WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance said that he’s joining his wife on a Friday trip to Greenland, suggesting in an online video that global security is at stake.

“We’re going to check out how things are going there,” Vance said in a video shared Tuesday. “Speaking for President Trump, we want to reinvigorate the security of the people of Greenland because we think it’s important to protecting the security of the entire world.”

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    1 day ago

    That’s so aggressive, but not new. Let’s not forget the US is an imperial power who has constantly deposed and invaded other countries.

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    2 days ago

    Why can’t Greenland officials meet them at the airport, detain while going through their social media , and then put them back on the plane and tell them to not come back? I think that would be fair.

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    3 days ago

    I’ve heard that Greenland crime is very high this time of year. It’s when the pre-April Hygge gang trials typically take place with irresponsible snowmobile racing that can be frankly deadly. The Greenlandic government should call the Danish army to provide a 24-7 heavy armed escort to these VIPs. For their own protection. Who knows when a Hygge snowmobile night attack.

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    3 days ago

    Did Couch Guyliner not express some horrible disdain for Europe recently on the leaked Signal app that his administration is famed for? And now he’s visiting Europe?

    I hope he receives the same treatment that Tesla dealerships are treated to in Canada.

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          2 days ago

          Interesting point. Can the US military just fly anyone they like into their overseas bases in Europe etc, then just exit the base into the hosting country, having skipped immigration controls?

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        The us can control anything they want.

        Foreign minister shows up with a paper reading persona non grata, that’s it.

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          And how do you picture the Danish Foreign Minister getting to this air base that is the only one in the region, and getting past the American security?

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        3 days ago

        Maybe they should have their cell phones searched just like those Europeans trying to enter the U.S… It’s not like any Signal threads JD may or may not be on have classified information, right?