In a powerful display of solidarity and betrayal, hundreds of Danish military veterans and thousands of supporters gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen on Saturday to protest the Trump administration’s threats against Greenland and its dismissal of Denmark’s combat contributions alongside American forces.
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The demonstrators, many of whom fought in Afghanistan and Iraq, began their march at Copenhagen’s historic Kastellet fortress before proceeding to the embassy carrying massive Danish flags. The protest culminated in a solemn ceremony where participants planted 52 Danish flags — each bearing the name of a Danish serviceman killed in Afghanistan and Iraq — outside the embassy grounds.
“Denmark has always stood side by side with the USA — and we have showed up in the world’s crisis zones when the USA has asked us to,” Danish Veterans & Veteran Support, the protest’s organizers, said in a statement. “We feel let down and ridiculed by the Trump Administration, which is deliberately disregarding Denmark’s combat side by side with the USA.”
The veterans’ anger stems from recent White House rhetoric that disregards Greenland’s right to self-determination and Trump’s assertions that Denmark cannot adequately protect Western security interests in the Arctic. Denmark has been a steadfast NATO ally, with its forces serving in some of the most dangerous theaters of America’s recent conflicts.
“Words cannot describe how much it hurts us that Denmark’s contributions and sacrifices in the fight for democracy, peace and freedom are being forgotten in the White House,” the organizers added.
The protest remained entirely silent after the flag-planting ceremony, with participants observing several minutes of silence — a stark contrast to the loud diplomatic tensions currently straining the decades-old alliance.
CBS News Under Fire for Epstein-Connected Hire
CBS News is facing mounting criticism after one of its newest contributors was revealed to appear over 1,700 times in the latest release of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Peter Attia, a 52-year-old anti-aging influencer recently hired by CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, maintained regular communication with Epstein until the financier’s 2019 arrest on federal sex trafficking charges and subsequent death in custody.
Dozens of emails between Attia and Epstein reveal what appears to be a friendly relationship, with Attia joking with the convicted pedophile and expressing concern for his legal situation even after serious allegations surfaced.
In a June 2015 email — seven years after Epstein’s first arrest for procuring a child for prostitution — Attia wrote that the “worst” part about being Epstein’s friend was that “the life you lead is so outrageous, and yet I can’t tell a soul.”
The revelations raise serious questions about CBS News’ vetting process and Weiss’s editorial judgment, particularly given the network’s purported commitment to journalistic integrity. Neither CBS News nor Attia has issued a statement addressing the emails or their implications.
“Melania” Documentary Bombs with Critics and Audiences Alike
Amazon’s heavily promoted documentary about First Lady Melania Trump has become one of 2025’s most critically reviled films, with both professional critics and audiences rejecting what many have called propaganda masquerading as documentary filmmaking.
The documentary, for which Amazon reportedly paid $40 million to acquire and an additional $35 million to market, currently holds a 6% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes — meaning just one critic out of dozens reviewed it positively. On Metacritic, which factors in the actual scores rather than simple thumbs up/down ratings, “Melania” earned a devastating 6 out of 100.
Audiences have been equally unimpressed. Metacritic users gave the film a dismal 1.2 out of 10, while the Rotten Tomatoes audience score sits at just 11% — suggesting that even attempts to artificially inflate public perception have failed spectacularly.
Early box office projections estimate the documentary will earn between $2-5 million in its opening weekend, putting it well behind other releases and nowhere near justifying Amazon’s massive $75 million investment. The film’s poor performance has intensified scrutiny of Amazon’s decision to spend such an extraordinary sum on what critics have universally panned as little more than an expensive campaign advertisement.
The controversy surrounding “Melania” highlights broader concerns about how tech platforms and media companies are being used to launder political reputations through carefully curated content — even when the results are so obviously unsuccessful that they become cautionary tales about the limits of manufactured consent.
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