I’m sure some political talk will be unavoidable but I’d like to keep this dry and to the point if we could.
Trump has always been about bluster. He’s currently “blustering” at the entire world. In his mind, he’s setting expectations and trying to put other countries on their toes/sow chaos to “improve his negotiating position.” In reality, his behavior is depressingly predictable even when the specific content is not, and no one is going to take the bait.
I also think part of this is focusing the American public on big manufactured controversies that have no chance of ever actually happening to keep them distracted from the awful things that are going to be coming out daily very soon.
Yeah I guess. But when he was saying last election “and Mexico is going to pay for the wall”
Mexico was just like “no we aren’t”
Today I’m seeing blurbs about the prime minister resigning and Denmark changing the royal coat of arms… I guess both could be just coincidence, I was too busy to read the articles…
But I get off work today and om like “wait… What?.. Why?”
Dane here
The change in coat of arms actually improved Greenlands position. They previously shared a square with the Faroe Islands. Both now have their own square
It could be seen as a move to please Greenland, as they have long been wanted independence, but they lack the economy for it
Ami saw the new coat of arms. As a stupid American with no knowledge of your country and history…
I think it was a good choice even if this didn’t happen.
Again, I have no idea about the history…
It looked like two weird lion things in square one, then repeated in square two. Then like one squiggly lion thing in the forth square… The third square was a cramped partition of multiple symbols.
Again, don’t know the history. I’m sure the repeated squigly lions ment something meaningful. Visually the coat of arms look better now.
I also have a lot of opinions on my state flag tho (Florida) what the fuck is with that steam boat? Are steam boats important to Florida? I’ve just got opinions on how these things look. It doesn’t mean anything insulting to your country.
Totally agree, that it looks cleaner. It’s the royal coat of arms, so it doesn’t represent Denmark as a nation, only the royal family.
I’m not very royally inclined, so whatever you say about their coat of arms have no effect on me. I see them at best, as a very expensive PR team for the nation, or if I was to put it in a mean way, a very expensive social welfare program
The state version is a simpler version of crowned shield.
The three lions are known to be used for 800+ years
As for the steamboat in the flag of Florida: I’m sure people also would protest if it was updated to a cruise ship 😛