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highplainsdem

(60,731 posts)
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 09:05 AM Jan 13

JD Vance to host Greenland talks at the White House

Source: Guardian

JD Vance will host a meeting with the foreign ministers of Greenland and Denmark amid rising tensions over Donald Trump’s push to gain control of the Arctic island.

Denmark’s top diplomat, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, said he and his Greenlandic counterpart, Vivian Motzfeldt, had requested the meeting with the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and the vice-president had asked to take part and would host it at the White House on Wednesday.

“Our reason for seeking the meeting we have now been given was to move this whole discussion … into a meeting room where we can look each other in the eye and talk about these things,” Rasmussen told reporters in Copenhagen on Tuesday.

-snip-

Denmark will also host a meeting of the foreign, security and defence policy contact committee of the Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese governments on Wednesday. Officials said this would be an “opportunity to discuss the political and economic situation”.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/13/jd-vance-to-host-greenland-talks-at-white-house



Vice Troll Juvenile Delinquent Vance isn't qualified to do anything other than troll and kiss Trump's ass, let alone host a high-level meeting.

But apparently JD and his puppetmasters are worried that Rubio might be even semi-rational and adult if he handled the meeting himself, so Vance will be there to interfere and deliver stupid threats as red meat for MAGA.
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JD Vance to host Greenland talks at the White House (Original Post) highplainsdem Jan 13 OP
I'm sure he'll treat them with the same courtesy and respect he gave Zelenskyy. Ocelot II Jan 13 #1
He wants to make them an offer, Bayard Jan 13 #18
They should show up in ethnic/cultural garb - not suits. yellow dahlia Jan 13 #42
Vance is not a serious person. Drunk on power like the rest of them. Walleye Jan 13 #2
J. V. Vance is a f'ing knob. underpants Jan 13 #28
This made me laugh! hamsterjill Jan 13 #29
How does one say "Go fuck yourself" in Danish? Ray Bruns Jan 13 #3
"Fuck dig selv" sop Jan 13 #5
Apparently it's Fuck dig selv. 👍 Dave Bowman Jan 13 #7
Thanks. I'll fire this off to JD Vance and Marco Rubio so when the Danish representatives start screaming Ray Bruns Jan 13 #8
The "opportunity to discuss the political and economic situation." sop Jan 13 #4
An investment in World Liberty International, perhaps? thought crime Jan 13 #38
As an Ohioan, I sincerely apologize for producing this nincompoop Vance and inflicting his disgraceful persona Diamond_Dog Jan 13 #6
Someone should tape it C_U_L8R Jan 13 #9
I suspect it will be broadcast maxsolomon Jan 13 #25
They'll be ready for an ambush C_U_L8R Jan 13 #30
No one can survive dry piercing Nordic wit. thought crime Jan 13 #39
As usual, Amateur Hour at the White House NBachers Jan 13 #10
Hope the Generals in the Pentagon understand what happens KS Toronado Jan 13 #11
Hmmm Solly Mack Jan 13 #12
I thought the real elected president of Venezuela............. Lovie777 Jan 13 #13
Jesus Christ. Aristus Jan 13 #14
After our ships Traildogbob Jan 13 #15
Since Denmark has universal health care, the Greenlanders will have been vaccinated Ocelot II Jan 13 #21
My analogy was flawed. Traildogbob Jan 13 #22
ah yes, yet another one sided conversation where the foreign ministers will be yelled at for not saying thank you. nt Javaman Jan 13 #16
Absolutely right, but they'll also be insulted and lectured to thought crime Jan 13 #40
Vance's one saving grace is his ability to fuck things up. Paladin Jan 13 #17
As Keith Olbermann calls him EuterpeThelo Jan 13 #19
J. V. Vance. I like that. underpants Jan 13 #27
Reminds me of another "historic" meeting with similar tones: artemisia1 Jan 13 #20
Thanks for the glimpse into history. yellow dahlia Jan 13 #43
Ought to be a short meeting. cab67 Jan 13 #23
Will Jared be there with an attache case carrying billions of dollars? IcyPeas Jan 13 #24
He will arrive with empty suitcases and leave with them full of cash. Irish_Dem Jan 13 #26
The talks Botany Jan 13 #31
Kidnap him liberalgunwilltravel Jan 13 #32
OOOOH - good one. yellow dahlia Jan 13 #44
I hope they don't capitulate to any extent whatsoever. . . Stargleamer Jan 13 #33
And it's worth noting... GiqueCee Jan 13 #34
Yes, it seemed that he wanted to nuke a hurricane Stargleamer Jan 13 #41
Yup yellow dahlia Jan 13 #45
DO NOT SHOW UP GREENLAND. Sorry to shout but quit playing the fascist's game. travelingthrulife Jan 13 #35
Did Denmark and Greenland even say "Thank You?" joanbarnes Jan 13 #36
Another Episode of - The Whitehouse Apprentice. thought crime Jan 13 #37

