US Vice President JD Vance Calls for Greenland to Come Under US Control Amid Rising Tensions

[rudi49jr]

3 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

I know Denmark well. I am told by Danish friends that the Danish government over generations have retained control over several important institutions in Greenland, including the judiciary, without significantly improving the living standards and general well-being of the majority of the 50k plus population. In other words, and to quote your goodself, treating Greenland as a backwater 

You know Denmark well? Did your Danish friends tell you that each year Denmark gives Greenland (a so-called annual block grant) something like $450 million? That doesn’t sound to me like treating it as a backwater.

[BLMFem]

8 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Agree. Who really cares if the US or Denmark controls a large pile of ice?

The Greenlanders? I know, it's a radical idea but I really think it's up to them. Crazy thought, right?

[kwonitoy]

 

 

The money guy that's backed Vance to expand upon his tech dream of owning his private island lair.

He first brought this up to trump in 2019, guess when trump started to "want" Greenland.

Peter Thiel is running on Curtis Yarvin playbook (aka Project 2025)

 

 

This guy was an internet weirdo until people like Thiel, Musk and other oligarchs took notice and are now putting it in motion.

They want to own it all.

They envision a North American entity from Panama to Greenland (sound familiar?) that's broken into corporate enclaves

Read up on Curtis Yarvin, he's a scary MF

 

[Stargeezr]

Good thing that the USA VP stayed on the miliary base in Greenland, his health may have been affected

if he tried his speech in some city hall there. In my opinion.

 The USA should understand that the world is a bit peeved with their leadership at this point in time.

  I wonder why? 555

  

[RetiredNavy71]

On 3/29/2025 at 7:47 AM, Jingthing said:

True, but he's great for memes.

I heard an interesting theory the other day.

He loves that he's so widely hated.

Trump would hate it if he upstaged him and throw him under the bus.

Face it, Vance is a soulless sleazebucket who's doing everything he can to position himself to be president which could happen any day. 

Any day? I don't think so since the US political system doesn't work that way.  Reelection happens every four years in normal situations.  However these are not normal times with MAGA thugs running our country.

[Tug]

4 minutes ago, RetiredNavy71 said:

Any day? I don't think so since the US political system doesn't work that way.  Reelection happens every four years in normal situations.  However these are not normal times with MAGA thugs running our country.

I think jingthing is thinking something may befall Mr trump,wouldent surprise me one bit he’s certainly angered many very very powerful people both at home and abroad .

[Tug]

15 hours ago, SpaceKadet said:

To me JD Vance looks and sounds like Trumps personal reincarnation of Joseph Goebbels.... 

I think Stephen Miller has that one covered both visually and psychologically.

[pomchop]

20 hours ago, Walker88 said:

Since our current US leadership is as infallible as a Borgia Pontiff, I wondered about Greenland's security and how, according to the VP, it is at risk.

 

I looked at history. Since Leif Ericsson, I did not see Greenland was attacked by Genghis Khan, nor Tamerlane, nor Attila the Hun, nor Hannibal (maybe Lecter, but I'm told he's a "great guy"), nor the Saracens, nor Napoleon, Hitler, Stalin or even Martians or Klingons.

 

The only mention of military force to be used against Greenland in the last thousand years was made by the current US President, who said he would not rule out the use of military force to take what he wants, which is Greenland.

 

So, parsing all of that, the VP was telling the Greenlanders they needed him to protect Greenland from....him.

 

Isn't that how Mafioso shake down businesses for protection money?

 

 

Has any potus for usa ever threatened to use military force to take over another country?  Sure there was vietnam etc but far as i know we never ever talked about actually taking over and owning the country and make it part of usa much less openly stated that using the military is possible?  

 

Not exactly a great way to win friends and influence people.

[thaibeachlovers]

19 hours ago, Presnock said:

they lost more soldiers in relations to the population of Denmark than any other country except the US.

Which is not something to be proud of and it indicates that their tactics were likely not very good. Losing troops is not an indication that they are doing it right, and a country that calls it's troops "general issue" is not a military to emulate. In Vietnam because the Aussies and NZ troops did not use US tactics their death rate was very small in comparison.

[thaibeachlovers]

15 hours ago, BLMFem said:

The Greenlanders? I know, it's a radical idea but I really think it's up to them. Crazy thought, right?

Not that I care to learn much about a few thousand people living on the edge of the second largest ice cap on the planet, but are they capable of surviving without importing everything? If not, then it's not really up to them. Do they even have an independent economy? Do they grow any food themselves?

[thaibeachlovers]

15 hours ago, BLMFem said:

The Greenlanders? I know, it's a radical idea but I really think it's up to them. Crazy thought, right?

Ever heard of Diego Garcia? Ask them about self determination.

[SpaceKadet]

3 hours ago, Tug said:

I think Stephen Miller has that one covered both visually and psychologically.

Didn't know who Stephen Miller is. Looked him up, and indeed, the likeness is uncanny.

[BLMFem]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Not that I care to learn much about a few thousand people living on the edge of the second largest ice cap on the planet.....

You could have stopped there and saved me the pain of reading the drivel that followed.

[BLMFem]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Ever heard of Diego Garcia? Ask them about self determination.

Not that I care to learn much about a few thousand people living on an island in the middle of nowhere.