Tom Mullen: What is 'America First' About Annexing Greenland?

"Every few years, Washington politicians get a hankering to expand the American empire. One of their more bizarre obsessions is Greenland. The Trump administration famously floated the idea of buying the island from Denmark in 2019, sparking international ridicule. While the notion seemed to die down after that, it never truly disappeared. Some in Washington still see Greenland as the next great prize for the United States—a resource-rich Arctic territory that could be absorbed into the federal bureaucracy under the guise of economic and strategic benefits.

The first of many problems with this idea is that, like many Americans, the people of Greenland don’t want to be ruled by Washington. They’ve been moving toward greater independence from their own country for decades. And even if they were interested, U.S. taxpayers should think twice before taking on the costs of governing yet another distant landmass when their government is running $2 trillion per year deficits managing the territory it already has.

Annexing Greenland is the opposite of ‘America First.’ It’s ‘DC Empire First,’ precisely what tens of millions of Trump supporters voted against in November. But as history shows, not only campaign promises but the whole platform of a political movement goes out the window when the ruling class smells power, expansion, and illegitimately acquired wealth.

The idea of the U.S. acquiring Greenland isn’t new. In 1867, Secretary of State William Seward—best known for purchasing Alaska from Russia—proposed buying Greenland along with Iceland. The deal never happened, but the U.S. kept its eyes on Greenland for strategic reasons.

During World War II, American forces established bases on the island to prevent Nazi Germany from gaining a foothold. After the war, in 1946, President Harry Truman offered Denmark $100 million in gold for Greenland. Denmark refused. The U.S. ended up negotiating a military presence instead, and to this day, Thule Air Base remains a key U.S. outpost in the Arctic.

While American military interests in Greenland are undeniable, there’s a big difference between maintaining an alliance and annexing an entire landmass. Yet, expansionist-minded politicians never let go of the idea. When Trump suggested buying Greenland, the response from Denmark was clear: “Greenland is not for sale.” So, Trump now wants to take via some form of coercion, whether that is economic or military...

Source:Tom Mullen back in 2011.

From Tom Mullen

To answer Tom Mullen's question, first: absolutely nothing. I think a better question would be: "What's healthy about smoking tobacco?" Well, almost nothing. But at least with tobacco it can calm someone's nerves a little bit. Similar with alcohol, but tobacco is even worst for you. 

Whatever you think of President George W. Bush, (and I disagreed with most of the decisions he made) he was never talking about expanding the American empire and creating some new American, Neoconservative World Order. His vision was make the world safer for liberal democracy, even if that meant militarily overthrowing authoritarian regimes that represented no immediate threat to America. He never wanted to make Iraq the 51s state or any other foreign country that had an authoritarian government, the 51st state.

When Donald Trump was running for President in 2024, he talked about ending the Russian war in Ukraine within 24 hours of him becoming President again. Nowhere in his campaign was be talking about invading Canada, Mexico, Panama, and now Greenland... which is still part of Denmark. 

If DJT were talking about invading all these countries in... I don't know... 2024 (just to drop a year) don't you think that would've made some difference in the swing states as far as the votes he got? 

Don't you think DJT would've lost Arab-American votes in... I don't know... Michigan (to drop a state) had he talked about annexing Gaza and kicking out all the Arabs there, so he could make Gaza part of his Trump Empire? 

Unless you are an imperialist, or a wannabe oligarchic dictator, you don't invade foreign countries that represent no threat to your country whatsoever, just because you think you could personally make money off of having those territories as part of your own country. At some point Donald Trump needs to figure out who he is politically, or the voters will do that for him themselves and his party as well he personally, will pay a huge price for that. 

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CBS News: Why a Judge Ruled to Dismiss Eric Adams' Case With Prejudice

"Judge Dale Ho agreed to drop the federal corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams "with prejudice." CBS News' Anna Schecter breaks down the court's reasoning." 

