Danish Veterans Protest Against Trump’s Belittling of War Allies
Danish Veterans gather for a "silent protest march" to the American embassy in Copenhagen on Jan. 31.
Photographer: Emil Helms/AFP/Getty Images
Thousands of Danish veterans and supporters protested at the US embassy in Copenhagen on Saturday over recent remarks by Donald Trump that allied NATO troops “stayed a little back” from the front lines during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The US president’s comments have sparked widespread anger in Denmark, a country of 6 million people that lost 44 men and women in Afghanistan, one of the highest per-capita death tolls among US allies. The relationship between Washington and Copenhagen was already strained over Trump’s demands to take over Greenland, which is part of the Kingdom of Denmark.