Backdrop of military folk because:
- They have to follow orders, no matter how asinine
- Because of The Implication
- Nobody from Greenland would stand behind this clown
this post was submitted on 29 Mar 2025
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Hi erm…guys…semper fi right?….erm…can you stand behind? Yeah just like behind yeah…whatever makes sense. How long you been here?
Also, he is too cowardly to actually say this in Nuuk and has to say it at Pituffik Space Base 1000+ miles away, like the couch defiler he is.
Backdrop of military folk also because this press conference (to the several embedded press people they dragged along for the event) was held at the US military base on Greenland - because they were not invited to visit any other part of Greenland.
So, they had literally nobody else who could be in the background of the shot except reporters and US base personnel.
Both Denmark and Greenland governments responded by saying they view this as an escalation and that Vance had better watch his tone. I think they should start talking about cancelling the renewal date of the land lease for the US base (doesn't matter if the date is far in the future, just telling them they're risking expulsion is enough).
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-30/denmark-criticises-vance-tone-in-greenland/105113854
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Did he say thank you even once?
He's nor even wearing a suit.
I feel like he’s trying to pull off the Zelensky look.
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Denmark indeed didn't do enough to keep Greenland safe. They let Vance go there.
The country disappearing its own citizens claims another country isn’t protecting its own
How quaint
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Denmark isn't doing enough to keep Greenland safe?
First of all, is there some conflict there that I'm not aware of?
Second of all, we have a goddamn US military base there. Are the troops behind you not doing enough to keep it safe?
I am so sick of the persistent invention of bad ideas they're trying to make real. It's like they think of they can say whatever they want often enough and enough people will hear it, then suddenly it's a real fact.
Stop trying to make Fetch happen, Vance. It's never going to happen.
I don't know if you actually believe that repeating a lie does not increase the number of people who believe it or if you're saying you don't think it should work that way. Either way, I think the state of this country proves pretty decisively that it absolutely does work that way.
It's like they think of they can say whatever they want often enough and enough people will hear it, then suddenly it's a real fact.
It worked for Trump. Twice!
The “Big Lie.” Even Hitler was “open” about it - in positing that the “Big Lie” was Jews being responsible for Germany’s failure in WW1, he was asking his audience to accept a true “Big Lie.”
Allegiance to outright falsehood is about a marker of being of the right ideology. Political parties have always been like football teams to some of these folks - it’s about having the correct tribal markers and spouting the slogan. Words aren’t really supposed to mean anything - what they are communicating to everyone is “we want to invade Greenland.” They are signaling to their audience and just know that they can say whatever they want, while we scramble to respond to the words and not the meaning.
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I'd say the people of Greenland are way safer under Denmark than the US for one simple reason, public healthcare.
And other public safety nets to prevent people dying.
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This is mafioso protection racket language.
"Be a real shame if someone came into your shop and busted up the place... Howz about youz guys let us take ownership? You can still manage the joint and we'll protect it as a favor to youz. We take all the risk."
Ok, I generally have a low opinion of lemmings, but I thought even you dumbshits would have figured this out by now. Let me spell it out for you:
CLAIMING THAT A PLACE'S CITIZENS ARE UNDER EXTERNAL THREAT IS A VERY COMMON PRETEXT FOR INVASION. IT IS LITERALLY EXACTLY THE EXCUSE RUSSIA USED IN UKRAINE. WHEN THE INVASION BEGINS, THE US WILL BE CLAIMING IT IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE OF GREENLAND.
Vance doesn't believe this shit. No one believes this shit. He doesn't expect anyone to believe this shit. He is publicly signaling to the world that the US is actively preparing to seize Greenland by force.
Who said Vance believes this? Most comments on this post are implying or outright stating that Greenland actually needs protection from the USA, not any other boogeyman. You're arguing against a strawman.
The context of this post is not even about the statements from Vance anyway, it's about pointing out the constant hypocrisy - Vance was just complaining about Zelensky not wearing a suit and heres Vance, wearing casual clothing at an official international press statement.
But hey, your shouting, insulting and complaining at the whole Lemmy community is really helping get across your point that everyone already understood anyway. iamverysmart energy.
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Who exactly are you shouting at, as if everything you're saying isn't obvious as day?
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"Denmark isn't doing enough to keep Greenland safe... from America."
FTFY (Finished This For You)
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EU countries need to start making plans to remove us bases by force and destroy any US forces if necessary.
Why do Americans always think in violence. The American people put a bunch of nazis into power, now you want Europe to fix it with a full out war. It's like the US is full of toddlers. Idiocracy was a meant as a comedy, not a manual.
I am not American. I don't want Europe to try and 'fix' the US, my suggestions are merely for the EU to avoid being taken over by the US.
Since the US has put a bunch of nazis into power it's possible it will come to violence or threats of violence. It's better to be prepared. It's also better to act first if you know violence is inevitable.Or you could just acquiesce to any demand when threatened. Tariffs, give your natural resources to US companies, ban gays, ban 'communism' etc.
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How have fascists typically been successfully handled by the international community in the past?
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Because the US is NOT a democracy and every single right we have was only won through violence. Civil rights? Malcom X and the Black Panthers had to resort to violence. Gay rights? Please see the Stonewall riots. The right to unionize? Workers had to take up guns and fight the police and military multiple times for the mere right to unionize.
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He is trying to look like Zelensky. How pathetic is that??
At the same time he looks like he forgot to remove the eyeliner from last night.
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WTF is going on anymore?! I feel like we are living in a fever dream.
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This image is proof that it was a fantastic idea from the citizens of Nuuk to not allow the Vances in their town. They’d have been abused for an image like this. This is the only reason why Vance wanted to visit Greenland.
So now they’re using their soldiers as backdrop to pretend they’re Greenlanders.
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He must have left it on the couch after the Shady Vance rendezvous
Seen at a military base in Greenland.
Couch Fucker: Denmark isn't doing enough to keep Greenland safe!
Reporter: Safe from who?
Couch Fucker: From us of course!
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They are going to do this for real. I hope europe shows some balls this time because if not we are on a very fast lane and there are no exits before we reach war.
LOL - And the US is doing such a great job of keeping US citizens safe? Yeah FUCKING RIGHT!
Go fuck a couch, Vance. No one cares. Trump just grabbed you by your bussy so he could have someone who criticized him to scream "yes Daddy" when he pissed on your face. Posturing coward.
Isn't it for the Greenland's to say whether Denmark has "done a good job by the people of Greenland"? He is just the most pathetic, spineless simp ever.
Dear anyone from Greenland: Given how little of a shit the US Government cares about the US, I hope you aren't falling for this bullshit.
The suit stuff aside, what's with his weird grammar? "You have not done a good job by the people in Greenland." In this sort of sentence, "for" sounds much more natural than "by". And I think the common phrase that "Person A hasn't done right by Person B," is more of an exception.
But assuming he did mean it that way, then he's speaking as if the people of Greenland feel wronged by Denmark, but they don't.
In fact, Americans are much more disappointed with Trump and Vance than Greenlanders are disappointed with Denmark. If disapproval rating was the important thing, then Denmark would be acquiring the United States.
I am not a native English speaker but: "do right by" is a construction meaning to treat fairly. I assume that's what he wanted to say.
Also he is talking out of his ass. They couldn't find a single person willing to vouch for him and his wife when they wanted to visit. From tens of thousands of people living there they couldn't find a single person. Greenlanders don't like them.
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SHUT YOUR FUCKIN MOUTH, SMALL MAN.
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