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.
I am so tired of the fucking usa, wish they would just implode, fuck off, and leave everyone alone.
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 should 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.
I feel like i need to print T-shirts or make an alias username to say, “I’m sorry we suck.”
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…
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
Maybe the measles will take em down
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.
But who can keep them safe from the Nazis in America?
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.
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.
what in the fuck leads him believe that Greenland is in danger?
The only country threatening Greenland is his country.
Yes. That’s the very definition of a protection racket.
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.”
Projection
Also, why do they get to talk like that when they’re threatening their owm neighbours and former allies.
What incursions would those be, JD?
The DARVO ones.
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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?
Have Russia and China ever threatened Greenland? Because I can only think of one country that actually has.
Who exactly is the intended audience?
Same as it ever is. Their Russian handlers and their mouth breathing, Nazi loving supporters.
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.
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
Ironic. We (USA) can’t keep safe from Russia or China either. And that’s because of willful neglect.
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Journalists need to quit acting as uncritical flying monkeys for the fascists’ DARVO tactics.
They paid almost 3 percent and now are upping it TO 3 percent of their total gdp on defense. They are in line with it.
Vance and trump are so ego based and dumb af.
Denmark 0.97 1.09 2.16 1.95 1.49 1.85 1.84 4.08 3.07 2.64 2.29 (2014-2024estimated)
Source: https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/2024/6/pdf/240617-def-exp-2024-en.pdfConsidering that the “old” benchmark was 2%… They didn’t even make that number for years. Only stepping up and consistently paying when Russia actually started their invasion. And even then they are rapidly regressing back to the 2% number.
I was wondering about the average so I came back, turns out it’s over 2 percent.
So what your telling me, Is they’ve been paying?
No. I’m telling you that “They paid almost 3 percent” is bullshit. I’m telling you that you’re lying. I make no claim for anything else other than you’re full of shit. You’re making shit up to complain about “orange man” and not looking at what’s actually made them pay. Which was Russian aggression.
And no, you can’t just take the average when there’s a clear pivot point of an event. Someone had to make up the shortfall in the pre-Russian invasion time-frame. That wasn’t just free. They were average 1.6% in the 6 years prior to Russian invasion of Ukraine. Well below the benchmark.
But wait! Turns out I copied and pasted the wrong table… I grabbed it from a page down because I was an idiot and scrolled too far!
Here’s the real data… Denmark 1.15 1.11 1.15 1.14 1.28 1.30 1.38 1.30 1.37 2.01 2.37
1.556% as an average… with pre-invasion looking closer to 1.2%
So even now they barely make the benchmark even after Russian invasion (post-invasion averages 1.7%). So not only are you really full of shit, but you’re SUPER full of shit. They’ve never paid anything close to 3%. Let alone actually maintaining their 2%.
Edit: fixed wording to be more clear on post Russian invasion benchmark.
