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The US ambassador to Iceland made an inappropriate comment about Iceland being the 52nd state and was summoned by Icelandic President to explain. A poor joke,
by retrac 4mo ago
The US ambassador to Iceland made an inappropriate comment about Iceland being the 52nd state and was summoned by Icelandic President to explain. A poor joke, apparently.
One almost wonders if the US admin is actively trying to get one of its ambassadors declared persona non grata.
- pstuart 4mo agoIt would seem like that, but that's bonus. It's really about the spoils of crony oligarchy.
- weinzierl 4mo agoIs 52 a typo or did he really say that? The US has 50 states, so why not 51?
- simiones 4mo agoMaybe his views are more heterodox and he was counting Puerto Rico as 51st! (sarcasm, in case this isn't clear)
- mcherm 4mo agoI suspect that the implication in context was that the 51st state would be Greenland. Which doesn't really help make this less of a diplomatic faux pas.
- bemao 4mo agoProbably a reference to the "joke" that Canada would soon become the 51st state
- csomar 4mo agoGreenland is the 51 state.