Danish Politician Jacob Harris Draws Backlash After Telling Russian TV That NATO Wants War
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Danish Politician Jacob Harris Draws Backlash After Telling Russian TV That NATO Wants War

Political maverick Jacob Harris has angered Danish politicians after an interview on Russian state television. In the interview, Harris says that “NATO wants a war with Russia,” Danish media reports.

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Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen (M) calls Harris a “useful idiot”.

“What he is doing is clearly harmful. It is harmful to the country, and it is harmful to everything,” he tells Danmarks Radio.

Karsten Hønge, the Socialist People's Party's foreign policy spokesman, emphasizes that Harris certainly has freedom of speech, but also that the political maverick risks becoming a “pawn in a game”.

“I am absolutely certain that Putin is licking his lips,” he says.

Harris himself wrote on Facebook that on Thursday he participated in an interview on the Russian state propaganda channel RT (formerly Russia Today).

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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