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"Morten Messerschmidt has a gift for theatrics. On Facebook, the far-right
politician posts a steady stream of direct-to-camera videos, showing his thatch
of blond hair and perennially raised eyebrows that indicate keen interest in
his own observations. He uses buzzwords such as
Sharia law and writes in all
caps for emphasis, especially when promoting his plan to banish Muslim
immigrants from Denmark. “GOODBYE AND THANK YOU!” he wrote recently, adding an
airplane emoji.
Messerschmidt is the leader of the Danish People’s Party, one of the main
far-right factions competing in tomorrow’s election in Denmark. For a small
party (share of seats in Parliament: 4 percent) within a small country
(population: 6 million), there’s value in having big friends in big countries.
Messerschmidt once saw Donald Trump as such a friend. Last year, he traveled to
Mar-a-Lago to celebrate Trump’s return to power, which he considered a knockout
blow in the culture wars. “Wokeness is dead,” Messerschmidt wrote at the time.
But not all romances last forever. Messerschmidt fell out of love with Trump
earlier this year, after the president spent several weeks insisting that the
United States must own Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of the Kingdom of
Denmark. “TRUMP SHOULD BE GIVEN A FIRM REJECTION,” the Danish politician wrote
on Facebook in January. “IT’S THE ONLY LANGUAGE HE UNDERSTANDS.” One of
Messerschmidt’s party colleagues went further, saying during a debate in the
European Parliament, “Let me put it in words you might understand: Mr. Trump,
fuck off.”"
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
