You’ve all heard “assume makes an ass out of you and me.” Trite but true. And if you’re looking for an example of how this phrase applies, you can do no better than to look at the ways that both J.D. Vance and his wife Usha have made asses of themselves, and the United States, with the folks in Greenland. It takes a lot to become a social pariah in Greenland but by golly, the Vances have found the formula. That formula includes hubris and some demented notion that because you’re attached to Donald Trump, arguably the most hated man in the world (certainly the most hated man in America) that you can do whatever you bloody want in the rest of the world and people will not only put up with it, but welcome you. Nope.
Can't be more unwanted than this, can you? Not one family in #nuuk , Greenland would accept a visit from the Vice President of the United States and his wife. Want to know how far American popularity and trust has fallen? This is a very , very sad example.
— Richard Ingham Evans (@Ringham7) March 27, 2025
I went fact checking to see if it was that bad and it looks like this is about the size of it.
The initial plan called for the second lady to visit the Avannaata Qimussersua, a popular dog-sled race, together with Waltz. But they were not invited by official authorities in either Greenland or Denmark. Officials in both places said the visit appeared like an effort to meddle in the island’s internal politics and rally support for closer U.S. ties.
Some Greenlandic and Danish media reports suggested that one of the reasons why the White House downgraded the trip to a single day was because they had a hard time finding locals willing to greet the second lady. One travel agency based in Nuuk said it rescinded its offer to receive the second lady after initially saying it would.
“After closer consideration,” the travel agency based in Nuuk said in a Facebook post, “we have now informed the (U.S.) consulate that we do not want her visit, as we cannot accept the underlying agenda and will not be part of the press show that of course, comes with it.” The firm added: “Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders.”
Pariahs from a Pariah State.
Or from a country that’s quickly heading that way.
America’s ‘soft power’, so carefully cultivated for over a century, already gone, and no other power in it’s place. And these fools stomping around a foreign country pretending they’ve still got it.
How much longer will there be an American Military Base in Greenland?
Our “soft power’ died about a week after USAID was abruptly shut down. I’m still furious about that, especially finding out it was unconstitutional. We’ll not get it back, thanks to the Muskrat and tRump having wiped it out. We’re screwed. And all that food and medicine sitting in a warehouse, rotting and expiring. Nice job, people.
I’m not sure about the military base leaving. They are so far from everything in Greenland that they can be left to their own devices. But if the Mango Mandarin keeps trying to “acquire” the country, it may actually go. We’re already losing allies over stupid sh!t. We’re going to end up alone. Wait til tariffs kick in! Then we’re *really* screwed.
But Putin thinks it’s a great idea:
https://apnews.com/article/russia-putin-arctic-trump-greenland-2dbd00625c2c0c3bd94a2c96c7015b69
If you had any doubts trump works for Vlad, put them to rest.
*snort*laugh* I know….
He never wanted to be president. His main goal was to stay out of prison.
Yup. Secondary goals: cheating at golf and lying to hillbilly rallies.
but he loves the power to bully and torment people.
Is Vance getting fatter or did he have his face plumped up like Mike Johnson seems to have?
I saw a picture of him the other day, and the phrase chubby cheeks came to mind.
I believe trumps main goal is to still build that magnificent golden high rise in Russia that putin promised him. And be swimming in money. He doesn’t care about politics, just money.
“… trumps main goal is to still build that magnificent golden high rise in Russia that putin promised him.”
I think we’re way beyond that. Trump’s main goal is to stay on the interior side of open windows.
[repost of what I wrote on Susan Fenyx’s Vance article yesterday]
🤯🙉😤🤬🤬 Auugghh!! Why is it the America First anti-globalists, “respect our damn borders or live forever in a Central American concentration camp” jackasses, who will always line up to deny others the right to their own borders?! If Greenland says “Vances don’t come here” and they step one toe off that American space base, I want them in whatever Danish gulag that country can come up with!! ⚠️⛔️🚫
Vance is so out of his depth. All the diplomats of “the Free World” (in which I do not include the U.S.A.) are decorously chuckling at this nitwit. Nobody with an IQ above room temperature (which excludes all diehard Trumpies of course) is falling for this garbage.
Goid for Greenlanders. If Vance or any of the administration, including NotMy President Trump, I would slam the door in their face after telli g them to.FOAD.
And since the envoy was so soundly rejected, the attacks against the country have escalated @propagandacentral.