
The European Parliament is not usually the place for four-letter words. So when Danish MEP Anders Vistisen leaned into his microphone on Jan. 20 and said, “Mr. President — f—k off,” to Donald Trump, the room froze.
You usually hear procedural warnings and carefully worded condemnations in parliaments. But amid Trump’s growing threats against Greenland’s sovereignty, someone had to step up from the usual speeches. So, the Danish MEP, Anders Vistisen, took it upon himself to speak to Trump the way he understands.