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Times like this I am sad I am in California where these chumps don't show their faces very often. My fellow statesmen are renowned for their political shithousing and they deserve to have their voices heard!
It's spelled usher, dumb fucks....
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The Second Lady had planned to visit the Danish territory this week alongside other senior US government figures in a visit that had been described as a “provocation” by Greenland’s acting head of government Mute Egede.
It was later announced that JD Vance would be joining his wife on the visit, which was set to come after months of the Trump administration voicing their desire to take over the territory.
Usha Vance had been set to spend several days in Greenland on a “cultural visit.”
However, changes were subsequently made to the trip, which the White House confirmed on Tuesday would only involve the Vances visiting the US Pituffik Space Base, on the north-western coast.
Now, Danish broadcaster TV2 has reported that part of Mrs Vance’s visit to the capital of Nuuk was cancelled after US representatives failed to find any locals who wanted to greet the Second Lady.
Seriously though, why would anyone think this was a good idea in the first place? First off, I didn’t even know the “Second Lady” really did anything like this kind of stuff at all, and secondly, why would locals care about someone who is essential a random foreigner coming to pave the way for chaos?
She’s not Princess Diana. Five years ago, her husband was a certified nobody and now they want to drum up flowers and cheers from locals in another country for the wife of someone who is a half-step from being just some random NPC?
Desperate attempt from Vance to appear relevant, with the vain hope that there were enough people in Greenland stupid enough to support their bullshit (or desperate enough to be bribed) that they could lie about how much support they have.
They're not getting the first lady to actually do anything.
In fairness, the Second Lady has traditionally taken on various projects, although usually of a kids/education/health/humanitarian angle. Nancy Reagan was particularly well known for her various causes. Michelle Obama was advocating child literacy and healthy lifestyle I believe.
Not defending her at all, but I think it's important to keep our facts and histories straight.
Edit: I dunno what I was thinking. Those are all First Ladies. You're right, I can't think of shit a single second lady has done, or even who any of them are. I retract my point.
Those were first ladies…
Well fuck me you're right. Ok fair enough
Nancy and Michelle were first ladies. Second ladies are the wives of VPs. And I'll be honest, I couldn't tell the names of any second ladies through my life, mostly because they usually don't make the news.
Tipper Gore did some pretty stupid stuff... Thanks for the Parental Advisory labels on all those albums, Heckuva Job Tipper.
Guaranteed to make every album cover go harder AND signal to every kid which albums to look into.
This is the first time I'm learning about the USA's second lady and I did NOT expect her to be what Trump would refer to as a DEI hire
bummer. i was kinda hoping to see them actually denied entry.
I was hoping for a coked up polar bear encounter.
This would have been the real power play. Greenland says they will roll out the red carpet and welcoming party of locals. On arrival, the locals are bears and the carpet isn't red. Yet.
"I want your land. Now welcome me like a hero"
nobody want to welcome you
Who would've have thought.
It feels good to see fascists being treated appropriately.
I mean, they're still alive though
I will repeat it: Greenlanders are very based.
If you are ever in Denmark, spend an hour to visit the Greenland museum, a huge raised middle finger of an exposition reminding everyone of Danish colonialism, placed right in the middle of Copenhagen.
They are not well treated by the Danes either, who only recently recognized them the right for translators in the Danish parliament.
Sorry, I think this was a mistake.
I think it would have been better for one household to welcome them warmly, say they were proud to have them in their home.
And when they showed up, sat down, had tea, had 100 greenlanders in with literal torches and pitchforks come in screaming obscenities of every kind and demanding they leave while streaming the whole thing.
Bonus points if their as detail draw their weapons, which are banned in greenland, so they end up in jail as a diplomatic incident.
what the fuck did they expect? a welcoming party to rival none other? With drumpf constantly going on about how he's gonna take greenland? JFC. Fucking morons.
It's nice to see some good news from time to time in these troubling times.
You don’t invite foreign invaders, you shoot them between the eyes. See Ukraine.
Glad they got the hint.
They really were hoping to find the one place that was willing to ostracize themselves for the headlines and the clicks. Thank you Greenland for fighting the good fight.
Sucks to suck.
Imagine an ice center in Greenland detaining the vp and his wife citing a decades old law. 👁️👄👁️
