Danish Lawmaker Who Told Trump to ‘F*** Off’ Says U.S. ‘Stalking’ of Greenland Is ‘Perverted’
Anders Vistisen lashed out as top MAGA figures prepare for a trip to the coveted island.
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A Danish politician who went viral for telling Donald Trump to “f--- off” is railing against the U.S. president’s continued “obsession” with Greenland.
Anders Vistisen, of the right-wing Patriots for Europe party, introduced himself to the new American administration with a speech in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France on Jan. 21 in which he addressed Trump’s stated aim of making Greenland part of the United States.
“Let me put it in words you might understand: Mr. Trump, f--- off,” Vistisen barked into the microphone, drawing a prompt admonishment from the chamber’s vice president.
And now, ahead of a visit to the autonomous Danish territory this week by Trump allies including Second Lady Usha Vance and embattled National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, Vistisen is once again sounding off against Washington, D.C.‘s “aggressive” tactics.
“This American obsession with Greenland must come to an end,” he told the Daily Beast. “We never consented to this kind of behavior from the Americans, they came uninvited. This is the closest equivalent to stalking you will see in international diplomacy.”
Vistisen, 37, and other Danish politicians have angrily criticized Trump’s stance on Greenland since the U.S. president ramped up his rhetoric around claiming the territory for America since his return to the Oval Office this year.
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“It’s immature, it’s childish and almost perverted with the sense of entitlement we are seeing from this American administration,” Vistisen said.
“To be very frank, Greenland is never going to become part of the United States of America, and this is only destroying a 70-year-long relationship of close alliance between the Kingdom of Denmark and the United States.”
“To be very frank, Greenland is never going to become part of the United States of America," Vistisen told the Beast.
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“It is a pity that period must come to an end due to the immature behavior of one U.S. administration under President Trump,” he said.
Vistisen separately called the planned visit to the island by Usha Vance and others “as provocative as it is gratuitous.”
“Mrs. Vance and Mr. Waltz are, of course, welcome as tourists and visitors to our beautiful Greenland but not as an advance scouting party for a future interference or occupation by the United States,” he said in a press release this week.
Around 1,000 Greenlanders gather in the city center of Nuuk earlier this month to march to the US consulate building in protest of Trump's recent remarks on the sovereignty of their country.
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“Greenland belongs to and with the Kingdom of Denmark. They should sling their hook elsewhere,” he added.
His comments echo the same sentiment as those from Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, who said the U.S. is exerting “unacceptable pressure” on Greenland ahead of the visit.
Her comments come as outgoing Greenlandic Prime Minister Mute Egede similarly slammed the visit and confirmed the Americans had not been invited for official meetings.
Trump has been undeterred by Danish opposition to his plans, writing on Truth Social earlier this month that the U.S. would take the territory “one way or another.”
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