Source:CBS News with a look at New York City Mayor Eric Adams. I wonder if he's still a MAGA mayor now that DOJ can no longer charge him with anything relating to his bribery offenses.

From CBS News

"The initial request to drop the charges made note that the decision was not based on "the strength of the evidence or the legal theories on which the case is based."

That triggered concerns that Adams could not effectively govern the city because he would be beholden to the Trump administration, as long as the possibility of the charges returning remained in place.  

Adams and his attorneys have vehemently denied any wrongdoing. 

Judge Ho's decision includes words Adams' opponents are sure to focus in on: "Everything here smacks of a bargain, dismissal of the indictment in exchange for immigration policy concessions." 

In his ruling to dismiss the case with prejudice, Judge Ho took issue with the Department of Justice's request to dismiss the case without prejudice, meaning he could've faced trial on the same charges again at a later time. 

Judge Ho summarized the DOJ's reasoning to drop the case as based on three things: It's tainted with impropriety, detrimental to national security and immigration enforcement, and was a weak case to begin with. 

"There may or may not be good reasons to drop this prosecution. But the reasons articulated by DOJ, if taken at face value, are inconsistent with a decision to leave the charges in the Indictment hanging like the proverbial Sword of Damocles over the Mayor," Judge Ho wrote. "And there are many reasons to be troubled by DOJ's proffered rationales—further supporting dismissal with prejudice." 

Judge Ho also addressed why he couldn't continue to pursue the case after the DOJ moved to dismiss it...

From CBS News

From what I wrote about this case in February: 

"So what CBS News crime reporter Anna Schecter was talking about in the CBS News video, was what back in the day was called a "pro-quid-quo". 

Another way of phrasing that would be: "I'll scratch my back, if you scratch mine. You know, platonically". 

From The New Democrat

Again, we're not lawyers here at The New Democrat. But if someone pointed a gun at my head, (even if were a water gun) and I was forced to try summarize Judge's Ho decision here... actually I would try to summarize his decision, even if someone threaten me with broccoli... but I would say this: 

Judge Ho doesn't want the U.S Department of Justice to have criminal leverage (meaning the ability to charge someone with a crime, if you don't do exactly what they want them too) over Mayor Adams. Which gives the Mayor the freedom to do his job and make decisions for New York City, without having to worry about if the Trump Administration doesn't like what he's doing, they could try to indict the Mayor for some other crime, even if there's no merit to their charge. 

This has nothing to do the actual case against Mayor Adams or prove that he's innocent. The Judge is just accepting the reality that the U.S. Attorney is not going to bring the case here against him. So he might as well just dismiss the case and do with prejudice, so DOJ can't use it against the Mayor as leverage. 

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Dan Mitchell: Libertarian Humor

"Even though I have an entire page dedicated to libertarian humor (pro and con), I only added two columns in the past year (here and here).

I’ll try to do better in 2025, starting with this bit of stand-up humor.

I have to give the guy credit. I don’t know his personal views, but at least he understands the differences between philosophies.

Next we have the libertarian perspective on the political spectrum.

Not as good as my triangle, but fundamentally accurate.

I thought about putting our third item with my collection of gun control humor, but the real message if in the bottom frame, so it qualifies as libertarian.

Our next item shows someone who thinks like me (the guy with the beard, in case that’s not obvious).

Per tradition, I’ve saved the best for last.

And what makes this article from the Babylon Bee especially amusing is that I just landed in Buenos Aires this morning…

Source:Dan Mitchell with look at the lighter side of libertarianism. But that’s only assuming there’s any other side to libertarianism.

From Dan Mitchell

Before I go much further into this, I just want to say that I and the rest of The New Democrat, actually have a lot in common with what we call Classical Libertarians. As real Liberals, (or Classical Liberals, if you prefer) we believe in individual freedom as well… both personal and economic, as well as personal responsibility. 