Walleye

(44,027 posts)
2. Vance is not a serious person. Drunk on power like the rest of them.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 09:09 AM
Jan 13

Last edited Tue Jan 13, 2026, 12:39 PM - Edit history (1)

Ray Bruns

(6,078 posts)
8. Thanks. I'll fire this off to JD Vance and Marco Rubio so when the Danish representatives start screaming
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 09:20 AM
Jan 13

At them they will know what they are saying.

sop

(17,872 posts)
4. The "opportunity to discuss the political and economic situation."
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 09:12 AM
Jan 13

Other than Denmark’s top diplomat, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, and his Greenlandic counterpart, Vivian Motzfeldt, telling Rubio and Vance to just "fuck off," what else is there to discuss?

Diamond_Dog

(40,042 posts)
6. As an Ohioan, I sincerely apologize for producing this nincompoop Vance and inflicting his disgraceful persona
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 09:16 AM
Jan 13

onto the world stage as our vice president.

maxsolomon

(38,377 posts)
25. I suspect it will be broadcast
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 12:21 PM
Jan 13

it's going to be an ambush like the Oval Office dressing-down Trump & Vance gave Zelenskyy.

Neither Prime Minister should indulge this crap.

KS Toronado

(23,321 posts)
11. Hope the Generals in the Pentagon understand what happens
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 09:52 AM
Jan 13

if they attack Greenland. All of our troops in Europe will become POWs instantly and all our American made
tanks, planes, ammo, etc. will be used against us.

Lovie777

(22,206 posts)
13. I thought the real elected president of Venezuela.............
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 09:55 AM
Jan 13

coming into town with the Noble Peace Prize.

Aristus

(71,850 posts)
14. Jesus Christ.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 10:00 AM
Jan 13

Vance has the diplomatic acumen of a syphilitic wolverine with a lit M-80 up its ass.

Traildogbob

(12,708 posts)
15. After our ships
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 10:22 AM
Jan 13

Land in Greenland to “steal all the Natural resources”, then kill half the population with guns, then spread deadly diseases in gifted blankets like Measles, Covid, Polio, mumps and pretty much every disease we once conquered with vaccines, that kill another 2/3, will we herd the survivors into Reservation's and allow Trump Casinos and legal weed in those reservations to appease and calm the indigenous people down? (Just keep your culture in there, tourist can come see it if they want to)
Why the hell are we surprised at America repeating history, especially when theft for greed is involved?
Maybe we will get another Thanksgiving celebration, and holiday that we spend millions on for stuffing our oversized guts. All to emphasize How much they love us for civilizing them, and bringing our version of Christianity to them.
MAGA, God bless America. (Some more)

Ocelot II

(129,684 posts)
21. Since Denmark has universal health care, the Greenlanders will have been vaccinated
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 11:16 AM
Jan 13

against all those diseases. Greenland is not a Third World country; it's just not densely populated, and the indigenous Inuit people aren't primitive. They also carry guns as protection against polar bears.

Traildogbob

(12,708 posts)
22. My analogy was flawed.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 11:32 AM
Jan 13

Good they are vaxxed. We will not need to pass out blankets. We will carry the diseases in our unvaxxed military asses.
As a Navy vet, we got dozens of shots for each deployment. I wonder if that happens under Hagueseth.
But comparing Americans for invasion to steal resources holds true. Especially historically as Christians.
Question…..will we not be immigrants there?
Hypocrisy is deep.
I did not mean to and apologize to the Inuit people.
I am certain they are extremely tough people.
I hope NATO has their back.

Javaman

(65,375 posts)
16. ah yes, yet another one sided conversation where the foreign ministers will be yelled at for not saying thank you. nt
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 10:53 AM
Jan 13

thought crime

(1,349 posts)
40. Absolutely right, but they'll also be insulted and lectured to
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 04:21 PM
Jan 13

about how inferior their egalitarian Nanny state is compared to our nation of Warfighters.

