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retracyesterday at 1:26 PM2 repliesview on HN

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.


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weinzierlyesterday at 2:34 PM

Is 52 a typo or did he really say that? The US has 50 states, so why not 51?

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pstuartyesterday at 1:49 PM

It would seem like that, but that's bonus. It's really about the spoils of crony oligarchy.