Trump calls off meeting with Danish prime minister over Greenland comments

[FritsSikkink]

11 hours ago, Morty T said:

Diplomatic meetings and conferences are arranged months in advance, this topic was already on the table. The POTUS let the subject fly, and the Danish PM backtracked to save face. Nothing new here. 

Go see a doctor

[DannyCarlton]

14 minutes ago, lust said:

tears of soy

Go on, I'll bite, what are tears of soy?

[brokenbone]

12 hours ago, BobBKK said:

I see nothing wrong with exploring the idea. Long shot and didn't happen and so what?  not the first time and he made a joke about it. The haters will always hate.

get real, its 50k danish citizens there,

what you want to do ? a gaza strip in greenland ?

establish another guantanamo ?

[Opl]

1 hour ago, oldhippy said:

 

 

" Barack Obama to return to Denmark in September" 

Former US president Barack Obama will visit Denmark for the second time in 12 months to give a talk in Aalborg at the end of September.

 

"It's clearly a coincidence that Trump called off his visit to Denmark a week after Obama's trip was announced — geopolitics isn't quite that petty. And yet..."

Meanwhile, a month before Trump's visit, thousands of people had "already signed up for a demonstration against him," the Copenhagen Post reported last week.

[Harveyg]

13 hours ago, PatOngo said:

On a par with Nixon and Bush!

Didn’t care for Nixon nor Bush but Trump has invented a whole new ‘par’ that makes the other two look much better. 

[Cryingdick]

13 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Wow. 45 really has a boner for Greenland! Sounds like the real reason he's canceling is that it would be humiliating.

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He is just trolling the fools that have nothing better to do than sit around and spew outrage. 

[stevenl]

1 minute ago, Cryingdick said:

 

He is just trolling the fools that have nothing better to do than sit around and spew outrage. 

Sure, that's why he cancelled the Denmark visit.

[Jingthing]

Go on, I'll bite, what are tears of soy?

Alt right garbage. At least they tell you what they are.

 

"How “soy boy” became the far right’s favorite new insult"

 

 

 

https://medium.com/@willsommer/how-soy-boy-became-the-far-rights-favorite-new-insult-e2e988d365c7

 

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[ballpoint]

I love how, when this story first broke, Trump supporters were trying to tell us it was a joke and he was fooling us and the media.  Now though, when it has proven to be serious enough to cause the cancellation of a state visit, they come out with the usual muddle of responses trying to excuse his idiot behaviour, ranging from "the Danes came up with the idea but he wanted it kept secret", through "it's a perfectly good idea to unilaterally talk about buying a territory, and all the people living in it, and then spit the dummy out when you don't get your way", to the increasingly ridiculous "I bet the Chinese/Russians/aliens from Mars will step in and take it anyway, and then they'll be sorry they didn't sell it to him".  And, let's not forget the evergreen "but, but it's Hillary's fault for running against him", with the additional tactic of using the latter as a diversion by those who see the foolishness of the dummy in chief, but never-the-less support him for their own right wing reasons.  What's the bet that in another week he'll be bragging about how Denmark begged him to buy it, but he didn't want to, so they refused to let him travel there?  It'll be interesting to see the knots his followers will tie themselves up in to support that.

[DannyCarlton]

2 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Alt right garbage. At least they tell you what they are.

 

"How “soy boy” became the far right’s favorite new insult"

 

 

 

https://medium.com/@willsommer/how-soy-boy-became-the-far-rights-favorite-new-insult-e2e988d365c7

 

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So the poster is 18, lives with his ma in Milwaukee and posts from his bedroom whilst listening to Alex Jones. Am i right or am I right?

[Jingthing]

I think the issue is that the Danish PM called the idea absurd not so much that he seriously expected it to happen. He can't handle mocking criticism from anyone no matter how well deserved. So Denmark is his enemy now. Welcome to the club. You're in good company. In this case something more like someone is truly rotten and he's not in the state of Denmark!

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[Enki]

14 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

He’s not going to like being by woman to go sling it.

He probably just realized yesterday that Mette Frederiksen is a woman ????

[Kinnock]

I know of a Green and Pleasant Land that's going cheap.

[dimitriv]

6 hours ago, jinjo said:

With a population of less than 57,000 and enough money to go around for each and every inhabitant might change people’s hearts and minds...  There are other powers in the world that might be interested in such strategic location between the United States and Northern Europe, and they may or may not be willing to pay.

