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Customs and Border Protection has confirmed that, no, agents did not stop a Norwegian traveler who showed them a meme of a bald Vice President JD Vance.

“Fact Check: FALSE,” the CBP wrote on X. “Mads Mikkelsen was not denied entry for any memes or political reasons, it was for his admitted drug use.”

And no, the agency is not referring to Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen, but rather the similarly named 21-year-old who was denied entry at Newark Liberty International Airport on June 11.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago

Streisand Effect strikes again

[–] [email protected] 15 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I hope this gets its own Wikipedia article.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

Be the change you wish to see in the world

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago

when someone says this chapter in history books is going to be wild....this.

this is what I imagine the pages filled with.

[–] [email protected] 189 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

A Norwegian newspaper got to see his letter of denial and it didn't list drug use at all. Rather they said he tried to enter the country to get a job illegally.

At this point, CBP's story keeps changing, and I don't trust anything they say.

https://www.vg.no/nyheter/i/OoKoRA/mads-mikkelsen-21-ble-nektet-innreise-til-usa

[–] [email protected] 13 points 22 hours ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

customs and border protection

[–] [email protected] 9 points 19 hours ago

Customs and border pigs

[–] [email protected] 10 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

I see... well, ACAB includes border cops, doesn't it?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 20 hours ago

la migra, la policia, la misma porqueria

[–] [email protected] 13 points 20 hours ago

possibly more than anyone else

[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 24 points 22 hours ago

Customs and Border Protection

[–] [email protected] 11 points 23 hours ago

you just have to trust the meme.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah. Trying to get a job without legal paperwork.

What fucking clowns these people are.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago

YouTube prank video: Getting a job illegally in America for insurance to see how quickly I die from denied medical claims

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

Man, all that friction against his couch did a number to his hair

[–] [email protected] 106 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The exact meme in case anyone wants to avoid it for um... Legal purposes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

I do in fact want to "avoid it" for legal purposes.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 23 hours ago

Under no circumstances should you share this image. We must send this to everyone we know to be absolutely certain all our friends and family know about this so they don't unknowingly have it on their phone. It's our patriotic duty to share this with as many people as possible.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I read your username as ChinWeasel and thought heh, username checks out oddly enough.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

It obviously says ChanWhistle

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I want to change his portrait on wikipedia to this

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That would be vandalism... but there's probably a section where it would be perfectly legitimate, like "Controversies"

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just add an "In media" section

[–] [email protected] 6 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Summarise it neatly and add good reference links.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

Be the change you want to see in the world

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

Great way of spreading the meme, whether or not this is true, I say well played!

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 day ago

This is the most possible exposure the meme could get. Guaranteed JD saw it. Sucks for the Norwegian but absolutely hilarious that the fascists have to acknowledge unflattering pictures.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What a shit show.

Europeans, this is the best time to troll America right now.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I think Americans are trolled enough by Trump and his administration.
It's pretty hard to measure up to that level of trolling. It's so bad they are trolling people to death over there!

Haha no more medicare for you! lol
Haha your papers are wrong, away to Venezuela you go. lol
Haha Your pregnancy is putting your life in danger, but no doctor will help you. lol
Haha you complained about high prices under biden, but I (Trump) will make them even higher, with no wage compensation. lol
Americans are having a blast with how funny things are now.
/s

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Heh *cough* That's a pretty good impression of us.
*cough cough, holds out disposable coffee cup fished from the trash* Got any spare healthcare? I promise I'm gonna use it for drugs!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Oh poor man, of course you can have some spare healthcare, you just have to migrate to get it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Sounds expensive. Maybe I can just get a tan and get myself deported?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 19 hours ago

I'm American. I'll always take the easy way.