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Summary
Greenlandic MP Pipaluk Lynge condemned Donald Trump Jr.'s visit as a staged effort to portray locals as supportive of U.S. annexation.
His team reportedly distributed MAGA hats to residents, barred journalists, and organized managed photo ops, including locals speaking with Donald Trump on speakerphone.
“We know how they treat the Inuit in Alaska,” Lynge hit back. “Make that great before trying to invade us.”
Lynge and Danish PM Mette Frederiksen reiterated Greenland’s rejection of U.S. takeover threats, while Greenlandic PM Múte Bourup Egede emphasized the island’s focus on sovereignty and independence.
he did actually, Instagram comments said it was a 757
Ah, then I hope he keeps flying in one. Cheers.
In a 757?
That’s one of the most reliable aircraft Boeing ever made, out of 1049 made from 1981 to 2004, only 10 have been lost - 2 of which were lost on Sep. 11 2001…
Hopefully he decides the 757 is a little old and 737MAX issues were just ‘fake news’
The 737MAX is a perfectly safe plane. MCAS has been neutered, can only activate if there is not a significant discrepancy between AOA sensors, can now only engage once per flight, and is also limited in the trim adjustment it’s capable of making on that one activation.
The door plug issue was horrific, but that has also been rectified through additional checks during installation, just like any other similar issue that has cropped up over decades of flight.
Is it absurd that Boeing included systems that were unsafe on a modern airliner, and could crash a plane due to a single failure point? Absolutely. Fuck Boeing. I’ll take Airbus any day.
But there’s no reason to be afraid of flying in a 737MAX. It’s essentially just the 737NG with bigger engines, a nicer cockpit, and a few other upgrades, much like the A320neo vs the A320ceo.