But having said that, The New Democrat also believes in the rule of law. And someone might say: “Can’t you believe in the rule of law and also be a Libertarian?” I guess so. But when you have people who call themselves Libertarians, but who call for privatizing law enforcement, or just say something like:

“It’s up to the individual to fix any injustice that may occur to themself by themselves”. It's harder to believe that Libertarians even believe in a role for government when it comes to law enforcement.

And the rule of law is just 1 issue. Schools, public infrastructure, pretty much anything that’s run by local government’s, Libertarians will tell you that there’s no need for public this, that, and the other thing, plus something else…. all those things can be handled by the private sector and individuals themselves. 

So what I’m going to do here is give you at least a classical definition of what it means to be a Libertarian. And then make fun of people who call themselves Libertarians, but who are really right-wing Anarchists. The Right’s version of antigovernment hippies. 

As was written on The New Democrat 3 weeks ago: 

“If I were to give a serious definition of libertarianism, (and that’s a big if) it would be very close to the first Wikipedia article about it that I posted here: someone who believes in the individual and individual freedom over everything else. That means someone who believes in both personal and economic freedom, combined with personal responsibility. And that government is just there to do for the people what the people can’t do for themselves:

National security

Foreign affairs

Law enforcement

Managing the currency

And that the best government is the government that’s closest to the people, instead of the Federal Government trying to treat the states and cities as just additional federal agencies, with very little, if any autonomy of their own.

From The New Democrat

The classical definition of what I just gave you, you could probably call that from the Ron Paul School of Libertarianism. But when you got people even from Reason Magazine, or Ayn Rand supporters, or John Stossell saying: “We don’t even need a Defense Department, let alone law enforcement, or public schools and roads”, that begs the questions: “What do Libertarians want from government, other than to be left alone and allowed to live their own lives?”

Just go about with the rest of your life while so-called Libertarians try to come up with answer to that. Because you might have forgotten the original question before you get answer. And if the answer to the question is essentially “nothing”, but perhaps explaining that answer in at least 1 paragraph… what’s the difference between a Libertarian and a right-wing Anarchist? 

If you want some political cultural stereotyping, I’ll give it to you anyway: if you are old enough to remember the Hippies from the Silent and Boomer generations from the 1960s and 70s… the Beatniks from the 1950s and early 60s… there was a cultural and hardcore individualist faction in both movements, who weren’t very political. They just wanted government to leave them alone. That’s what the so-called “Modern Libertarian” looks like to The New Democrat.

TND sees “modern Libertarians) as right-wing hipsters who just want to be free to live the life and be able to do anything in the world… that’s currently illegal. Perhaps short of being able to kill without cause, or physically assault without cause. But who knows, they may think even murder and assault, even burglary should be legal… but so should vengeance:

“Yeah, man… vengeance is out there. I mean, it’s really out there”.

And at risk of sounding really insulting: if you are familiar with The Manson Family… “Modern Libertarians kind of sound like Lynette Fromme (also known as Squeaky) or Sandra Good, and perhaps a few other whacked-out, hardcore, antiestablishment members of that crime family… who are currently not serving life sentences in prison for murder.

I would put the Dan Mitchell’s of the world in the classical bloc when it comes to American Libertarians. He’s someone who I believe thinks we should have a have government defense department, law enforcement. etc… a government strong and responsible enough to protect its citizens from predators: foreign and domestic. Not to try to run the people’s lives for them. But he might a member of a small minority when it comes to people who call themselves “Libertarians” today.

Source:The New Democrat

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ABC News: Senator Cory Booker Stages Overnight Filibuster in Senate to Protest President Trump & Elon Musk

"Democratic Sen. Cory Booker was still speaking Tuesday afternoon on the Senate floor — continuing a filibuster he started at 7 p.m. Monday night — in protest against the national "crisis" he says Pres. Trump and Elon Musk have created.

