U.S. government-sponsored conference on NATO in Denmark was canceled after the American Embassy demanded a speech by a critic of President Trump be pulled from the event, according to organizers.
But the embassy tweeted Sunday that Sloan’s inclusion in the program “did not follow the same deliberative process of joint decision-making and agreement that we followed when recruiting all other speakers.”did not follow the same deliberative process of joint decision-making and agreement that we followed when recruiting all other speakers.It added that it “will continue to support future programs to strengthen security cooperation and people-to-people ties.
Sloan’s “critical approach towards President Donald Trump” was “no secret,” he said, “especially when following his Twitter and Facebook profile." Cancel that! I've just received word from the Danish Atlantic Council that the US Embassy in Copenhagen, a cosponsor of the meeting, has vetoed my participation due to my critical evaluation of Trump's impact on transatlantic relations. Stunned and concerned about our country.He said that he was sorry for the Danish Atlantic Council which had “invited me to speak because they knew I would offer a different, but responsible and informed perspective.
After Sloan published his speech online, Niels Bjerre-Poulsen, an associate professor in American history at the Southern University of Denmark, said that he saw no reason to cancel the event.
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