Danish politician Anders Vistisen was reprimanded after telling U.S. President Donald Trump to “f–k off” — again — during a European Parliament floor speech amid the president’s constant threats to take over Greenland.
Vistisen, 38, addressed Trump, 79, during a speech to the European Union’s legislative body, saying, “Dear President Trump, listen very rigorously. Greenland has been a part of the Danish kingdom for 800 years. It’s an integrated country. It shouldn’t be on the market.”
“Let me put this in words you would possibly understand: Mr. President, f–k off,” he added.
Vistisen continued his speech in Danish but was interrupted by the speaker, who warned him about his use of profanity.
“I’m sorry, that is against our rules,” he told the European Parliament member. “As much as you would possibly feel, or the room might feel on this, we have now clear rules about cuss words and language that’s inappropriate on this room.
“I’m sorry to interrupt you, nevertheless it is unacceptable, even when you may need strong political feelings about this.”
This isn’t the primary time that Vistisen swore directly at Trump.
Last January, Vistisen told Trump to “listen very rigorously” and used some profanity that got him in trouble with the remaining of the European Parliament — almost the very same sentence he used Tuesday.
“Let me put it in words you would possibly understand,” he said. “Mr. Trump, f–k off!”
Nicolae Stefanuta, vice-president of the European Parliament, jumped in and told Vistisen that language was not acceptable.
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“If the interpretation was correct, the term you used shouldn’t be allowed on this house and there shall be consequences to the message you may have used,” Stefanuta said. “It shouldn’t be OK on this house of democracy. Thanks. No matter what we expect of Mr. Trump, it shouldn’t be possible to make use of such language.”
Vistisen doubled down on his statement on the time and posted his message on X, writing, “Greenland shouldn’t be on the market. Greenland has been a part of Denmark for 800 years, more then double of the time the US has existed. Any true patriot should understand that that is an unacceptable attack on national sovereignty!”
He later claimed that the European Parliament had threatened to high quality him for his use of profanity.
“Fines when you tell the reality about foreigners and crime! Fines when you tell the reality in regards to the Greenlanders! Fines when you tell the reality to Trump!” he wrote on X.
Trump has insisted that the U.S. should control Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of NATO ally Denmark, and said last week that anything lower than the Arctic island being in U.S. hands could be “unacceptable.”
During an event on the White House about rural health care, Trump recounted Friday how he had threatened European allies with tariffs on pharmaceuticals.
“I’ll do this for Greenland too,” Trump said. “I’ll put a tariff on countries in the event that they don’t associate with Greenland, because we’d like Greenland for national security. So I’ll do this.”
Trump has repeatedly called for U.S. jurisdiction over Greenland, and has pointedly not ruled out military force to take control of the mineral-rich, strategically positioned Arctic island that belongs to an ally.
In December 2025, Trump said the U.S. is not all in favour of Greenland for its mineral wealth.
“We’ve so many sites for minerals and oil and all the pieces. We’ve more oil than another country on the earth,” Trump said. “We’ll should work all of it out.”
Trump initially voiced his interest in Greenland in 2019 during his first term in office. He said Greenland was “hurting Denmark very badly” and costing it US$700 million a 12 months. His solution was to have the US acquire Greenland, calling it “a big real estate deal.”
— With files from The Associated Press
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