 

Paladin

(32,354 posts)
17. Vance's one saving grace is his ability to fuck things up.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 10:53 AM
Jan 13

Here's hoping he continues with that malignant talent at this critical Greenland meeting. If we're really lucky, Rubio will be distracted with daydreams of being the new Fuhrer of Cuba.

artemisia1

(1,547 posts)
20. Reminds me of another "historic" meeting with similar tones:
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 10:58 AM
Jan 13

Adolf Hitler met with the Czechoslovak President Emil Hácha in the early hours of March 15, 1939, in Berlin. During the meeting, Hitler threatened a devastating bombing of Prague, the Czech capital, unless Hácha agreed to the immediate German occupation of the rest of Czechoslovakia.
The Meeting in Berlin (March 15, 1939)
Context: After the Munich Agreement of September 1938, in which Britain and France ceded the Sudetenland border regions to Germany, Czechoslovakia was left militarily and economically vulnerable. Hitler, ignoring his promises, intended to occupy the remainder of the country.
The Meeting: Hácha, who had succeeded Edvard Beneš as president, traveled to Berlin on March 14, 1939, to negotiate with Hitler, hoping to preserve his nation's independence. He was kept waiting for hours and finally met with Hitler and other Nazi officials (including Hermann Göring and Joachim von Ribbentrop) at 1:15 a.m. on March 15.
Coercion and Threats: Hitler informed Hácha that German troops were already ordered to march into Czechoslovakia at 6:00 a.m. and that any resistance would be "broken with physical force". Göring explicitly threatened to completely destroy Prague from the air.
Hácha's Collapse: Faced with this intense pressure and the dreadful ultimatum, the elderly Hácha suffered a heart attack or fainted during the meeting. He was revived by Hitler's personal physician, Dr. Theodor Morell, with an injection to continue the negotiations.
The Agreement: At 3:55 a.m., Hácha was forced to sign a document placing the fate of the Czech people and country "in the hands of the Führer".
Aftermath: German troops entered Bohemia and Moravia that same day, encountering virtually no resistance, save for a small skirmish at Místek. Hitler made a triumphant entry into Prague by evening, proclaiming the German Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia on March 16, 1939.
Records and minutes of this coerced meeting were later used as evidence during the Nuremberg Trials.

cab67

(3,662 posts)
23. Ought to be a short meeting.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 12:01 PM
Jan 13

Vance will say the US must have Greenland. The ministers from Denmark and Greenland will leave.

Botany

(76,651 posts)
31. The talks
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 12:45 PM
Jan 13

J.D., America wants to take over Greenland.

Greenland, No

Denmark, its not gonna happen... tell me Mr. Vice President how would you feel if we and the other nations sold off your government notes crashing your economy and pulled all of our Ambassadors?

Stargleamer

(2,668 posts)
33. I hope they don't capitulate to any extent whatsoever. . .
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 01:13 PM
Jan 13

all of Greenland's wealth and minerals belong totally to its people, not to the US government.

GiqueCee

(3,590 posts)
34. And it's worth noting...
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 02:38 PM
Jan 13

... that all this supposed mineral wealth is under a fucking mile of ice! Did it ever occur to these shitwits that Greenland would have already exploited this wealth if they could get at it?
Oo! Oo! Maybe President Baggypants really wants to nuke the ice sheet! He's always wanted to nuke something.

Stargleamer

(2,668 posts)
41. Yes, it seemed that he wanted to nuke a hurricane
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 07:27 PM
Jan 13

to see what would happen.

The producers of The Apprentice threw him a lifeline, when it has been reported that he was in deep legal trouble. I blame them for a lot.

thought crime

(1,349 posts)
37. Another Episode of - The Whitehouse Apprentice.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 04:02 PM
Jan 13

Apprentice JD Vance is on the Greenland Beat. Apprentice Marco Rubio is currently well ahead, having taken much (but not too much) credit for the adventure in Venezuela, and this is JD’s big test. Can he pull off some muscular “Diplomacy” by forcing Denmark’s capitulation at the point of a gun? Can he convince Greenlanders to shake off the Nanny State to become the Empire’s tip of the spear? And by the way; nice ICE jobs for everyone, right there in Greenland.

Does Denmark understand that they can end all this by making a significant investment in World Liberty Financial and just promising to stop building God-damn windmills?

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