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NATO Ally 'Utterly Freaked Out' After Donald Trump Call: Report
Newsweek ^ | 1/24/25 | Newsweek

Posted on 01/25/2025 11:20:03 AM PST by hardspunned

President Donald Trump had a "fiery" phone call with Denmark's Prime Minister last week, putting the NATO ally into "crisis mode," the Financial Times reported, citing officials briefed on the matter.

European officials told the FT the call did not go well and that Trump was aggressive and confrontational with his Danish counterpart.

Newsweek reached out to the White House for comment Friday afternoon via email. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen's office said it "does not recognise the interpretation of the conversation given by anonymous sources" and pointed Newsweek to Frederiksen's official press release detailing the phone call.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: anonymoussources; europe; nato; newsweak; ohnoes; secondhandrumors; trumpmas
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Har, har, har! Trump v. Euroweenies
1 posted on 01/25/2025 11:20:03 AM PST by hardspunned
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To: marcusmaximus

Heh.


2 posted on 01/25/2025 11:22:43 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: hardspunned

If only they were like real Vikings.


3 posted on 01/25/2025 11:24:10 AM PST by GingisK
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To: hardspunned
As Dan Bongino likes to say, “Cutesy Time is over!”
4 posted on 01/25/2025 11:25:38 AM PST by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: hardspunned
Non-white colonies are bad, but white colonies are good?

Free the Greenlandians.


...free the Australians, Canadians, and New Zealanders also but that's a different story.

5 posted on 01/25/2025 11:25:52 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: hardspunned

Newsweek. Consider the source, and relax.


6 posted on 01/25/2025 11:26:53 AM PST by Missouri gal
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To: hardspunned

Me thinks media is hyping this...just a tad...


7 posted on 01/25/2025 11:30:11 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Missouri gal

The original source was behind the paywall at the Financial Times. It’s a rag too but they all are. There are other Euroweenie sources on this story. The call happened and it was “fiery”.


8 posted on 01/25/2025 11:36:31 AM PST by hardspunned (Look for the“Putin Stooge” libel, news from Ukraine you’ve gradually grown to trust over 30 months )
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To: hardspunned

“FT”, The Financial Times, is is an upmarket, well-spoken Brit version of MSNBC.


9 posted on 01/25/2025 11:39:59 AM PST by dodger
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To: dodger

Yeah, I know. Find me one legacy media source with any credibility left. Personally, I’d like to stay with the un editorialized new media on X but people still want that gubmint media seal of approval.


10 posted on 01/25/2025 11:45:33 AM PST by hardspunned (Look for the“Putin Stooge” libel, news from Ukraine you’ve gradually grown to trust over 30 months )
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To: hardspunned

You have no idea what the nature of the call was.


11 posted on 01/25/2025 11:47:50 AM PST by Dartoid
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To: hardspunned

The Art of the Deal, baby.


12 posted on 01/25/2025 11:49:00 AM PST by irishjuggler
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To: hardspunned
Third paragraph: Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen's office said it "does not recognise the interpretation of the conversation given by anonymous sources" ...

So, IOW, to paraphrase the Prime Minister's office: This Newsweak hit piece on President Trump from unnamed sources is fake news.

13 posted on 01/25/2025 11:49:10 AM PST by mellow velo
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To: hardspunned

Being forthright, honest, open and decisive is “aggressive and confrontational” to certain people.


14 posted on 01/25/2025 11:53:52 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Dartoid

Damn! You called me on it! No, I was not a participant on the call.

So what? Nearly all that is posted on FR is second hand “news”. There are legacy media reports, such as this. There are also credible reports on the credible new media located on X.

I will continue to post news I receive second hand. I’m glad you will self limit yourself to posting ONLY things you see with your own two eyes.


15 posted on 01/25/2025 11:55:16 AM PST by hardspunned (Look for the“Putin Stooge” libel, news from Ukraine you’ve gradually grown to trust over 30 months )
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To: hardspunned

I don’t believe this at all. Had a phone call. Probably didn’t go well. Only an Idiot or lier will push that Trump will actually invade.


16 posted on 01/25/2025 11:55:51 AM PST by GrumpyOldGuy
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To: hardspunned

Like Mel Gibson said on FOX yesterday, “Daddy’s home, and he’s taking off his belt!”


17 posted on 01/25/2025 11:57:20 AM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Russia? China? Democrats and RINOs are the biggest threat to the survival of America.)
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To: mellow velo

“European officials told the FT the call did not go well and that Trump was aggressive and confrontational with his Danish counterpart.”
“European officials” includes the Belgian Assistant Director of Agricultural Policy.


18 posted on 01/25/2025 11:59:21 AM PST by brookwood (51 Intelligence Agents say Russia Influenced The 2024 Election)
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To: hardspunned

Ally? Hardly. Denmark is more like an unappreciative dependent.


19 posted on 01/25/2025 12:00:02 PM PST by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and don't wish to smile.)
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To: hardspunned

Well if Newsweek said it, it must be true. /s


20 posted on 01/25/2025 12:00:46 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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