US Vice President JD Vance tours the US military's Pituffik Space Base on March 28, 2025 in Pituffik, Greenland. The itinerary for the visit was scaled back after a plan for a more extensive trip drew criticism from officials in Greenland and Denmark.
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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?”
Keep scrolling to see the funniest reactions to the Vances being shunned by an entire nation!
'Imagine 50,000 people being asked if they want to be seen talking to you, and everybody said 'no'"
"Can you blame them? I would have said OH HELL NO!"
"Who’d want to put their couch in danger like that?"
"Greenland said"
"Hating JD and Usha Vance has united the world"
"The Prime Minister of Greenland: don't come here.
Every political party in Greenland: don't come here. The people of Greenland: don't come here.
JD Vance: I'm going to Greenland!
This is why the world is turning their back on the United States and the hate is becoming real"
"Usha and JD Vance are not welcome in Greenland, yet we are going to pay for them to visit. I hope they choke on the fermented shark."
"JD Vance and his wife Usha Vance are visiting the US Pituffik Space Base in Greenland. What a global embarrassment for them to go where they’re not wanted."
"Vermont: 'We hate JD Vance'
Greenland: Hold my Beer'"
"JD Vance wants you to know the US needs to take Greenland for strategic military reasons. ...as he sits in a US military base that is already there."
"BREAKING: A man in the Greenland capital of Nuuk is reportedly building a parade float featuring JD Vance having sex with a couch, and plans to drive it around the city all weekend to celebrate the vice president canceling his trip to the island."
"JD & Usha Vance are the kind of trashy people who crash a party after being told repeatedly that they were not invited and not welcome
Sorry, Greenland
Regards, The Americans"
"JD Vance and Usha Chilukuri Vance recieve icy unwelcome in Greenland. No one would speak to them!"
"JD Vance and his wife received a warm MAGA welcome from the people of Greenland."
"Greenland [shakes hand emoji] JD Vance’s mom"
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