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This is the first time I'm learning about the USA's second lady and I did NOT expect her to be what Trump would refer to as a DEI hire
Even more interesting is that her mother (VP Vance's mother-in-law) was instrumental in advancing DEI at the university she works at (UCSD).
I would pay a lot of money to see a journalist ask JD Vance if he approves of his mother-in-law's work in promoting DEI. Just knowing how awkward that next family gathering would be would make it worth it.
I’d actually pay for a newspaper printing Vance’s mother in laws opinion of her son in law.
Their family dinners must be fun... /s
DEI is just something they're using as a dog whistle. It's always about class first.
She's rich, so he's an honourary white
Though, really shows what an absolute wanker JD Vance is, since under his administration is certainly going to be way worse be to of indian decent in his country.
What a shit husband and father.
Don’t forget, his own wife is a dei import, dude can’t find himself a good American woman so he’s got to outsource. Irony is dead.
I am having such a hard time squaring that with how he talks and acts; unless he is bideing(bidding?) his time till the orange idiot is gone and is planning on an uno reverso, but it sure doesn't seem that way.
It's the same as good ol' Mitch. He can hate others and not in one specific case. Being racist doesnt mean you have to be all the time.
What I don't get is how she could marry him. Who signs up or stays with someone who promotes hate for every aspect of yourself?
Right? How can she wake up and think "This is all okay, I'm good with this." I mean, I have the same question for Melania too, but I assume that was all for money and what not.
Then again you have female Republican voters and minority Republican voters, and farmer Republican voters... all who voted for their own destruction so I guess I shouldn't be too astonished.
Good job, Greenland! Proud of you. Every country should do this.
He actually visited Greenland. I just saw it in the news. He just avoided the capital and only visited an army base.
He actually visited Greenland. I just saw it in the news. He just avoided the capital and only visited an army base.
Space force base. And not "an" but "the".
Fucking chicken, his staff apparently were too afraid that locals would have pelted him with eggs.
He'd face the same treatment in most American cities, better get used to it.
No one could afford that
We will just use the poop left laying around by all the homeless in need of mental health treatment and a safe place to live.
I like to think they didn't want to meet the Vances because they were afraid for the safety of their couches.
Very close, but more likely it's an made-up excuse because they realize it's a bit uncertain if border security would let her back into the USA /s
what the fuck did they expect? a welcoming party to rival none other? With drumpf constantly going on about how he's gonna take greenland? JFC. Fucking morons.
It wouldn't surprise me if they did think that. They're still stuck on American Exceptionalism and little self awareness. They pretend trump is JFK and we're back in the Camelot era. Let that sink in.
Putin's men thought Ukrainians would welcome them with open arms too...
Putin also thought he could steamroll over Ukraine. 3 years and nearly a million russian troops later, Ukraine is still holding their own.
Keep it up, Greenlanders. Fuck these pricks!
Excellent, Now do every state in the US.
I'm willing to bet they don't understand why because the know "Everybody adores us"
clearly they are racists because she's black.
/s
(I know she's not, but when would anything republicans say make sense?)
Clearly they're antisemitic, since there is at least 1 Jewish person in India.
Moment "American representatives were seen in the city", were they outside the base? That would have been the moment to do to the Americans what they do to the tourists and have them arrested directly... Legally that shouldn't be a problem, after all it's a matter of national security, and there have already been more than enough hostile statements and indirect announcements of war.
Edit: replaced deeples non sense
Usually American soldiers and military personnel are exempt from local policing. In Germany, they couldn't be stopped for a traffic control or asked to identify themselves by German police, only US military police. There even was a guy that got away with murder because of some related issues.
Here's the story:
Yeah, the lack of local accountability was a large part of why Trump “threatening” to pull the military out of Japan was a monumentally stupid bluff. Japanese people already hate the US military, because the average Japanese person’s perception of the US military is “drunk dude causes damage/hurts someone and flees back to base where he will never see any punishment.” It also came at a time when hardline conservatism and patriotism (bordering on jingoism) is increasingly popular in Japan. Japan basically went “fucking do it then.”
Why were they issued visas?
No visas are needed between Europe and USA. EU will very soon begin an ESTA-like scheme, but that's not in effect yet. And, since Greenland is not in EU, probably it won't come into effect either.
Vance could therefore simply appear at the border and the one individual border guard is then alone responsible for deciding whether to allow or refuse entry for USA's vice president.
Greenland is not part of Europe, EU or the Schengen region. No visa or esta is required for entry.
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark, Danish Krone is used and Danish is spoken by many, although Greenlandic is more popular.
Ami go home
find any locals who wanted to greet the Second Lady
Did they lead with that? As in, asking as if she was greenlanders "second lady" and not only americans (the term didn't exist before this distraction, afaik)?
What? The term "second lady" most certainly existed long before this.
The term "second lady" most certainly existed long before this.
But only in the US as far as I know.
Most other countries don't have a title or official position for the spouses of the elected heads of state.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_lady https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_lady
Many do, though the title is perhaps not used as often in most as it is in USA