JD Vance, Usha Vance and Donald Trump’s national security advisor Mike Waltz arrived in Greenland on Friday. Waltz is the same guy who added The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief to the war-plan groupchat on Signal. Vance was actually IN the war-plan groupchat on Signal, in violation of many federal laws. These sh-theads are trying to “pivot” away from that story by… warmongering. The whole purpose of this visit was to put Vance in Greenland and have him say something vaguely threatening. One of the dumbest parts about this was the way Vance was dressed – remember Vance’s tantrum at President Zelenskyy over Zelenskyy’s simple, Ukraine-is-at-war black outfit? Well, Vance was so mad about it, he decided to copy the top part, but he added mom jeans and some trendy shoes. While Vance pranced around Greenland, Trump was in DC, talking about America needs to “get” our hands on it.
President Trump has been less than subtle in his insistence that the United States will “get” Greenland one way or another, reiterating on Friday that the United States cannot “live without it.” By the time he uttered those words in the Oval Office, the highest-level American political expeditionary force ever to set foot on the vast territory had already landed to inspect the real estate prospects. But they were confined inside the fence of a remote, frozen American air base, the only place protesters could not show up.
Led by Vice President JD Vance, the American visitors quickly discovered what past administrations have learned back to the 1860s: The meteorological conditions are as forbidding as the politics. When Mr. Vance’s plane touched down in the midday sunshine, 750 miles north of the Arctic Circle, it was minus 3 degrees outside.
…The trip was simultaneously a reconnaissance mission and a passive-aggressive reminder of Mr. Trump’s determination to fulfill his territorial ambitions, no matter what the obstacles. As if to drive home the point, Mr. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Friday: “We have to have Greenland. It’s not a question of ‘Do you think we can do without it.’ We can’t.”
“It’s not a question of ‘Do you think we can do without it.’ We can’t.” Donald Trump is out of his rabbit-ass mind. WTF does the United States need with Greenland? Nothing! This is flat-out demented to start this f–king beef over Greenland!! Denmark isn’t happy about this either:
“Denmark hasn’t done a good job at keeping Greenland safe,” Vance told servicemembers at the Pituffik Space Base in Greenland on Friday.
“We know that too often our allies in Europe have not kept pace, they haven’t kept pace with military spending and Denmark has not kept pace in devoting 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, China and other nations with interest in this area,” Vance told reporters. “We know that Russia and China and other nations are taking an extraordinary interest in Arctic passageways and Arctic naval routes and indeed in the minerals of the Arctic territories. We need to ensure that America is leading in the Arctic because we know that if America doesn’t, other nations will fill the gap.”.
Following Vance’s visit, Denmark’s Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said his country was “open to criticism” but that they did not “appreciate the tone in which it’s being delivered.”
“This is not how you speak to your close allies,” he said in a video message shared on the social media platform X. “We respect that the United States needs a greater military presence in Greenland, as Vice President Vance mentioned this evening. We, Denmark and Greenland, are very much open to discussing this with you,” Rasmussen said.
What a time to be alive: Denmark (!!) telling the United States to watch its f–king mouth. And I’m siding with the Danes too – I wish Americans would understand how deeply unhinged this has become (and always was). Oh, and the fact that Vance could only go to this remote American base because he would have been protested everywhere else? LOL. What a p-ssy.
Photos courtesy of Getty.
Can we do without owning Greenland? We have been for hundreds of years. It’s called having allies and diplomacy and ownership isn’t needed.
It’s called colonialism is wrong! The whole debate of whether or not the US “needs” Greenland or Canada is disgusting!!!! It’s not a question of whether or not the US “needs” to take over another country by economic or military force, it’s whether or not we are deciding as a human race that the Geneva convention and the United Nations that was created from the lessons of WW2, are going to be followed or not! About whether the US believes in human rights anymore or if the US is now a hostile entity in the world! Please stop debating about whether or not the US “needs” to become colonizers in 2025 and learn the lessons of the past that things like colonization, genocide, etc. are not something a civilized nation that believes in human rights does. The US needs to ask itself, “do I want to be a colonizer? Do I want to be an accomplice in this administration’s choice to commit genocide?” Not “I’m not sure they ‘needed’ to do that.”
As far as the rest of the world is concerned, USA IS a hostile entity now. Surely that is beyond all doubt.
Friends don’t treat friends and allies with this kind of rhetoric. The world is watching.
Ronald Lauder – son of Estee – put this idea in his head during his last term. Now he’s like a dog with a bone (apologies to dogs everywhere).
