Wife of U.S. Vice President Vance to visit Greenland

Check her visa papers and make sure they are in order.

Trump has made U.S. annexation of Greenland a major talking point since taking office for a second time on January 20. Greenland's strategic location and rich mineral resources could benefit the U.S. It lies along the shortest route from Europe to North America, vital for the U.S. ballistic missile warning system.

Of course, always what's in it for Trump, and never how it could benefit Greenlanders; especially when they overwhelmingly chose a slow march to independence. I'm pretty sure they don't want to have anyone polluting their environment with their military bases and missiles, as well as more gas-guzzling mining equipment.

Usha Vance, the wife of U.S. Vice President JD Vance, will travel to Greenland on Thursday as President Donald Trump clings to the idea of a U.S. annexation of the strategic, semi-autonomous Danish territory.

Warmongering idiots.

Check her visa papers and make sure they are in order.

They are

Of course, always what's in it for Trump, and never how it could benefit Greenlanders;

Security, more access to tourism

https://youtu.be/G-o-YvNg7a8?si=c69JAUIVBSuvjzGY

especially when they overwhelmingly chose a slow march to independence.

Which has nothing to do with anything mentioned. Guam is a U.S. territory, they don’t want to be part of the U.S., but still enjoy the security and tourism that come with it, great place, great food and culture, they still retain their identities nothing changed for them. Trump has put Greenland on the map, not Denmark, before Trump started talking about Greenland no one knew what it was or cared

I'm pretty sure they don't want to have anyone polluting their environment with their military bases and missiles, as well as more gas-guzzling mining equipment.

They can decide that as an independent nation whether they want that or not, you and I don’t get to decide that. They’ll figure it out.

before Trump started talking about Greenland no one knew what it was

Speak for yourself.

Hope Usha and her band of Trump sycophants get roundly booed.

China could buy Alaska. It would boost tourism.

What will happen if Greenland says yes but Denmark says no?

Or, what if Denmark proclaims that they're going to hold an auction for Greenland?

And what would happen if the winning bidder was China?

The Inuit Greenland landers have stated that they have no wish or desire to be part of the US. A referendum is needed for independence from Denmark That will take longer than Trump has in office. Another referendum to join the US. It ain't going to happen.

before Trump started talking about Greenland no one knew what it was or cared

Uh, actually I knew about Greenland. I probably know about it more than Trump does. Trump once wrongfully claimed that it's about as big as the U.S. because he probably just went by the way it looks on a map, which can be deceiving. It's probably barely bigger than the state of Alaska.

They can decide that as an independent nation whether they want that or not, you and I don’t get to decide that. They’ll figure it out.

So we agree, that they can be independent from either Denmark or America. Since they want to be independent, neither country should interfere with their lives.

I hope this trip is not at US taxpayer expense. Where does Musk and his DOGE stand on this?

before Trump started talking about Greenland no one knew what it was or cared

Wrong or maybe for Americans.

We were taught about Greenland and Icland in our UK school geography lessons in the early 1960s.

Speak for yourself.

You never spoke about it though, so....

The Inuit Greenland landers have stated that they have no wish or desire to be part of the US. A referendum is needed for independence from Denmark That will take longer than Trump has in office. Another referendum to join the US. It ain't going to happen.

The government also stated that they would be highly interested in possibly taking Trump on his offer, it would be a win, win for both, particularly Greenland, as increased security and tourism, couldn't get any better

The Greenland self-government has limited ruling capacity.

Greenland's political parties have jointly denounced US President Donald Trump's vow to take control of the Arctic island. March 15.

https://www.dw.com/en/greenland-parties-unite-to-reject-trumps-annexation-plans/a-71929098

Greenland’s likely new prime minister rejects Trump takeover efforts

‘We don’t want to be Americans. We don’t want to be Danes. We want to be Greenlanders,’ says Jens-Frederik Nielsen

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/13/greenland-new-prime-minister-jens-frederik-nielsen

Their feelings are very clear.

Wrong or maybe for Americans.

Wrong on both

We were taught about Greenland and Icland in our UK school geography lessons in the early 1960s.

Same in the US in the 80s

You never spoke about it though, so....

Why should I have volunteered the topic of Greenland on JT? Bizarre.

The government also stated that they would be highly interested in possibly taking Trump on his offer,

What offer? He's only been musing and mumbling and tweeting about making "a deal".

Greenlanders don't want to become part of the United States. No country in the world at this moment wants to.

Why should I have volunteered the topic of Greenland on JT? Bizarre.

Well, there you go.

What offer? He's only been musing and mumbling and tweeting about making "a deal".

He will, can you not be patient?

Greenlanders don't want to become part of the United States.

Neither is Guam, Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands, calm down.

No country in the world at this moment wants to.

That goes both ways, and we are not talking about other countries, so that statement was completely irrelevant.

Trump spends all his time obsessing about developing other countries, when he should be spending more time on America. In both terms now, he has not once introduced anything to help with the current infrastructure. At least Obama and Biden in both of their terms concentrated hard on passing bipartisan infrastructure bills; albeit in different forms and with different goals in mind. Even after two years of Biden's 1.2 trillion dollar infrastructure bill, there were some immediate results in money being allocated for the repair of worn-down bridges, roads, etc.

Also:

In 2023, nine megaprojects received grants:

$250 million to improve the Brent Spence Bridge over the Ohio River between Cincinnati and Kentucky

$292 million to help complete the final section of concrete casing for the new Hudson River Tunnel outside New York City

$78 million for the Roosevelt Boulevard Multimodal Project in Philadelphia

$150 million to replace the I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge in Lake Charles, Louisiana

$110 million to replace the Alligator River Bridge in North Carolina that will modernize travel to the Outer Banks

$60 million to improve the I-10 Freight Corridor in Mississippi

https://www.engineering.com/two-years-later-what-has-the-infrastructure-investment-and-jobs-act-done/

Trump on the other hand, would rather spend time with real estate deals and building of infrastructure in places like Gaza, Panama, Greenland, and Canada. Whatever happened to America first?

During Trump's first term, there was a promise to fix the infrastructure but it never happened. Not mentioned during his second term.

--Greenlanders don't want to become part of the United States. 

Neither is Guam, Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands, calm down.

All three of those places have been part of the U.S. for over a hundred years. I learned that in skool, along with the existence of Greenland.

Not mentioned during his second term.

because Joe supposedly fixed it all. Lol

Biden did provide funds for infrastructure. But not all of it.

See patkimToday 12:57 pm JST

During Trump's first term, there was a promise to fix the infrastructure but it never happened. Not mentioned during his second term.

A bit hard to do because the guy was busy fighting Dem Trump-hate warfare daily.

All three of those places have been part of the U.S. for over a hundred years.

Yes

I learned that in skool, along with the existence of Greenland.

Good, Plastic