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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social
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BREAKING: Donald Trump Jr. FAKED event in Greenland, bribing people with free dinners if they would wear MAGA hats and pretend to be Trump supporters One participant was sleeping under a bridge before he was coaxed into the photo op With the Trumps, EVERYTHING IS A CON
A MAGA visit intended to make Greenland look pro-Donald Trump appears staged from the bottom up.
The self-described tourism trip saw Donald Trump Jr., far-right political pundit Charlie Kirk, and Trump administration staffer Sergio Gor visit the self-governing Danish territory at a time when the president-elect has made some odd jokes and eyebrow-raising militaristic threats about buying Greenland.
The trio’s presence on the island—and myriad photo ops with local residents—were not taken well by some of Greenland’s politicians, who slammed Don Jr.’s visit as a stunt to make the territory appear open to U.S. governance. Pipaluk Lynge, the chair of Greenland’s parliamentary foreign and security policy committee, told Politico that the territory wants its “own independence and democracy.” Lynge also warned the United States not to “invade” the nation, which is largely composed of Indigenous tribes, in light of its historical treatment of Alaska’s indigenous population.
“Greenland is not for sale and will never be for sale,” Aaja Chemnitz, another member of Greenland’s parliament, told NBC News.
But some of the behind-the-scenes details of the pro-Trump expedition are even worse.
Danish media reported Thursday that a series of photos featuring Kirk and Greenlandic residents in MAGA hats was staged. The MAGA cohort reportedly rounded up homeless people from the area—including one person from under a bridge—promising them a meal at the Hotel Hans Egede in exchange for their participation in the pro-Trump photo circuit.
Videos of the trip circulated on X describe the Greenlandic participants as “the local community in Nuuk,” but several local sources that spoke with DR News described the photographed individuals as “homeless and socially disadvantaged” people who are often outside the supermarket directly across from the hotel where the Trump event was held.
“All they have to do is put on a cap and be in the Trump staff’s videos. They are being bribed, and it is deeply distasteful,” Tom Amtoft, a 28-year resident of Nuuk, told the Danish news outlet.
Amtoft reportedly witnessed the group’s attempts to get locals to wear the MAGA caps for the photos, describing the process as “very aggressive.” He said the Trump envoys chose a “selective” group of people “who could say that Greenland should be bought.”
If he didn't expect anyone to meet with him in Greenland why did he pay people to meet with him and wear MAGA hats.
Why should any rational adult believe he did?
Don't believe your eyes. Pictures show the people there without red MAGA hats and then later show them with red MAGA hats taking pictures with Don Jr. I wonder where they got the red hats. I don't see a vendor in any of the pictures.
I believe my eyes. You need to explain why your wild speculation is somehow true.
You have just made a strong case for ... are you ready? ... for those people having put their hats on.
Do you wonder this every time you see someone wearing a MAGA hat?
Do you see Don Jr. in any of the pictures?
Whoops!I wonder if there is a picture of Don Jr handing out those hats?
What do you think that picture is?
I appreciate your lightning-fast knee-jerk support for bonehead errors.
It is Donald Trump Jr handing out hats to people that didn't have those hats in pictures taken of them waiting for Jr to arrive.
@Legion cries for your attention once again.
You have just made a strong case for those people having already been there in Greenland prior to Don Jr.'s arrival. Now, all you have to do is show that they were somehow "waiting for him to arrive" and that Don Jr. somehow paid them to do so.
but, but, but Obama .... but, but, but Biden....but, but, but border wall! immigrants eating dogs! Etc., etc.
Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social
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BREAKING: Donald Trump Jr. FAKED event in Greenland, bribing people with free dinners if they would wear MAGA hats and pretend to be Trump supporters One participant was sleeping under a bridge before he was coaxed into the photo op With the Trumps, EVERYTHING IS A CON
A MAGA visit intended to make Greenland look pro-Donald Trump appears staged from the bottom up.
The self-described tourism trip saw Donald Trump Jr., far-right political pundit Charlie Kirk, and Trump administration staffer Sergio Gor visit the self-governing Danish territory at a time when the president-elect has made some odd jokes and eyebrow-raising militaristic threats about buying Greenland.
The trio’s presence on the island—and myriad photo ops with local residents—were not taken well by some of Greenland’s politicians, who slammed Don Jr.’s visit as a stunt to make the territory appear open to U.S. governance. Pipaluk Lynge, the chair of Greenland’s parliamentary foreign and security policy committee, told Politico that the territory wants its “own independence and democracy.” Lynge also warned the United States not to “invade” the nation, which is largely composed of Indigenous tribes, in light of its historical treatment of Alaska’s indigenous population.
“Greenland is not for sale and will never be for sale,” Aaja Chemnitz, another member of Greenland’s parliament, told NBC News.
But some of the behind-the-scenes details of the pro-Trump expedition are even worse.
Danish media reported Thursday that a series of photos featuring Kirk and Greenlandic residents in MAGA hats was staged. The MAGA cohort reportedly rounded up homeless people from the area—including one person from under a bridge—promising them a meal at the Hotel Hans Egede in exchange for their participation in the pro-Trump photo circuit.
Videos of the trip circulated on X describe the Greenlandic participants as “the local community in Nuuk,” but several local sources that spoke with DR News described the photographed individuals as “homeless and socially disadvantaged” people who are often outside the supermarket directly across from the hotel where the Trump event was held.
“All they have to do is put on a cap and be in the Trump staff’s videos. They are being bribed, and it is deeply distasteful,” Tom Amtoft, a 28-year resident of Nuuk, told the Danish news outlet.
Amtoft reportedly witnessed the group’s attempts to get locals to wear the MAGA caps for the photos, describing the process as “very aggressive.” He said the Trump envoys chose a “selective” group of people “who could say that Greenland should be bought.”
Oh look. It's a picture of those 5 people standing by the steps of the kirke waiting for Don Jr to arrive. And shortly after he arrives he gives them red MAGA hats.
Now finish supporting your argument. You now need to show that Don Jr. somehow bribed those people with free dinners if they would wear MAGA hats and pretend to be Trump supporters, as opposed to them already being diehard Trump fans who really wanted hats.
Rational adults mock the shit out of morons like you who believe everything they read on the internet. Why you presume that everything posted on the internet must be true will probably remain a mystery.