OMG. No words
The only reason America ‘needs’ Greenland is if we are no longer a member of NATO….which is where this is headed.
I wish more Americans cared. Paid attention. Opened their eyes.
Here we are tho, sleepwalking into autocracy.
What a freaking depressing and dreadful timeline in America.
This is more than a demented man ranting and people need to wake up..
Some of us ARE awake, but what do we do about this insanity? I mean, the U.S. president wants to invade Greenland, for chrissakes. How do we stop that?
Reminds me of the quote: you can’t wake someone who is only pretending to be asleep
Ukraine gave up their Nuclear progression because America made a deal to keep them safe look how that is turning out, now they are threathening Greenland because Russia, & China, they have already bought the panama canal. the shipping lanes in the artic are only accessible at certain time of the year.What is going to happen in 30 years time when Don Jr runs for president they will be bashing Greenland as they do all other territories under their protection
I just saw a long post on social from a high school acquaintance that brought home, once again, that Trump supporters are living in a completely different news and social media reality, based on Fox News and what they’re being served by Meta/x. In that version of reality, Greenlanders are welcoming American leadership.
I’m not sure what Trump promised/threatened to get Zuckerberg and Bezos on board with Musk and Murdoch but wow is it important to keeping Americans sleepwalking, as you said. While being convinced that their truth is valid.
Nothing much has changed since the Spanish-American war then with the propaganda input of the media.
I read a internet meme recently that said “If you’re having a bad day, remember that you weren’t fooled by trillions of dollars of propaganda.”
100% If only Americans paid a fraction of the attention that they do to:
TikTok
March Madness
etc
etc
etc
And climate change, which they won’t acknowledge but know it’s happening.
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Denmark, and therefore Greenland, is part of the NATO military alliance. The military alliance Trump and his regime keep attacking. So, yes, it is protected and has been for seventy five years, including all through the cold war. The only true thing this fascist freak said was that Russia would love to get its hands on the island. That’s been true for decades which is why I suspect the 🍊💩 stain wants its so badly. Putin wants it, ergo Trump is doing his bidding. Again.
This is it in a nutshell. Putin wants it so Trump wants to give it to him.
Yup. This is exactly what’s going on.
This exactly! Putin is behind this, and we all know Trump is always on his knees when Putin calls. Only the crazies in America believe taking Greenland is a good idea! In the meantime, Trump is dismantling the US piece by piece and his tariffs are meant to shift US markets to BRICS…another move that benefits Putin.
It is actually the Americans themselves that have scaled down their presence in Greenland f.rom several bases and thousands of soldiers to 1 base with 200 soldiers. They have also polluted with dangerous waste that they won’t clean up.
The US does not need Greenland for national security since there’s a NATO treaty in place that allows them military bases on Greenlandic soil. They choose to reduce their presence significantly themselves.
It’s like they’re deliberately opening the door and saying “Hey Putin! Come on in!”
US military power depends on many, many other countries hosting our military bases. If this starts becoming a justification for our taking over these countries, that’s quickly going to end. We’re seeing the end of the American century.
Vance is rude and obnoxious! It is scary to think he will be your next president!! I don’t understand what they are trying to achieve? Make every other country loathe the US?
Jack Schlossberg (JFK’s grandson) has the best take on why this is happening: (1) with climate change and the caps melting, shipping lanes are opening up across the pole that would be beneficial to both the US and Russia, (2) Greenland has vast rare mineral resources that are much desired by 🤡🍊 and his counterpart , and (3) Greenland is part of the land grab to expand the New Russian/American empire.
It’s not a joke, CBers.
Same rationale for Canada. We have a huge piece of the arctic region and with natural resources and a huge amount of the worlds fresh water.
This just reeks of the same mentality from the White House during the Nixon, Bush and Bush Jr years. The geography may change – SE Asia, Central America, the Middle East, but it’s an imperialist grab at other nations ‘ land and stuff for power, resources and money … to feed the insatiable greed and egos of the white men in charge.
Lies, propaganda, no concern for the destruction or human suffering (sometimes purposely maximizing that because they can) zero-sum mentality with might makes right, hand waving at -isms and imaginary big bads to cover their true intentions and their tracks.
The only difference is now is the Trump team is more blatant, and only too happy to say the quiet part out loud and directly to their target’s faces.
And the stupidity – the massive stupidity.
Honestly, I think this particular scheme predates all of that. Merging Greenland, Canada and Panama with the U.S. all tie back to a short lived political philosophy from the 1930’s. I haven’t gone too far down this particular rabbit hole, but it can’t be a coincidence that Elmo’s grandfather was a leader in the movement.