 

 

Greenland = Denmark = NATO.

Greenland also has some US military bases. One has a vital role in detecting Russian missiles.

 

 

[spidermike007]

8 hours ago, Morch said:

 

Is she? I mean smart and powerful. Not all that immersed in Danish politics to judge, and I kinda doubt you've got a clear handle on this either. More like its enough that she's the anti-Trump figure of the hour,

and the adulation pours out.

 

I'm a bit lazy to go and check, but would be interesting if the same compliments were paid on past instances when she was mentioned - supporting limiting immigration, rules allowing confiscation of cash and valuables from illegal immigrants, banning Muslim headgear, push for repatriation-not-integration policy, etc...

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mette_Frederiksen

 

But do go on making them childish IQ references, by all means. Always amusing to see posers opposing Trump embrace his rhetoric and style.

 

 

And always fun to see supporters defend his every move and take personal offense to those who do not.  Do not criticize the Master!

[bendejo]

He probably thinks the Danish Prime Minister is a cleric who runs a bakery. 

 

(clarification: in some parts of the US, and especially New York City, "danish" is the word for a certain variety of breakfast cakes)

 

 

[the guest]

Who wants an idiot visiting Greenland anyway ? America should lock him up, he's a danger to himself. 

[tgw]

16 hours ago, DannyCarlton said:

Agreed. But why cancel the meeting? Buying Greenland wasn't even on the agenda when the meeting was scheduled.

my guess is that he wanted to change his plans and free up time in his calendar for doing something else.

maybe he got wind of someone's plan to make him look bad during the Denmark visit and wanted to avoid the embarassment and at the same time say loud and clear "Denmark doesn't matter".

and he is in the news again and still follows his principles "there is no such thing as bad publicity"

[heybruce]

2 hours ago, tgw said:

my guess is that he wanted to change his plans and free up time in his calendar for doing something else.

maybe he got wind of someone's plan to make him look bad during the Denmark visit and wanted to avoid the embarassment and at the same time say loud and clear "Denmark doesn't matter".

and he is in the news again and still follows his principles "there is no such thing as bad publicity"

You give Trump too much credit.  Trump didn't think any of this through; he is a thin-skinned baby who never hesitates to engage in childish name-calling but is horribly offended when someone says an idea of his is absurd.  Even when the idea, and the manner in which it was presented, is embarrassingly absurd.

[candide]

9 hours ago, TopDeadSenter said:

And who elected this queen to speak for Denmark? Who even knew(or cared) that Denmark has one? The honor was all hers, to meet the most famous man in the world. All the glossy pics she would treasure for all time. She totally blew this. Trump has better things to do with his time anyway.

If you were being sarcastic, you would be very good!

[balo]

He is the biggest clown on planet Earth.   

He can try to buy the North Pole instead , maybe we can trick him into moving there so he will get lost for good. 

[balo]

14 hours ago, juice777 said:

You ever seen Back to the Future 2 when Biff steals the time machine travels back in time gives his past self that sportsbook and when Marty returns back to the present it's a different Dark Grim Mad Violent place?

I think we are at the beginning of something like that now with Trump and Brexit the world is truly a strange place

 

It already happened! 
 

 

[juice777]

 
It already happened! 
 
 

That was so good

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[Tug]

Donald is in tantrum mode now calling the danish pm nasty ect ect no wonder the Danes dontwant him to visit what an embarrassment 

[juice777]

He truly is spoilt baby look at what he has said now

 

"I thought that the prime minister's statement that it was absurd, that it was an absurd idea was nasty," he said. "I thought it was an inappropriate statement. All she had to do is say no, we wouldn't be interested."

 

He has cancelled a state visit because he can't take criticism lol he the president of the USA it goes with the job and that's a normal one he truly is a special kind of a fool

 

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[Longcut]

13 hours ago, earlinclaifornia said:

I just cme back from CA and yes it is tanking. You need to go. 

You are obviously in the wrong line of work then. Plus, you are definitely in the wrong state.  

[jerojero]

Oh no! No no! This guy is a total moron! Total.

On a par with Nixon and Bush!

[ballpoint]

[lannarebirth]

Just another example of the noise you need to create to suck a $Trillion dollars out of the economy year after year.

 

[heybruce]

One of Trump's many campaign promises was that world leaders would respect him.  Another promise not kept.