"And it's got to addle Vance that even as Denmark upholds the principles of social welfare, the country is rich. Denmark's per-capita gross domestic product is among the highest in the world; it rates well above the U.S. in quality of life.

And in spite of its reputation for socialism, Denmark was ranked number seven on the Heritage Foundation's list of countries by "economic freedom," again well above the U.S."

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"Finally on Wednesday evening, the long-promised tariffs hit. Stocks tumbled in after-hours trading. Everyone was watching Europe.

But quietly, on the very same day, the Danish shipping company AP Mller-Maersk announced it had bought a railway connecting ports at either end of the Panama Canal.

This undermines Trump's other imperialist plan: to claim territory in Central America. Denmark, clearly, is not going down without a fight."