“I rise tonight because I believe sincerely that our country is in crisis, and I believe that not in a partisan sense, because so many of the people that have been reaching out to my office in pain, in fear, having their lives upended–so many of them identify themselves as Republicans," he said Monday night.

The New Jersey senator vowed to last "as long as [he is] physically able."

Source:ABC News with a look at U.S. Senator Cory Booker (Democrat, New Jersey talking his head off. At least the man came prepared. You don't see a phonebook around him, or children's books, fast food menus, train schedules, etc. 

From ABC News

Also from ABC News about past Senate filibusters: 

"On June 12, 1935, Sen. Huey Long, D-La., filibustered for more than 15 hours to require Senate confirmation for more posts within the National Recovery Administration. President Franklin Roosevelt opposed Long’s idea. The Senate’s website says Long’s motive was "to prevent his political enemies in Louisiana from obtaining those lucrative government jobs."

He reportedly read and analyzed each section of the Constitution while he talked and claimed the president’s New Deal programs had made the founding document "ancient and forgotten lore."

Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., held one of the longest filibusters on record. Historians say in 1957 he talked for 24 hours and 18 minutes in an attempt to block a vote on the Civil Rights Act. He passed the time reading line by line through state laws, already on the books at the time, to protect voting rights and election procedure, as well as opinions from the U.S. Supreme Court.

Other senators have read parts of the phone book and even sang songs.

Later that year, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, took to reading Dr. Seuss’s "Green Eggs and Ham," while holding the floor to oppose former president Obama’s health care law." 

From ABC News

When all else fails and there's nothing else to write about, write a blog post about perhaps the least popular institution in America, (other than Donald J. Trump) the U.S. Congress. And if that doesn't put everyone at the Insomniacs Convention to sleep... finally, go even further and make a play to put the rest of the country sleep as well and talk about the Senate filibuster in particular. The U.S. House might suck as well, but at least they get to go home at the end of the day, or to their nearest bar, or country clubs, because representatives aren't allowed to talk their heads off over there. 

Anytime you are feeling like the biggest loser and screwup in the world, always remember that there will always be at last 1 institution in America that's even more unpopular than you (other than Donald J. Trump) and screws up even the basics more than you: the U.S. Congress. When they hit 20% as an institution, that's a good day for them. That's worth celebrating for them. 

And if anyone wants me to tell you what I think about Senator Booker's speech here, (who is still awake at this point) I'll tell you anyway: call me a cynic... but only because I am. I've been voting since I was 22, all the back to 1998. I've been blogging for 15 years now. I'm seen my share of political corruption and taxpayer funded nonsense. And this has nothing to do with Senator Booker personally. I think he's 1 of the good guys up there. 

But to keep this real: the Senator is looking to run for President in 2027-28. He's very intelligent, very likable, sweet, kind of guy, with a very quick sense of humor. If he could put the organization together, he would be 1 of the top 3 contenders for the Democratic nomination 2 years from now. I mean that's what this speech is about: bringing attention to himself, especially from partisan Democrats, who don't think the Democratic leadership, especially in Congress, isn't doing enough to stop Donald Trump and Elon Musk. And the man can deliver a great speech as well. So I hope everyone who had nothing to do for the last 24 hours, who perhaps was at that Insomniacs Convention, got a chance to watch Senator Booker's speech. 

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Michael Smerconish: James Carville: Donald Trump Collapse Happened Quicker Than I Imagined

"Legendary Democratic strategist James Carville discusses his bold prediction on the "massive collapse" unfolding inside the Trump administration and how Democrats should respond." 

Source:CNN talking to the father of the modern political rope-a-dope strategy: James Carville.

From CNN

From The New Democrat back in February on this very issue: 

"Democratic strategist James Carville called on Democrats to make a "strategic political retreat" in a guest essay for The New York Times on Tuesday, telling members of his party "to play dead."

