▲ 138 ▼ Iceland summons US ambassador in response to Trump map (www.rte.ie) submitted 1 month ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca [M] to c/boycottus@lemmy.ca 34 comments fedilink hide all child comments Iceland has summoned the US ambassador after US President Donald Trump posted an image on social media showing the island and other countries covered by the American flag, local broadcaster RÚV said.
[–] atro_city@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago (3 children) Is fish still more important than joining the EU? permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 6 points 1 month ago* (1 child) They just had a referendum and voted no to joining the EU, I believe it was 52% or something like that on the no side. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] atro_city@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago Thanks for the context. I forgot not everybody follows EU news. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Bahnd@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* The only conflict the island has had (and im not including being used as a supply/landing station in WW2) since the vikings were burninating the country side was to antagonize british fishing ships. [Wikipedia] If thats still relavent today, duknow... But 60 years ago the amswer was yes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 6 points 1 month ago* (1 child) They just had a referendum and voted no to joining the EU, I believe it was 52% or something like that on the no side. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] atro_city@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago Thanks for the context. I forgot not everybody follows EU news. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] atro_city@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago Thanks for the context. I forgot not everybody follows EU news. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bahnd@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* The only conflict the island has had (and im not including being used as a supply/landing station in WW2) since the vikings were burninating the country side was to antagonize british fishing ships. [Wikipedia] If thats still relavent today, duknow... But 60 years ago the amswer was yes. permalink fedilink source parent