Good summary here: https://theconversation.com/a-1930s-movement-wanted-to-merge-the-us-canada-and-greenland-heres-why-it-has-modern-resonances-252587
And Data Centres, it is cheaper to run data centres where it is already cool. Important for his tech bro buddies AI plans.
Greenland has oil and gas reserves, that’s why Trump wants it so badly. $$$
If you’ve never watched the Danish political drama Borgen, I highly recommend it. It follows the highs and lows of a fictional first female prime minister. In the original run of the show Greenland figured in a few episodes, but in the most recent season which is years later, Greenland is the whole season arc.
Borgen is terrific! And provided useful context on the Denmark-Greenland relationship.
Love Borgen — it’s been apparent through shows like it and others that there is going to be an increasing state of political turmoil as America sides with Putin any way it can to gain control of Greenland. I’m Canadian and deeply fear the same turmoil is going to happen with our Arctic border and natural resources. Billionaire greed will be the death of this planet.
Borgen is one of my all time favourite TV shows. Just fantastic and I recommend it all the time.
It sounds to me like Denmark is already capitulating if they’re saying
“We respect that the United States needs a greater military presence in Greenland”
Ummm, why? Maybe the US administration thinks a greater military presence is needed but that wording sounds like Denmark agrees.
The problem is that they had elections recently and they elected people who want independence from Denmark. As Vance said, the US supports Greenland’s bid for independence, hoping to just take the country as soon as independence is achieved. It’s looking pretty grim for Denmark.
Yes, they’ve elected a new prime-minister recently, but he doesn’t want the USA to meddle in Greenland’s affairs or territories.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/24/world/greenland-prime-minister-us-usha-vance-intl-hnk/index.html
I don’t think it’s capitulation— the U.S. once had thousands of troops in Greenland during the cold war and now only has about 250– I think the point being made is that the U.S. can have a stronger presence to achieve military defense goals without “owning” Greenland.
Exactly! There’s a whole treaty and administrative structure in place for the US and Denmark to collaborate about security in Greenland and it has functioned smoothly for more than 70 years.
Something interesting from 1 of the U.S. news outlets had reported. There was a part in the signal messages in which showed Vance not agreeing with Trump. We’ll see, but it goes back to what Vance had previous said about Trump being unfit (before he was picked to be VP)… although agree with other commenters mentioned on here before , Vance isn’t any better than Trump either.
I often complain about the lack of diplomatic skills of our French President but then I realize that there is Vance who makes Macron looks like an accomplished diplomat.
Also, I would be curious to know how Americans feel having to pay for a useless three hours visit that could have been an email ?
Why is he not wearing a suit?
🤣😂😜
Good news, we have these things called submarines, that have been patrolling the waters of the Arctic for 50+ years. Everything Vance talked about we already do, without spending millions taking over an ally and giving information to the Russians.
The photo of him speaking to all of those soldiers sitting in chairs is quite grim! Why are they in such a dark room? Why does it look so much like some kind of indoctrination session?
Manchurian Candidate.
That press conference looks like an AI generated dystopian scene.
Four Seasons Total Landscaping on Twitter said it best:
“OK guys, we’ve had a good run but we know when we’re beaten. We held onto the title for 4 years, 4 months, and 20 days, but JD Vance & the Pituffik USAF base are now worthy holders of the saddest, most pathetic, cringiest press conference of all time.”
And why are soldiers stationed in the arctic dressed in olive camo?
Good point!
“What a p•ssy.” 🤭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Putin is playing Trump for a fool. He knows all the right ego buttons to push. “But he’s being nice to me. ” My dog is like that; rub his ears and tummy, tell him he’s a good boy and give him a small treat and he’ll be your forever friend.
But did he say thank you? I haven’t heard heard him say thank you.
Trump talks about Greenland like the sexual predator that he is. We “have to have it” and we’ll “get it one way or another” sounds like he plans to grab Greenland by the p**ssy. If anyone has any questions at all as to why Trump is so hot for Greenland it’s the oil and rare minerals he wants. He’s also banking on global warming to open up arctic trade routes and he wants control. This is why he’s rolling back EPA protections and trying to bring back coal. He WANTS global warming to happen.
Several mining operations have already failed on Greenland because the weather and the landscape makes it too expensive for the mines to be successful.
The USA and Denmark already have a military agreement that’s been in effect since WW11. If security is truly the issue then the USA can put more military installations and equipment in Greenland. That’s why this is sus. Feels more like a colonization for natural resources.Same for Canada. Money for Oligarchs.