"Allow the Republicans to crumble beneath their own weight, and make the American people miss us. Only until the Trump administration has spiraled into the low 40s or high 30s in public approval polling percentages should we make like a pack of hyenas and go for the jugular. Until then, I’m calling for a strategic political retreat," he wrote. 

"With no clear leader to voice our opposition and no control in any branch of government, it’s time for Democrats to embark on the most daring political maneuver in the history of our party: roll over and play dead," the strategist continued.

"Carville compared his suggestion to a "tactical pause," and argued the Democrats needed to stop regularly playing defense against the Trump administration's actions.

"It’s a vision move — get out of the hour-to-hour, day-to-day combat where one side (ours) is largely playing defense and struggling to defend politically charged positions (like explaining D.E.I. or persuading voters to care about foreign aid), and take time to regroup, look forward and make decisions about where we want to get to over the next two years," Carville said.

He said Americans were likely not waiting around for lawmakers and commentators to make the same old arguments to criticize the president. 

"They’re tired of it, and our Democratic voters are tired of watching us moan and groan to cover up our impotency out of power. They want us to be smarter than that," he added." 

And my response to that: 

"When you see your arch-enemy is drowning in the ocean. don't throw them a lifeline. Let them drown. 

When you see your arch enemy's house is on fire and no one is there to do anything about it, don't even offer to spit on the fire, let alone dump your own water on it, or call 911. Just let the house burn down. 

Let MAGA burn our national house down. Hopefully they don't destroy the country. But don't help them do that, or try to get in their way, outside of what's going on in the courts and at the state level. Show American voters this is exactly who you voted for and the consequences of that fateful decision. And tell them and show them there's a better way on the campaign trail and why you deserve to be in power again." 

From The New Democrat

From The New Democrat 2 weeks ago: 

"Along with all these organic and peaceful protests that are happening mostly outside of Washington and at the grassroots level, and the townhalls. That's how you defeat Donald Trump and MAGA, Instead of reminding voters why they don't like you either and voted against you in 2024, you just keep the focus on why they don't like Donald Trump and MAGA and make the case why they shouldn't be allowed to govern at all when their terms are up and speak out against them in unity." 

From The New Democrat

No offense to Michael Smerconish (who I do have some respect for because at least he talks about interesting issues) and I don't pretend to be a professional media critic by any means... but you can see why he's never been a correspondent for Ted Koppel's Nightline, or for 60 Minutes, Meet The Press, etc. You don't get any followups from him (at least in this interview) and you get a lot of softball, mainstream media questions from him like: 

Michael Smerconish: "So, Harry -- Harry Enten, I really respect his opinion. He crunches numbers for us here at CNN. And he spoke to Trump and right track, wrong track numbers. Let's roll the clip and then have James respond. Go ahead.

HARRY ENTEN, CNN CHIEF ANALYST: All we talk about is how unpopular Donald Trump is. But in reality, he's basically more popular than he was at any point in term number one and more popular than he won election back in November of 2024.

When you wrote in "The Times" and you spoke of rolling over and playing dead, you said, allow the Republicans to crumble beneath their own weight and make the American people miss us.

But if the approval rating of the Democratic Party is at 29 percent, according to CNN's data, who's missing Democrats right now? They might be upset with Trump, but who is really missing the Democrats?

OK. Still -- still staying --

He says, the Democratic brand is toxic right now. What are Democrats doing to fill the vacuum or the void that Trump is leaving open?

 Final comment. This comes from a critique to your "Times" op-ed of a month ago, the Muhammad Ali, the rope-a-dope strategy. Put this on the screen." 

And these are just Michael Smerconish's points from his interview with James Carville on Saturday, from CNN. 

I mean Smerconish could've gotten his questions from his local newspaper. Or worst... someone's Twitter feed. Not a lot of research and preparation for his interviews. A lot of straight, belt-high fastballs, at around 90 miles an hour, over the middle of the plate, that Carville whacked out of the park for home runs. Yes, it's baseball season. 

