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The Nordics React to Trump’s Defeat

At a Democratic election-night party in Georgia, Denmark’s foreign minister heard a message for Donald Trump. Across the Nordics, the debate turned to what would change.

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Odd Inge Teige
Nov 4

November 4, 2026 — Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen was at Senator Jon Ossoff’s election-night party in Atlanta when he told Danish TV 2 that voters had sent their president a clear message. He singled out races in which Trump had personally backed Republican candidates. The Associated Press reported that Democrats won control of both the Ho…

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