“It is chilly as s*** right here,” stated the US vice chairman when he touched down in Greenland.
He meant it, each actually and metaphorically.
There was no heat welcome from islanders for JD Vance and the second woman.
A small US staff with an inventory of engagements advanced into a big delegation and only one engagement.
All the things modified when the organisers of a dogsled race, an annual spectacle on the cultural calendar, stated the People weren’t invited.
The scaled-up US delegation and scaled-down schedule did little to handle the considerations of Greenlanders.
The White Home did not simply ship the vice chairman, they despatched embattled nationwide safety advisor Mike Waltz too.
As a substitute of being greeted by residents, they were greeted by their own troops manning an outpost tasked with warning them about long-range missile assaults.
And the vice chairman, who’s quick changing into the chief critic of Europe, made Denmark the main focus of his assault.
However hear rigorously to his speech and you will hear the identical phrase twice: “suppose”.
“That is what we suppose goes to occur” re. their hopes islanders will vote for independence from Denmark after which have interaction with America.
“We don’t suppose army motion can be mandatory,” he added, when requested about that potential.
Why does the US need Greenland?
There’s a world of distinction between pondering one thing and understanding one thing.
So, what occurs if what JD Vance “thinks” will or will not occur would not come to move?
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Again in Washington DC, the president of the USA gave the reply.
“It isn’t a query about whether or not we will do with out it (Greenland). We won’t,” he stated.
And Donald Trump has by no means dominated out taking the island by drive.