I know the mainstream media wants to talk about how unpopular the Democratic Party is right now... at least the journalists who are worried about potential backlash they may get from Donald Trump and his administration. But the Democratic Party is not in charge right now. 

To paraphrase James Carville: political parties are in the business to win elections... period. Not to be popular. And they do that with the candidates that they recruit, nominate. And then you win elections by getting more votes than your opponents. And the Democratic Party as of right now is not in charge of anything in Washington, at the Federal level. It's not their job to be popular. Their job is to beat Republicans in every elections that they can. 

And as Jame Carville told Michael Smerconish: 

Mr. Carville talking about the Trump Administration: "Well, what tense are we in? Is it collapsing or has it collapsed? That's the only argument to have.

And I was wrong. I said, Memorial Day. It's before April Fool's day which the Trump administration should make a national holiday because it's so accurately represents who they are. So, I'm not really -- no one -- do not argue with me". 

I mean when you are running against an April Fools Day administration and political party... how popular do you have to be? The better question there is: how much smarter do you have to be than a daily fool and joke? The Democrat:

"You might not like me. But at least I'm not a fool. 

I don't share classified information with journalists.

 I don't claim that tariffs pay for themselves, or the other country would just pay the higher prices.

 I don't have drunks working for me... or Russian contacts... or people with enemies lists running the FBI".  

And Mr. Smerconish can talk about all he wants that he's more popular now than he was 8 years ago at this time... the key point is the President is still unpopular. More to the point: his polices are even less unpopular. 37% approval on the economy... you have to go back to G.W. Bush in 2008 to find a Republican President who was doing worst on the economy politically. 

President Trump is unpopular on the economy primarily because his own small town rural base (the heartbeat of the modern Republican Party) is paying the higher prices for basic necessities because of his tariffs. 

Trump 2017 vs Trump 2025: he might more popular now, but he was in the low 40s at this time 8 years ago, when he had only been President for 2 months at that point. I mean the idiot can say he's more intelligent than the moron. But is that even worth mentioning? 

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Jesse Dollemore: Donald Trump EXPLAINS PLAN FOR ILLEGAL 3RD TERM – “I’m Not Joking!

"Jesse discusses Donald Trump’s third-term plans and the methods by which he will illegally be President again. He tells Kristen Welker that he isn’t actually joking, and they are working out how they will violate the Constitution to achieve their goals." 

Source:Jesse Dollemore talking about DJT can look & sound when someone spikes his Diet Coke.

From Jesse Dollemore

From NBC News: 

"President Donald Trump did not rule out the possibility of seeking a third term in the White House, which is prohibited by the Constitution under the 22nd Amendment, saying in an exclusive interview with NBC News that there were methods for doing so and clarifying that he was “not joking.”

“A lot of people want me to do it,” Trump said in a Sunday-morning phone call with NBC News, referring to his allies. “But, I mean, I basically tell them we have a long way to go, you know, it’s very early in the administration.”

“I’m focused on the current,” Trump added, in some of his most extensive comments to date about serving a third term.

When asked whether he wanted another term, the president responded, “I like working.”

“I’m not joking,” Trump said, when asked to clarify. “But I’m not — it is far too early to think about it.”

When asked whether he has been presented with plans to allow him to seek a third term, Trump said, “There are methods which you could do it.”

NBC News asked about a possible scenario in which Vice President JD Vance would run for office and then pass the role to Trump. Trump responded that “that’s one” method.

“But there are others, too,” Trump added.

Asked to share another method, Trump simply responded “no.”

Amending the Constitution to abolish the two-term limit would be exceedingly difficult, requiring either a two-thirds vote of Congress or two-thirds of the states agreeing to call a constitutional convention to propose changes. Either route would then require ratification from three-quarters of the states.

The president pointed to his poll numbers, saying that “a lot of people would like me to” hold office for a third term.

