Summary
Greenland’s prime minister, Múte B Egede, condemned the planned visit by Usha Vance, Mike Waltz, and US Energy Secretary Chris Wright, calling it “foreign interference” and urging international support against American pressure.
The visit, seen as a charm offensive amid ongoing coalition talks, sparked local outrage, with Jens-Frederik Nielsen, leader of Greenland’s Democrats, criticizing the US for disrespecting Greenland’s sovereignty.
Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen emphasized cooperation with the US based on respect for sovereignty.
Extra Danish police have been deployed to Greenland ahead of the visit.
Stg Republicans have zero concept of how repulsive they are to other countries (as well as most of the US). No one invited these assholes, no one wants them, they just show up and everyone’s gotta be pretend they’re welcome. I can’t think too much about this it’s making me sick
I don’t think that they will feel welcomed in Greenland any time soon. I trust that their visit will be unpleasant. That said, saying that they are repulsive to most of the US, is not going to cut it. Having elected this administration, has its consequences, and you can’t just say “oh we hate him too”… This is not how democracy works. The Trump administration is the US for now, and to change this, you have to wait until the next election.
I didn’t say ‘we hate him too’ I said most of the US. You’re taking my 70%-ish number and acting like I said 100%. We ain’t talking about democracy here
For what it’s worth, you’re objectively correct, regardless of what anyone else says. The majority of the country didn’t vote for him, and yes, inb4 “not voting is voting!” The people who didn’t vote are making a civic choice, and that choice lead to a trump presidency. But it doesn’t mean those people wanted him, or like him. It means they were politically un/underinformed, or didn’t want to have to make a choice between fascism and slower fascism (I hated making that choice, voted for Kamala). we are a nation of 340 million people. 75 million voted for trump. That’s 22%.
There’s your number. 22% of the US wanted this guy. Anything else is speculation. The only thing we know is that 22% voted for him.
Give Americans a politician worth voting for, someone with a backbone who believes in the universal right to healthcare, childcare and all the other things industrialized countries have by this point, and who doesn’t believe a little genocide is okay, as a treat, and you’ll see a different fucking result.
In other words, to my dear European friends blaming every American for the act of 22% of us, if we had a politician to vote for who would even try to give us 1\10th of what you already have maybe more people would have gotten off their ass and voted. But our elections have a different fucking vibe. We’re not fighting to keep what we’ve got here, we’re fighting to get some level of human decency so that we won’t have to watch our parents work into their late 80s with 3 days of sick time per year, and then die sleeping on the sofa in our living rooms because God knows their can’t afford to keep their house in this economy.
Also I know some folks who avoid politics like the fucking plague, not for any “enlightened” above politics sorta way. No they avoid politics because their usually mom was a fucking psycho and would shove politics into EVERYTHING. Air conditioner broke? Must’ve been the liberals. Grocery store stopped stocking miracle whip? Must’ve been Obama. Cheese grater handle snapped? It’s the immigrants.
Frankly speaking I suspect this is a larger cohort of folks than many realize. Hell I wouldn’t be surprised if up to 10 percent of the population avoided politics because of trauma.
This is how democracy works though. The USA has elected Trump and his administration so if your 70% is true, then the result should have been different.
For now, these are the consequences of the choices that the majority of the USA ellected
Revoke their visa unless they surrender their phones.
Have no one on the government make meetings with them. Sorry, booked.
Have citizens follow them and see whom they DO meet with. It’ll end some careers in Greenland Politics.
They are well aware of how we feel about them. They just don’t care.
Everything the American government does at the moment is with full intent. its calculated and the sooner we stop thinking of them as stupid and incompetent the better.
US here, do you? I mean I know your politicians might, but I figure the populace can do a good job showing how “welcome” they are… (seriously, if you somehow chuck them off the island without a boat I’ll be cheering for you.)