The way the U.S. is going after its previous allies is setting up every single American to be a target. And the world won’t rally the same way it did on 9/11 because of your president.
Respectfully, we know that. We are in hell.
Yeah, we get that. Any practical suggestions? Going to marches and other public events means that we’ll be vulnerable to a lot of attention— including from Trumpers. Trump is just itching to impose martial law or to give his now-released J6 militia folks something to do. He’s also planning to “take back” DC, and would probably welcome what he would view as “opportunities “ that might make that process easier for him.
Well if you don’t do something you will be facing guerilla warfare from your neighbours in Canada which will ultimately destroy both countries. People here are boycotting American products and our government is changing trade deals with other countries. And Canadians will be experiencing job losses thanks to the bastard you reelected.
So no one in Canada really feels bad because we are getting fucked over and didn’t have any choice.
Read up on political movements and do something. You live in a fascist state now. Stop it before it gets worse. Wasn’t the whole second amendment set up for this reason? Playing nice with MAGA relatives because there might be hurt feelings helped make this happen. Instead of posting here have you even called your representatives? Have you shown up to a Tesla protest? Have you made life uncomfortable for the supporters of the fascists? If you are getting offended then do something. You let this happen.
@Nic919, I do appreciate your suggestions , but “stop it before it gets worse” and “read up” isn’t as practical as I was hoping for. I, personally, don’t have any MAGA relatives. Or MAGA acquaintances. Or even MAGA coworkers. “Playing nice” though actually isn’t in my toolkit — although “staying safe” to fight another day and “choosing my battles” has been, and will continue to be. FWIW, the second amendment was set up by white people, for white people. It would be both useless and suicidal for me to pretend otherwise.
I have, actually, called, emailed, and met with some of my representatives. I’m lucky, though, because my representatives — really don’t need my suggestions— although they have openly welcomed my support. I haven’t gone to a Tesla protest — for multiple reasons. I also never signed up for X, and I doubt that anything I’ve done has directly enriched Musk or Trump. I DID buy Vance’s book though, following the counsel of someone who long ago suggested how important it might be to “know my enemy.” I have attended protests, and have plans to attend more — even though I’m quite clear how much more of a target I am likely to be. I’ve also always spent my money and my time in ways that support my values. Small things, yes, but I hope they both help and add up.
As far as “getting offended,” the only thing that I find offensive is your “You let this happen.” comment. I’m one of the exhausted 92%. I understood the assignment. I did what I needed to do. I focused my activities on changing minds and votes in multiple ways BEFORE the last election. And I’m very clear about many of the reasons why that failed.
I’ll say, too, that I will continue to read here and post here while that’s still possible. I genuinely value diversity. Coming here is one very important way for me to access different viewpoints and even different strategies from people who inhabit environments that I don’t often have access to.
Again, I appreciate your detailed response.
I’m fully anticipating an attack. What’s to stop our enemies, of which we have more every day? The country is in shambles, run by bumbling idiots. And no one will help us now.
Denmark and/or Canada, please invade us and take over. Save us from this idiotic administration.
I would welcome Canadian forces as liberators.
Ditto.
Way to pep up the troops that are actually serving in Europe. Not sure about Greenland, but – speaking as old Army Brat born in Germany and then lived there again in elementary school – European posts are coveted and looked forward to. Beautiful and safe and comradely.
Now, this stupid administration is actually putting service members in danger. For what? Just because Euro-public was “rude” to Trump in first administration.?
Who the hell put Greenland and Panama in his stupid head? Who’s whispering in his ear? (Hello, Putin – I’m reading you now). Canada is obviously because Trudeau is younger and better looking. Mexico is pure racism.
But Greenland?
It’s all about leaving NATO, isn’t it?
Some of it is about controlling the arctic. And that of course comes from Putin.
So yeah this shit won’t stop until he loses power.
#MAGA #MakeAmericaGoAway
Trump doesn’t need anything. PUTIN is who wants Greenland. He wants it to control access to the Arctic as climate change opens up new avenues to minerals and oil reserves. This is why it was foolish of Europe not to take what was going on here in the last eight years more seriously. This wasn’t a spontaneous collapse into fascism. This was a white supremacist regime working with a foreign adversary to undermine their own government from within so they could take control and finish what they started with Reagan. They’ll happily give Putin what he wants now that they have power.
If you ask an avg American where is Greenland they wouldn’t even know where it is or what’s there. Majority of people in the U.S. are worried about their soc sec, Medicare/medicaid and grocery prices. 70% of Americans polled don’t want Canada, Panama or Greenland annexed. IMO this is going to determine if our Constitution will be able to be resilient or not .