Trump has previously commented on running for a third term in office, though Republicans have seen these comments as jokes or the president trolling his critics... 

From NBC News

At risk of being called a sexist by every militant, left-wing, feminist, in the history of God's green Earth: (assuming there is a God) Just when I think Kristen Welker is just beautiful, adorable, Sunday morning eye-candy, who can get any drunk in the country with a head slamming hangover, to wake up on Sunday morning, just to watch her, she gives us some real hard news. Instead of just trying to convince her viewers of how cute and sweet she is. But the far-left doesn't like Kristen Welker. So perhaps I have nothing to worry about, since they only cry sexism over women they actually like.

I could roll either way on this latest Donald Trump, Washington tabloid story. And I'll tell you what I mean by that. 

As The New Democrat said yesterday on social media about this latest Trump story: "Maybe we shouldn't jump in the lake every time he's says there's fish in it. He's simply trying to distract the country from Signal Gate and the economy". 

From The New Democrat

And I completely agree with that. But the problem this story has given me a new theory about how Democrats should play this, assuming The White House is actually serious about this and someone hasn't been jacking the President's Die Coke with Jack Daniels or some other alcoholic beverage. 

And it's Kristen Welker who threw this out there because apparently she's been talking to her own MAGA sources about this: Vice President J.D. Vance runs for President in 2027-28, (which is a story right there that I' will explore in the future) the Vice President selects his only boss, the President, to be his running mate. And some how they win the election.

So this is where the Democrats come it: whoever is the Democratic nominee for President in 28, they select President Barack Obama as their running mate. And President Obama spends the last 2 months of this campaign trolling not Vice President Vance, but President Trump. All day, every day, on social media, everywhere else, all the interviews, the townhalls, etc.

I mean when you are talking about Barack Obama, you are talking about 1 of the quickest and funniest minds, ever in American politics. The late night talk show hosts have. nothing on him from that standpoint. He proved that last October campaigning for Kamala Harris with the whole story about the price of diapers and talking about changing diapers and interrupting himself to say: 

"First of all, can you imagine Donald Trump changing diapers? Think about that for a minute". And other issues like that. 

You put President Obama on the campaign trail full-time to troll President Trump... the current President would look like a college of starving fish in the lake. I mean we're talking about the University of Texas Austin...a school of fish that large. And he take the bait every time the former President baits the current President. 

So if the President is not drunk and high enough to shake hands with the Moon, they won't be pushing this. But if they do, the Democrats have the perfect counterpunch: tell the people how great a Vice President Barack Obama would be and that would kill this latest insane MAGA story faster than fire burns paper. 

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Sky News: JD Vance Hits Out At Denmark During Greenland Visit After Donald Trump Says US 'Needs' The Island

"JD Vance has told Denmark it has "not done a good job" with Greenland during a visit to the territory - as President Donald Trump repeated his call for the US to take over the island. 

Vice President Vance, his wife Usha and other senior US officials arrived at an American military base in Greenland, the semi-autonomous territory that has been a part of Denmark for more than 600 years.

"Our message to Denmark is very simple: you have not done a good job by the people of Greenland," Mr Vance said. "You have underinvested in the people of Greenland, and you have underinvested in the security architecture of this incredible, beautiful landmass filled with incredible people. We need to ensure that America is leading in the Arctic."

Source:Sky News with a look at U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance (MAGA, Ohio) pointing at a mirror?

From Sky News

And from Slate Magazine: 

"Last weekend, second lady Usha Chilukuri Vance shared an Instagram video from the White House announcing an upcoming trip to Greenland and offering a “special message” for its America-hating residents. Clad in a white suit and speaking extremely monotonically into the camera, Vance informed her viewers that she would be visiting Kalaallit Nunaat in time for the autonomous Danish territory’s Avannaata Qimussersua dog sledding race, which the United States is sponsoring. “I’m also coming to celebrate the long history of mutual respect and cooperation between our nations, and to express hope that our relationship will only grow stronger in the coming years,” Vance concluded. “I look forward to meeting many of you soon.”

