"Once upon a time-before the U.S. began threatening to take over Greenland and treating European democracies as enemies-the Danish politician Ida Auken was a deep admirer of America. Hanging on the wall of her office at the Folketing, the Danish parliament, where she has served since 2007, are framed photographs of two U.S. Presidents, John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama, both seated in gently curving Danish-modern chairs."
"Auken, a gregarious forty-seven-year-old, visited America for the first time as a teen-ager, attending school for a semester in Charlotte, North Carolina, while living with a local family. Over the years, and especially when she served as her country's environment minister, between 2011 and 2014, Auken regularly travelled to the U.S., and she counts Republicans and Democrats, evangelicals and environmentalists among her many American friends."
Ida Auken long admired the United States and keeps framed photographs of John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama in her Folketing office. She first visited America as a teenager and later traveled there often while serving as environment minister. Auken counts Republicans and Democrats, evangelicals and environmentalists among her American friends. Some constituents now say they fear the U.S. more than Russia after presidential threats to annex Greenland and antagonistic treatment of European democracies. The U.S. has enacted tariffs and made provocative remarks about Canada while also targeting Denmark's wind-power industry, fueling renewed European patriotism and diplomatic strain.
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