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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,063 posts)
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 07:51 PM Aug 2019

Iceland's leader won't be around to welcome Pence

Source: AP

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Iceland's leader has announced that she will skip U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's visit to her Nordic nation, opting instead to keep "prior commitments" by attending a trade union conference and meetings in Sweden.

Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir said that she's planned for months to give the keynote speech for the Council of Nordic Trade Unions' annual meeting in Malmo, Sweden, on Sept. 3 — the day before Pence's arrival. She will only return the afternoon of Sept. 4 after private meetings with Nordic union leaders, her office said.

"This visit, that was organized by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, has been bouncing a lot around the calendar so that it has been very difficult to organize oneself around it," she told Icelandic broadcaster RUV on Tuesday. Her office Wednesday confirmed that she had not changed her mind.

She also underscored that the arrangement was "absolutely not" about snubbing the Trump administration and that she had earlier this year met with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The decision was made before President Donald Trump announced that he would cancel a visit to another Nordic nation, Denmark.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/icelands-leader-wont-be-around-to-welcome-pence/ar-AAG7Tsz?li=BBnb7Kz



Isn't it great how much respect our country's gotten since Trump is running the show?
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mitch96

(13,817 posts)
8. Just b/c Pence wants to come to your country.......
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 10:46 PM
Aug 2019

Does not mean you have to drop everything to accommodate him.. Have HIM change his plans if he wants a sit down face to face...
Maybe in a sauna??? Over a shot of Brennivín ? Nekked?
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Wash. state Desk Jet

(3,426 posts)
4. Plus they know Trump thinks it's always all about Trump and so does Pence.
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 08:39 PM
Aug 2019

but it's ,not really lol. Can't do the real business of state with any one of those two clowns around !

Bob Loblaw

(1,900 posts)
5. So sorry I can't meet with you Mr. VPOTUS
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 08:40 PM
Aug 2019

I have a do it yourself root canal kit I've been meaning to try out and I'll be busy with that.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,282 posts)
11. Too bad. Katrin could have made some money ...
Thu Aug 22, 2019, 06:55 AM
Aug 2019

... selling New Zealand's South Island to Pence.

In cash, or crypto-currency, of course. None of those Trump IOUs.

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