‘Mr. Trump, f— off’: Danish politician slams Greenland bid – The National
Danish politician Anders Vistisen did not hold back when giving a public message to the US president Donald Trump this week is over his voice to do Greenland Part of the United States of America.
“Dear President Trump, listen very carefully,” Vistisen told the European Parliament on Tuesday. “Greenland has been part of the Danish kingdom for 800 years. It is an integrated part of our country. Not for sale.”
Vistisen used some swear words that got him into trouble with the rest of the European Parliament.
“Let me put it in terms you can understand,” he said. “Mr. Trump, fk off!”
Nicolae Stefanuta, the vice-president of the European Parliament, stepped in and told Vistisene that the language was unacceptable.
“If the translation is correct, the term you are using is not allowed in this house and the message you are using will have consequences,” Stefanuta said. “This is not right in this democratic house. thank you “Regardless of what we think of Mr. Trump, that kind of language is unacceptable.”
Vistisen doubled down and sent his message In X, writing“Greenland is not for sale. Greenland has been part of Denmark for 800 years, twice as long as the United States has existed. Any true patriot must understand that this is an unacceptable attack on national sovereignty!”
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He later claimed that the European Parliament threatened to fine him for swearing.
“Fines if you tell the truth about foreigners and crimes! Fines if you tell the truth about the Greenlanders! Fines if you tell Trump the truth!” He wrote in X.
Journalists asked Trump a question about Greenland after assuming office on Monday. “Greenland is a beautiful place, we need it for international security,” Trump replied. “I’m sure Denmark will come – it’s costing them a lot of money to keep it, to keep it.”
On Tuesday, Greenland Prime Minister Mute B Egede addressed Trump’s comments about the territory.
“We are Greenlanders. We don’t want to be Americans. We don’t want to be Danish. Greenland will decide the future of Greenland. Our country and people will decide what will happen to Greenland.”
Earlier this month Trump said he would not rule out the use of force or economic pressure to make Greenland a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark – part of the United States. Trump said that this is a matter of US national security
“We need Greenland for national security purposes,” Trump told reporters on January 7.
Home to a large US military base, Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark, a longtime US ally and a founding member of NATO. Trump doubts the legitimacy of Denmark’s claim to Greenland.
Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen addressed Trump’s comments in an interview with Denmark’s TV2 channel. It is called USA It is Denmark’s “most important and closest ally” and said it did not believe the US would use military or economic power to secure control over Greenland.
Frederiksen reiterated that he welcomes more US interest in the Arctic region, but that it must be done “with respect to the people of Greenland.”
“At the same time, it has to be done in a way that allows Denmark and the US to still cooperate in NATO, among other things,” Frederiksen said.
Trump expressed his interest first In his first term in Greenland in 2019. He said Greenland was “damaging Denmark very badly” and costing it $700 million a year. His solution was for the United States to buy Greenland, calling it “a huge real estate deal.”
— With files from The Associated Press
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