Denmark lost 52 soldiers fighting alongside the US. Now it feels threatened by Trump

Danes, who have been loyal allies of Washington, are blindsided by Trump's insistence on taking over Greenland.

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He fought alongside US troops, notably in Afghanistan, and for a time was Denmark's most senior officer there. He counted 58 rocket attacks during his duty.

"I was awarded a Bronze Star Medal by the United States and they gave me the Stars and Stripes. They have been hanging on my wall in our house ever since and I have proudly shown them to everybody."

Then something changed.

"After JD Vance's statement on Greenland, the president's disrespect for internationally acknowledged borders, I took the Stars and Stripes down and the medal has been put away," Soren says, his voice breaking a little.