Demonstration in support of the Greenlandic people, Copenhagen, January 17, 2026. ANDERS HOLST FOR LE MONDE
In a wool suit and light-colored shirt, Jan Jorgensen was full of indignation. Sitting in his office at Christiansborg, the Danish Parliament, the MP insisted he has “always stood by the Americans, even if they are not without fault.” “Never in my life,” he said, would he have imagined one day demonstrating in front of the US embassy in Copenhagen. Yet on January 17, there he was. “The Americans should take notice, because this is not some anti-globalist, socialist hating capitalism, but a liberal Danish politician. And when even I feel this way, that’s the way all Danes are feeling right now, which is a huge betrayal, shock and disbelief,” he said.
In a nearby meeting room, his conservative colleague Rasmus Jarlov had set up a small television studio. Eyes reddened with fatigue, the MP, who chairs the defense committee at Christiansborg, was waging a relentless fight against disinformation. Since the start of January and the US’s fresh threats to annex Greenland, he has been invited almost daily to speak on American networks, “except Fox News, which doesn’t tell its viewers about facts.” He also spoke of a betrayal. But above all, he saw it as a lesson: “If Denmark can be attacked by the Americans, everyone can be attacked. Because if even the most pro-American, friendly countries can be attacked, then no one is safe.”
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