A Danish Member of the European Parliament was cut off mid-speech after telling former US President Donald Trump to “f**k off” during a heated debate over Greenland at the European Parliament.
Anders Vistisen addressed the chamber as Donald Trump renewed calls to make Greenland the 51st state of the United States. Vistisen delivered most of his remarks in English, directly rejecting Trump’s claims and asserting Denmark’s sovereignty over the Arctic territory.
“Dear President Trump, listen very carefully. Greenland has been part of the Danish kingdom for 800 years,” Vistisen said. “It is an integrated country. It is not for sale.”
The presiding officer interrupted the MEP and reprimanded him for using offensive language. Vistisen briefly switched to Danish before the chair fully cut off his microphone, ending the speech.
Trump has intensified his rhetoric on Greenland since the start of the year. On January 7, he said it was “psychologically important” for him to turn Greenland into a US state, arguing that American ownership would offer strategic military advantages.
“Ownership gives you things and elements that you can’t get from just signing a document, that you can have a base,” Trump said.
He also insisted that the United States would pursue control of Greenland regardless of local opposition. “We are going to do something on Greenland, whether they like it or not,” Trump stated, claiming that failure to act would allow Russia or China to expand their influence in the region.
Greenland remains an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, and both Danish and Greenlandic officials have repeatedly rejected any suggestion of a US takeover.
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