists need to quit acting as uncritical flying monkeys for the fascists’ DARVO tactics.
