Jan Jensen

New details are emerging about a heated meeting on Saturday afternoon at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich between several senators and members of Congress and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, along with Greenland’s Premier Jens-Frederik Nielsen. It was during this meeting that Senator Lindsey Graham reportedly went completely off the rails. The American outlet Puck had previously described how so-called “f-bombs” (f short for the word “fuck,” ed.) were thrown around the room. “Imagine Graham on his worst day,” a source told Puck. But Berlingske can now reveal that events unfolded even more violently than previously reported — and that Graham’s outburst was directed in particular at Mette Frederiksen and Jens-Frederik Nielsen. “He called her ‘little lady,’” a source who was in the room told Berlingske. However, the prime minister did not appear affected by what everyone present perceived as extremely degrading and outright sexist. “She seemed cool,” the source said. When Graham had finished, Frederiksen simply responded: “When you’re done with that, the meeting can continue.” Earlier, Graham had also stressed to Frederiksen and Nielsen that Donald Trump was the President of the United States — and thus the most powerful man in the world. The implication: neither Denmark nor Greenland should believe they are anything in comparison with the mighty United States. This “rant,” as a Danish source who was present in the room described it, came across as extremely demeaning toward Denmark and Greenland — particularly after the “little lady” remark directed at Mette Frederiksen. Graham’s behavior was described by a source as outright “disturbing,” “shocking,” and “extremely inappropriate.” An almost theatrical scene also unfolded between Graham and Premier Jens-Frederik Nielsen. “Graham yawned directly in his face in a way that could only be interpreted as mocking,” the source told Berlingske. It became too much for some of the American participants at the meeting, and Senator Elissa Slotkin (Democrat) was reportedly so shocked that she stood up and left the meeting. In a sense, the meeting marked the culmination of Graham’s angry outbursts. Already on Friday, he had stunned observers on live television when asked about Greenland. “Who the hell cares who owns Greenland?” Graham said, according to CSPAN. Participants at the meeting described his conduct as “completely out of line.” According to Berlingske’s information, there was quiet speculation afterward as to whether the senator from South Carolina had lost his composure entirely — whether he was not in his right mind when meeting the Danish and Greenlandic leaders. Only Graham himself likely knows the answer to that. —Berlingske

Stephen Miller just said the quiet part out loud about Greenland. Denmark may claim ownership — but America is footing the bill, defending the territory, and staring down the next global battlefield. MILLER: “Greenland is essential for America’s national security.” “The new domain of international competition is going to be polar competition. That is where more and more resources are being spent by our nation’s adversaries and rivals.” “The ability to control movement, navigation back lanes of travel in the polar and Arctic regions. Greenland is 25% larger than Alaska. Greenland is the size of one fourth the continental United States.” “With respect to Denmark, Denmark is a tiny country with a tiny economy and a tiny military.” “They cannot defend Greenland, they cannot control the territory of Greenland.” “Under every understanding of law that has existed about territorial control for 500 years, to control a territory you have to be able to defend a territory, improve territory, inhabit a territory.” “Denmark has failed everything to one of these tests.” “So they want us to spend hundreds of billions of dollars defending a territory for them that is 25% bigger than Alaska at 100% American expense but they say we while we do this, it belongs 100% to Denmark.” “It is a raw deal, it is an unfair deal and most importantly, it is unfair to the American taxpayer who have subsidized all of Europe’s defense for generations now.” “American dollars, American treasure, American blood, American ingenuity is what keeps Europe safe and the free world safe.” “And Donald Trump is insisting that we be respected, Sean.”

🇩🇰🇬🇱 Copenhagen is showing up for Greenland. Because Greenland isn’t a trophy. It’s a people.

Danmark har fået sin første og eneste EU-kritiske tænketank - Tænketanken Heimdal! Som et korrektiv til de ukritisk EU-begejstrede medier, NGO’er og tænketanke, som hidtil har domineret EU-debatten herhjemme. Bliv medlem i dag - link i kommentarfelt😀🇩🇰