A Danish lawmaker was reprimanded after startlingly telling President Trump to “f–k off” during a recent meeting to discuss the US’s campaign to buy Greenland.
“Dear President Trump, listen very carefully. Greenland has been part of the Danish kingdom for 800 years. It is an integrated country. It is not for sale,” European Parliament Member Anders Vistisen said while addressing Trump during a speech to the European Union’s legislative body on Jan. 13.
“Let me put this in words you might understand: Mr. President, f—k off,” he raged.
The lawmaker was admonished for using the vulgar language at the EU meeting. European Parliament via StoryfulVistisen, 38, finished his speech in Danish before leaving the podium, sparking Parliament Vice President Nicolae Ștefănuță to chime in on the profane insult – and threaten consequences for the lawmaker.
“If the translation was correct, the term you used is not allowed in this house and there will be consequences to the message you have used. It is not okay in this house of democracy,” Ștefănuță said, according to a clip of the scene.
“Regardless of what we think about Mr. Trump, it is not possible to use such language,” he continued, to which he received a round of applause.
Vistisen, a Denmark national who belongs to the right-wing Danish People’s Party, sits on the Parliament’s Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality as well as the Delegation for Relations with Iran.
He is currently serving his third parliamentary term.
Vistisen’s outburst came as Trump has recently ramped up efforts to seize control over the autonomous Danish territory, a NATO ally – a plan which he said there’s “no going back” on this week.
The president has even warned European powers that they will face stinging tariffs if they oppose his purchase of the island, which he called “imperative for national and world security” Tuesday.
