‘Mr. Trump, f— off’: Danish politician lashes out over Greenland proposal

Danish person Anders Vistisen did not clasp backmost erstwhile helium issued a nationalist connection to U.S. President Donald Trump this week implicit his pitch to marque Greenland portion of the United States.

“Dear President Trump, perceive precise carefully,” Vistisen said connected Tuesday successful European Parliament. “Greenland has been portion of the Danish kingdom for 800 years. It’s an integrated portion of our country. It is not for sale.”

Vistisen went connected to usage immoderate profanity that got him successful occupation with the remainder of the European Parliament.

“Let maine enactment it successful words you mightiness understand,” helium said. “Mr. Trump, f–k off!”

Nicolae Stefanuta, vice-president of the European Parliament, jumped successful and told Vistisen that connection was not acceptable.

“If the translation was correct, the word you utilized is not allowed successful this location and determination volition beryllium consequences to the connection you person used,” Stefanuta said. “It is not OK successful this location of democracy. Thank you. Regardless of what we deliberation of Mr. Trump, it is not imaginable to usage specified language.”

Vistisen doubled down connected his connection and posted his connection on X, writing, “Greenland is not for sale. Greenland has been portion of Denmark for 800 years, much past treble of the clip the US has existed. Any existent patriot should recognize that this is an unacceptable onslaught connected nationalist sovereignty!”

He aboriginal claimed that the European Parliament has threatened to good him for his usage of profanity.

“Fines if you archer the information astir foreigners and crime! Fines if you archer the information astir the Greenlanders! Fines if you archer the information to Trump!” he wrote connected X.

Trump was asked astir Greenland by reporters after helium took bureau connected Monday. “Greenland is simply a fantastic place, we request it for planetary security,” Trump responded. “I’m definite that Denmark volition travel on — it’s costing them a batch of wealth to support it, to support it.”

On Tuesday, Greenland’s Prime Minister Mute B Egede addressed Trump’s comments astir the territory.

“We are Greenlanders. We don’t privation to beryllium Americans. We don’t privation to beryllium Danish either. Greenland’s aboriginal volition beryllium decided by Greenland. Our state and our radical volition determine what happens to Greenland.”

Earlier this month, Trump said helium wouldn’t regularisation retired utilizing force oregon economical unit to marque Greenland — a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark — portion of the United States. Trump said it was a substance of nationalist information for the U.S.

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“We request Greenland for nationalist information purposes,” Trump told reporters connected Jan. 7.

Greenland, location to a ample U.S. subject base, is an autonomous territory of Denmark, a longtime U.S. state and a founding subordinate of NATO. Trump formed doubts connected the legitimacy of Denmark’s assertion to Greenland.

Addressing Trump’s comments successful an interrogation with Danish broadcaster TV2, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called the United States Denmark’s “most important and closest ally,” and said she did not judge that the United States would usage subject oregon economical powerfulness to unafraid power implicit Greenland.

Frederiksen repeated that she welcomed the United States taking a greater involvement successful the Arctic region, but that it would “have to beryllium done successful a mode that is respectful of the Greenlandic people,” she said.

“At the aforesaid time, it indispensable beryllium done successful a mode that allows Denmark and the United States to inactive co-operate in, among different things, NATO,” Frederiksen said.

Trump initially voiced his interest successful Greenland successful 2019 during his archetypal word successful office. He said Greenland was “hurting Denmark precise badly” and costing it $700 cardinal a year. His solution was to person the United States get Greenland, calling it “a ample existent property deal.”

—With files from The Associated Press