DL Open Thread: Monday, March 24, 2025

Yes, Trump Is Serious About Greenland:

Relations between Greenland and the United States sank further on Sunday as the Greenlandic prime minister erupted over what he called a “highly aggressive” delegation of senior officials the Trump administration said it would send to the island this week.

Usha Vance, the second lady, and Michael Waltz, the national security adviser, are among the officials headed to the island, which is a semiautonomous territory of Denmark, though President Trump has vowed to make it part of the United States “one way or the other.”

The prime minister, Mute B. Egede, said on Sunday that Greenlanders’ effort to be diplomatic just “bounces off Donald Trump and his administration in their mission to own and control Greenland.”

He made the remarks, his angriest yet, to a Greenlandic newspaper on Sunday, and a high-ranking member of his party confirmed them. The prime minister seemed especially upset with Mr. Waltz’s involvement.

“What is the national security adviser doing in Greenland?” he asked. “The only purpose is to demonstrate power over us.”

Well, it worked with the corporate stooges who represent the Democratic Party in Congress.  And that law firm.  And Columbia University.  Show some spine, Greenland.  Perhaps some Democrats somewhere will pay attention.

I Hate To Pick On the News-Journal, But…

…today’s ‘lead’ story, which has been granted the word length of an in-depth investigative report, is about the opening of a second location of an ‘award-winning’ brewery.

This rag is fast becoming the successor to ‘Town Talk’, which invariably got dumped into a mud puddle at the end of our driveway every week.

Sorry for the brevity.  Some days provide more inspiration than others.

The good news?  There’s lots of inspiration remaining for my first Political (Non-)Weekly of the new election cycle.  Gonna re-caffeinate and get started.

What do you want to talk about?