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[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What kind of bullshit is this? The change was approved on the 20th of December, and released on the first of January, and has absolutely NOTHING to do with the orange turd and his retoric about Greenland.

Turd did not start commenting about Greenland until the 23rd of December.

How do I know this about the Danish coat of arms? I live here.

[–] geissi@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Turd did not start commenting about Greenland until the 23rd of December.

He did talk about buying Greenland during his first presidency.
That nonsense went on so long, I found articles from 2019 to 2021.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/08/23/donald-trump-greenland-purchase-sovereignty-denmark-227859/
https://www.reuters.com/world/blinken-confirms-us-does-not-want-buy-greenland-after-trump-proposal-2021-05-20/

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

He did, true, but the King of Denmark did not change the coat of arms because of Trump.

[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] FundMECFS@slrpnk.net 14 points 1 day ago

The Danish king has shocked some historians by changing the royal coat of arms to more prominently feature Greenland and the Faroe Islands – in what has also been seen as a rebuke to Donald Trump.

Less than a year since succeeding his mother, Queen Margrethe, after she stood down on New Year’s Eve 2023, King Frederik has made a clear statement of intent to keep the autonomous Danish territory and former colony within the kingdom of Denmark.

[–] Loui@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago

The men look like Simpsons characters now.

[–] Shou@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Don't care what this is about, but man the left coat of arms goes hard.