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Thursday, April 03, 2025

But Vance, who also advocates claiming the Panama Canal as American territory, is not just contemptuous of the U.S.-Denmark alliance. He's actively trying to weaken Denmark.

The country particularly bedevils Vance and others on the global far right, who see it as a leading avatar of the Europe they loathe and fear"the one that's still faithful to the liberal orthodoxies that defined the West for seven decades.

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"And it's got to addle Vance that even as Denmark upholds the principles of social welfare, the country is rich. Denmark's per-capita gross domestic product is among the highest in the world; it rates well above the U.S. in quality of life.

And in spite of its reputation for socialism, Denmark was ranked number seven on the Heritage Foundation's list of countries by "economic freedom," again well above the U.S."

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"Finally on Wednesday evening, the long-promised tariffs hit. Stocks tumbled in after-hours trading. Everyone was watching Europe.

But quietly, on the very same day, the Danish shipping company AP Mller-Maersk announced it had bought a railway connecting ports at either end of the Panama Canal.

This undermines Trump's other imperialist plan: to claim territory in Central America. Denmark, clearly, is not going down without a fight."

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-04-03 09:37 PM | Reply

Another comment on that visit by VP Vance ...

JD Vance felt the cold in Greenland but he had no warm words for European allies
news.sky.com

... "It's cold as s*** here," said the US vice president when he touched down in Greenland.

He meant it, both literally and metaphorically.

There was no warm welcome from islanders for JD Vance and the second lady. ...


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-03 10:02 PM | Reply

@#2

Yeah, I saw the video of VP Vance's first comments as he arrived in Greenland.

My reaction was, OMFG.

Did he really say that?


#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-03 10:03 PM | Reply

V D Prance is ------- FAGAT.

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-04-03 10:09 PM | Reply

@#4

I'm not yet willing to agree.

VP Vance is a diplomatic idiot?

Based upon his comment when he landed in our ally's airfield. ...

Yeah, a diplomatic idiotic.

I guess that is what occurs when a politician may be pruchased by a billionaire.


JD Vance And Peter Thiel: What To Know About The Relationship Between Trump's VP Pick And The Billionaire (July 2024)
www.forbes.com

...

JD Vance, former President Donald Trump's running mate, has had a long, collaborative relationship with GOP donor and Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel, one that has aided Vance from his time in venture capital to his role as an Ohio senator. ...






#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-03 10:19 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

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