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   juliette (juliette@mastodon.green)'s status on Saturday, 01-Mar-2025 09:24:47 JST juliette

   I got a haircut today. Usually the chatter with the hairdresser is about the school or the construction work nearby etc. Today, it was about how she went through every shampoo and hairbrush and comb she buys and removed anything coming from the US.
   People outside Denmark often don’t realise how much the country considers itself a US ally. They are ride or die. They joined the Iraq war even though that was a dumb idea. They had an entire reality TV show about the US ambassador a few years ago.

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     juliette (juliette@mastodon.green)'s status on Saturday, 01-Mar-2025 09:24:43 JST juliette

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     Supermarket chains are now highlighting which products come from Europe, to help people avoid American goods: https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/penge/vil-du-boykotte-amerikanske-varer-nu-saetter-dagligvarekaempe-sort-stjerne-ved (with apologies to the other continents who are caught in the cross-fire).

     Seriously, this is an unbelievable change for Denmark.

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     juliette (juliette@mastodon.green)'s status on Saturday, 01-Mar-2025 09:24:45 JST juliette

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     It’s a small country. It doesn’t weigh much. But when you lose an ally like this, you should be very, very worried. Because there’s probably no one left who truly cares for you. Only sycophants looking for qui pro quos.

     Cadu Silva :v_fb: repeated this.
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     juliette (juliette@mastodon.green)'s status on Saturday, 01-Mar-2025 09:24:46 JST juliette

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     And yet. The last month, that has completely changed. The Greenland thing baffled the country and worried the government. But it’s really the about face on Ukraine that is angering people. They thought that because they had the US’s back, it was be reciprocated. They thought they shared values.
     The sentiment of betrayal is growing.