Icelandic Prez Trolls Pence With Pride Bracelet During Meeting Surrounded By Pride Flags

US Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a conference. (Photo: CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Iceland has something to say about Vice President Mike Pence’s infamously anti-LGBTQ beliefs.

Pence arrived at Höfði house in Reykjavík for a meeting with Icelandic President Guðni Jóhannesson on Thursday–and was greeted with a host of Pride flags planted near the surrounding buildings.

“We just felt the need to celebrate diversity today and wanted to show that by flying the flags,” a company executive of Advania, a firm that owns one of the buildings, told Iceland Monitor.

It didn’t stop there: Jóhannesson was seen wearing a rainbow bracelet during his photo op with Pence.

Iceland’s first lady, Eliza Reid, sported a similar bracelet during the vice president’s visit.

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  1. Conversion therapy of Iceland to commence immediately!

  2. Avatar for kiwi kiwi says:

    Leaders from all over the world now openly taking the piss out this administration.

    Except for Kim Jong-Un, who does it behind their back.

  3. I’m guessing that Iceland is trying to make itself unattractive in Q-Tip’s eyes so that there are no forthcoming discussions about its purchase.

  4. Avatar for kiwi kiwi says:

    Good theory, except that what Q-Tip thinks about it matters not one whit.

  5. That is some next level trolling. Just like its 2018 national soccer team, Iceland punches way above its weight.

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