{"id":2559864,"date":"2026-01-31T15:53:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T20:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/danish-veterans-protest-outside-us-embassy-over-trump-administrations-greenland-plans\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T15:56:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T20:56:32","slug":"danish-veterans-protest-outside-us-embassy-over-trump-administrations-greenland-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/danish-veterans-protest-outside-us-embassy-over-trump-administrations-greenland-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Danish veterans protest outside US Embassy over Trump administration\u2019s Greenland plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdanish-veterans-protest-outside-us-embassy-over-trump-administrations-greenland-plans%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2559864&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Hundreds of Danish veterans and thousands of supporters held a silent protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen after the Trump governance\u2019s remarks about possibly taking over Greenland and comments belittling Denmark\u2019s military contributions. Veterans marched from the Kastellet fortress to the embassy carrying large Danish flags and ceremonially planted 52 flags bearing the names of the Danish servicemen who died in Afghanistan and Iraq, while attendees observed minutes of silence and some wept as names were read.Organizers said they felt betrayed and forgotten after Denmark\u2019s combat sacrifices alongside U.S.forces were dismissed; veterans noted high casualties (44 killed in Afghanistan and eight in Iraq) and injuries, PTSD and other lasting effects. The protest was spurred further when <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-issues-tepid-cuba-response-white-house-will-review-increase-in-embassy-staff-form-working-group-on-remittances\/\" title=\"Biden Issues Tepid Cuba Response: ... Will Review Increase In ... Staff, Form Working Group On Remittances\">embassy staff<\/a> earlier removed 44 flags<\/a> placed in front of the embassy; the State Department later said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayor-wheeler-portland-is-sick-and-tired-of-nightly-violence\/\" title=\"Mayor Wheeler: Portland is sick and tired of nightly violence\">items left<\/a> after demonstrations are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-biden-admin-mass-releases-single-adult-migrants-into-texas-border-city\/\" title=\"WATCH: Biden Admin Mass Releases Single Adult Migrants into Texas Border City\">routinely removed<\/a> and returned to their owners. the demonstration expressed anger at White House rhetoric questioning Denmark\u2019s ability to protect arctic security and at perceived disregard for Greenland\u2019s right to self-determination.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Danish veterans protest outside US Embassy over Trump administration&rsquo;s Greenland plans<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2489762\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) &mdash;<\/strong> Hundreds of&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/denmark\">Danish<\/a>&nbsp;veterans &mdash; many of whom fought alongside U.S. troops &mdash; and thousands of supporters staged a silent protest Saturday outside the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen in response to the Trump administration&rsquo;s threats to take over&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nato-greenland-trump-denmark-threat-annex-4907c132b499531d8d5fe6cd549c0beb\">Greenland<\/a>&nbsp;and Trump&rsquo;s belittling of their combat contributions.<\/p>\n<p>Veterans first gathered at Copenhagen&rsquo;s Kastellet historic fortress, which includes a public park and places still used by the Danish military, and then marched to the nearby U.S. Embassy, carrying several large Danish flags.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4438744\/nigel-farage-in-charge-tory-defections-reform-mount\/\">Nigel Farage says &#8216;It&#8217;s time I was in charge&#8217; as Tory defections to Reform UK mount<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4441621\/panama-court-cancels-hong-kong-canal-contracts-handing-trump-win\/\">Panama court cancels Hong Kong canal contracts, handing Trump win<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4440537\/cuban-president-calls-trump-admin-fascist-criminal-and-genocidal-over-new-tariffs\/\">Cuban president calls Trump admin &#8216;fascist, criminal, and genocidal&#8217; over new tariffs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Denmark has always stood side by side with the USA &mdash; and we have showed up in the world&rsquo;s crisis zones when the USA has asked us to. We feel let down and ridiculed by the Trump Administration, which is deliberately disregarding Denmark&rsquo;s combat side by side with the USA,&rdquo; Danish Veterans &amp; Veteran Support, the organizers of the protest said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/faith-freedom-self-reliance\/4439621\/congress-needs-go-big-or-go-home\/\">REP. ERIC BURLISON: CONGRESS NEEDS TO GO BIG OR GO HOME<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Words cannot describe how much it hurts us that Denmark&rsquo;s contributions and sacrifices in the fight for democracy, peace and freedom are being forgotten in the White House,&rdquo; it said.