From Slate Magazine

And fron Yahoo: 

"Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, landed in Greenland on Friday afternoon, but they had to rearrange their entire trip to avoid embarrassment after people in the country said they didn’t want to welcome the couple.

And now, of course, the internet is roasting Vance for being unpopular wherever he goes.

In anticipation of the visit, American officials went door-to-door in Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, in the hopes of finding residents who wanted to greet Usha Vance, but no one took them up on the offer, Danish TV reports per The Daily Beast. Instead, that part of the trip and an excursion to see a dog sled race were pared down to just a visit to the remote American missile defense station on the island.

The controversial trip was part of President Trump’s push to take Greenland from Denmark “one way or the other.” But things didn’t go to plan as Greenland’s government called the trip “highly aggressive,” people planned to protest outside of the airport, and the organizers of the sled race said they never invited the second lady to attend, The New York Times reports.

The internet quickly started mocking Vance for bungling this PR stunt of a trip so badly. People quipped that “Hating JD and Usha Vance has united the world,” while someone else hoped they “choke on fermented shark,” and another person suggested that no one would want to put their furniture at risk around Vance, writing, “Who’d want to put their coach in danger like that... 

From Yahoo News

I don't want to be too semantical: (so of course that's what I might be doing here) but how could J.D. Vance know how cold "shit" is? I mean seriously: how would someone know that? And I will let you use your imagination before I get too vulgar about what someone might need to do with their own "shit", or someone else's "shit" before they could possibly know how cold the "shit" is. 

I'm also not a prude: (no, really) but the Vice President of the United States, flying off to foreign territory, un-welcomed, un-invited, showing up at a U.S. military base, wearing a t-shirt, blue jeans, and boots. He's 40 years old, he's the freakin Vice President of the United States... he's not at a Tim McGraw concert (no offense to Tim McGraw or any other country singer) or at a NASCAR race, or a college football game. He's supposed to represent the United States of America. And she shows up in another country, 1 of our best allies in the West, looking and acting like a dick. (My word) Just when people are thinking that it's Pete Hegseth is the 1 who drinks too much. 

This from CNN: 

"Vance, who only decided in the last few days to make the trip, said Denmark had neglected its territory and that America could no longer ignore Russian and Chinese alleged designs on the island.

“Our message to Denmark is very simple,” Vance said. “You have not done a good job by the people of Greenland.”

He repeatedly claimed the island was vulnerable and that the United States had “no other option” than to ramp up its presence there.

Greenland would be better off “coming under the United States’ security umbrella than you have been under Denmark’s security umbrella,” he said, saying it was the “policy of the United States” to see changes to the island’s Danish leadership.

Still, he acknowledged the future of the island should be up to its residents." 

From CNN

But according to POLITICO, which is actually in the business to report the news, unlike the Vice President of the United States: 

"Greenlanders have a message for Donald Trump: We’re not interested.

85 percent of the local population are against the idea of becoming part of the United States, according to new polling conducted by research company Verian, for national newspaper Sermitsiaq in Greenland and media outlet Berlingske in Denmark.

The poll was based on web interviews conducted between Jan. 22 and 27 among 497 representatively selected citizens in Greenland over the age of 18... 

From POLITICO

I would love to know where the Vice President's Office gets their information. But I think the safe bet is that they make "shit" up. Perhaps they claim they get it from the State Department. But they don't have any hard information. 

And the thing about Donald Trump and his VP claiming that: "America would be respected and feared again again when I'm President".... 

Greenland is the largest island in the world

If they were a an independent country: they would be the 12th largest country in the world in territory and yet their people are saying "hell no" about becoming part of the United States at any point in the future. If that's not embarrassing enough: they don't even want Donald and JD visiting their state. So much for America being respected and feared under Donald and JD. 

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