Sen. Thom Tillis and his wife Susan Tillis are pictured as an American delegation consisting of senators and members of the House of Representatives visits the Memorial for Denmark's international efforts after 1948 at Kastellet in Copenhagen, Denmark, on January 17. Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP/Getty ImagesRepublican Sen. Thom Tillis on Wednesday described President Donald Trump’s posture toward Greenland and Denmark as “disrespectful,” especially considering how many Danes served and lost their lives alongside American service members in Afghanistan. Speaking with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Tillis recounted visiting a war memorial in Denmark recently. Tillis gave Trump credit for pushing more NATO member countries to contribute percentages of their GDP to defense spending. The speech, he said, was a “missed opportunity.”Tillis said the only people happy with the tumult in NATO right now are China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

Source: CNN January 21, 2026 14:03 UTC