<\/p>\n<p>Before observing several minutes of silence, attendees ceremoniously planted 52 Danish flags outside the U.S. Embassy. The flags bore the names of the 52 Danish servicemen who lost their lives in Afghanistan and Iraq.<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/denmark-veterans-greenland-us-afghanistan-3a2ddb39ad5404550fff6e375fc84933\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/greenland-united-states-denmark-trump-vance-rubio-meeting-b10f5151008f1f18a788dc0751473c0e\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/denmark-greenland-trump-diplomacy-military-options-502b9d33a42fd368dd2e9f7db59ba353\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As the servicemen&rsquo;s names were read out, some attendees shed a tear.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/denmark-veterans-greenland-us-afghanistan-3a2ddb39ad5404550fff6e375fc84933\">Danish veterans are furious<\/a>&nbsp;at how the White House rhetoric disregards the right to self-determination of Greenland, a territory of&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nato\">NATO<\/a>&nbsp;ally Denmark. They also strongly object to Trump&rsquo;s claim that Denmark is incapable of protecting the West&rsquo;s security interests in the Arctic.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They have a feeling that they&rsquo;ve been betrayed. And of course, they are angered by this. They deployed. They fought with the Americans. They fought with the Brits. They fought together. They bled together,&rdquo; said Carsten Rasmussen, a 65-year-old Danish veteran and president of the Danish Veterans Association. &ldquo;And as you have heard here in front of the American embassy today, 52 of them never returned.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve never needed them, we have never really asked anything of them,&rdquo; Trump said of non-U.S. troops in an interview with Fox Business Network in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday. &ldquo;You know, they&rsquo;ll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan, or this or that, and they did &mdash; they stayed a little back, a little off the front lines.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4441523\/white-house-leaks-emerge-season-scandal-hits-trump-cabinet\/\">WHITE HOUSE LEAKS EMERGE AS SEASON OF SCANDAL HITS TRUMP CABINET<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>S&oslash;ren Knudsen, a 65-year-old Danish veteran, said many soldiers lost a limb during their service. &ldquo;We have some who are suffering from PTSD or the like. And we have a lot of veterans who are luckily not suffering from anything, but they are still feeling offended by the statements.&rdquo; He added: &rdquo;Hence, very importantly, we wanted to give this message.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Forty-four Danish soldiers were killed in Afghanistan, the highest per capita death toll among coalition forces. Eight more died in Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions were further inflamed Tuesday when 44 Danish flags &mdash; one for every Danish soldier killed in Afghanistan &mdash; that had been placed in front of the embassy were removed by embassy staff.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4040585\/where-house-senate-retirements-stand-2026\/\">HERE&rsquo;S WHERE HOUSE AND SENATE RETIREMENTS STAND IN 2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rasmussen said that action likely added &ldquo;a few thousand people&rdquo; to Saturday&rsquo;s silent protest.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department later said that, as a general rule, guard staff remove items left behind following demonstrations and other &ldquo;legitimate exercises of free speech.&rdquo; The flags were returned to those who left them, it said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Danish vets protest U.S. embassy over Greenland plan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2559865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Feat.Greenland4.012826.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[72445,47289,4542,32640,44489],"class_list":["post-2559864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-danish-veterans","tag-greenland","tag-protest","tag-trump-administration","tag-us-embassy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Feat.Greenland4.012826.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2559864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2559864"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2559864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2559870,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2559864\/revisions\/2559870"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2559865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2559864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2559864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2559864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}