https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Americans who have moved to Denmark over the last few years have told The Local they did so because they feared what would happen to their country when Donald Trump took over the presidency. https://www.thelocal.dk/20250310/we-had-to-get-out-the-americans-fleeing-to-denmark-to-escape-trump Mon, 10 Mar 2025 15:18:22 +0100 we-had-to-get-out-the-americans-fleeing-to-denmark-to-escape-trump The European Commission responded that the EU had been 'a boon' for the United States after President Donald Trump claimed it had been born to 'screw' the US, laying bare his hostility to the longtime US partners as he detailed new tariffs. https://www.thelocal.dk/20250227/europeans-hit-back-after-donald-trump-says-eu-was-born-to-screw-us Thu, 27 Feb 2025 07:27:39 +0100 europeans-hit-back-after-donald-trump-says-eu-was-born-to-screw-us Donald Trump hasn't even moved back into the White House -- but the volatile US president-elect has already rattled his counterparts in Europe. https://www.thelocal.dk/20250110/dont-add-fuel-to-fire-europe-tries-to-play-it-cool-as-storm-trump-approaches Fri, 10 Jan 2025 10:04:26 +0100 dont-add-fuel-to-fire-europe-tries-to-play-it-cool-as-storm-trump-approaches After three years as United States Ambassador to Denmark, Carla Sands has stepped down from the post and left Copenhagen. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210120/trumps-ambassador-to-denmark-leaves-country-as-presidents-term-ends Wed, 20 Jan 2021 14:07:50 +0100 trumps-ambassador-to-denmark-leaves-country-as-presidents-term-ends Danish politicians and commentators have condemned a night of violence in the capital city of the US, after a mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210107/how-did-danish-leaders-react-to-violence-in-washington-dc Thu, 07 Jan 2021 13:56:42 +0100 how-did-danish-leaders-react-to-violence-in-washington-dc "Trust in Trump's America is gone." The coronavirus crisis has caused a dramatic deterioration in the European public perception of the US and left many believing the EU had become "irrelevant", new polling finds. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200629/how-the-covid-19-pandemic-has-changed-europeans-views-of-the-us-and-the-eu Mon, 29 Jun 2020 13:22:08 +0200 how-the-covid-19-pandemic-has-changed-europeans-views-of-the-us-and-the-eu Rumours of a possible visit to Denmark by US president Donald Trump later this year have sparked discussion of how the divisive leader would be received in the Scandinavian country. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190731/donald-trump-could-visit-denmark-this-year-how-would-denmark-welcome-him Wed, 31 Jul 2019 12:57:55 +0200 donald-trump-could-visit-denmark-this-year-how-would-denmark-welcome-him Danish prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has called the speech given by US president Donald Trump at the United Nations general assembly ‘discouraging’. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180926/trumps-discouraging-speech-showed-lack-of-leadership-danish-pm Wed, 26 Sep 2018 15:14:03 +0200 trumps-discouraging-speech-showed-lack-of-leadership-danish-pm Danish shipping group Maersk Tankers on Thursday said it would cease its activities in Iran due to the US decision to leave a landmark nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions against Tehran. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180517/denmarks-maersk-tankers-ends-iran-shipping-after-renewed-us-sanctions Thu, 17 May 2018 16:09:12 +0200 denmarks-maersk-tankers-ends-iran-shipping-after-renewed-us-sanctions Leading politicians in Denmark were broadly critical of the announcement on Tuesday by President Donald Trump that the United States would violate the Iran nuclear deal. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180509/denmark-reacts-to-us-violation-of-jcpoa-iran-deal-trump Wed, 09 May 2018 09:43:13 +0200 denmark-reacts-to-us-violation-of-jcpoa-iran-deal-trump Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen says that the European Union should present a united front against new American tariffs on metal imported into the United States. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180320/danish-pm-hits-out-at-trump-over-steel-and-aluminium-tariffs Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:06:05 +0100 danish-pm-hits-out-at-trump-over-steel-and-aluminium-tariffs Danish prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen in a Twitter post on Wednesday encouraged US president Donald Trump to listen to calls for action over gun crime in the United States. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180222/listen-to-americas-young-people-danish-pm-to-trump Thu, 22 Feb 2018 11:27:07 +0100 listen-to-americas-young-people-danish-pm-to-trump Following the Iowa caucuses, the gloves have clearly come off between Republican caucus winner Ted Cruz and runner-up Donald Trump. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160204/trump-would-nuke-denmark-rival-cruz-says Thu, 04 Feb 2016 09:54:33 +0100 trump-would-nuke-denmark-rival-cruz-says American author Jessica Alexander writes that Donald Trump is a prime example of the authoritarian parenting style that is so prevalent and so different from the way Danes raise their kids. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151210/can-the-danish-way-trump-future-donalds Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:12:01 +0100 can-the-danish-way-trump-future-donalds Donald Trump’s call for all Muslims to be banned from entering the United States, was roundly condemned by MPs from across the Danish political spectrum with even the anti-immigration Danish People's Party saying that his election would mean Denmark "would have to review" its US ties. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151209/danish-mps-line-up-to-slam-donald-trump Wed, 09 Dec 2015 14:52:17 +0100 danish-mps-line-up-to-slam-donald-trump