Anders Vistisen, a Danish conservative member of the European Parliament, stated he has no regrets about telling Donald Trump to “f**okay off” over the U.S. president’s discuss America by some means taking management of Greenland, which for hundreds of years has been a part of the Danish kingdom.
CNN’s Erin Burnett on Thursday requested Vistisen why he’d been “so blunt” together with his selection of phrases throughout a speech in Parliament earlier this week.
“To begin with, it’s a fully unacceptable assault on Danish sovereignty to need to declare territory that has been Danish for the reason that tenth century, thrice so long as america has existed,” he responded. “But additionally as a result of my celebration are sad with the Danish authorities not taking a extra clear stand in direction of these alerts from the U.S. president.”
Trump has equally talked about America incorporating Canada and the Panama Canal however these international locations’ governments have been “extra agency” of their pushback, Vistisen added.
Vistisen dismissed criticism from European Parliament colleagues who condemned his curse phrase.
“The European Parliament has a fairly biased manner of decoding these guidelines. It‘s OK to name individuals fascists, racists, communists, however apparently you can not use the identical language as Mr. Trump has used relating to his personal high generals within the Pentagon,” he advised Burnett.
“If they’ve an issue, they will take it up with me,” the lawmaker added. “I’ve not heard from the president of Parliament since my speech, so I‘m ready for her to contact me, however I don‘t assume it will likely be an enormous deal.”
Burnett famous Trump’s argument that American possession of Greenland will enhance U.S. safety.
Vistisen acknowledged the purpose.
“We take these considerations very significantly,” he stated. “We’re a NATO ally however America has had a army presence in Greenland since 1941 and we’ve got accommodated all safety considerations. So if America desires to have extra bases or completely different type of gear in Greenland, there’s really nobody contesting that, neither in Greenland nor in Denmark.”
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