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21yo Norwegian Tourist Claims He Was Denied Entry to U.S. Because of Vance Meme on his Phone

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Man, Trump turned our country to shit in less than 6 months.

PS: If you're outside the US don't come here.



"Both pictures had been automatically saved to my camera roll from a chat app, but I really didn’t think that these innocent pictures would put a stop to my entry into the country,” Mikkelsen said.

Mikkelsen claims he pleaded with agents that the photos were a joke, but they still searched him and forced him to give blood samples and document his fingerprints."



This meme depicting a digitally altered JD Vance became popular in February. A tourist from Norway claims that having it on his phone is why he was denied entry into the United States.



www.thedailybeast.com

Tourist Claims He Was Denied Entry to U.S. Because of Vance Meme on Phone

Mads Mikkelsen, 21, claims he was pressured into granting access to his phone at Newark Airport. Agents then uncovered a popular meme of the vice president.
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"Mikkelsen told Nordlys he was traveling to the U.S. to visit friends in New York City and then in Austin, Texas. He also planned to visit multiple national parks with his mom, who he said planned to fly to the country and meet up with him at a later date.

“They demanded full information about everyone I was going to meet in the U.S., including name, address, phone number, and what they did for work,” Mikkelsen told the newspaper."
 
If he tried to enter a Iran with a meme of the Ayatollah they’d saw his head off and send it back to Norway in a basket.
 
That's a shame, most people from other countries know better, word travels about the trump regime and the state of what used to be 'America'.
 
Napoleon said:
If he tried to enter a Iran with a meme of the Ayatollah they’d saw his head off and send it back to Norway in a basket.
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That's a pretty desperate comparison to defend some bullshit. Yay we're not quite as bad as Iran, yet.
 
Napoleon said:
If he tried to enter a Iran with a meme of the Ayatollah
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Comparing "the land of the free, home of the brave" to Ayatollah's Iran for the win.



And

Napoleon said:
they’d saw his head off and send it back to Norway in a basket.
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No, they wouldn't. Most likely, they'd tell him he can't enter and make him pay for his flight back home.

You're seriously making the case that we should be like Iran or some other authoritarian shithole while simultaneously arguing we should bomb like countries.

Welcome to the MAGAverse.
 
Napoleon said:
If he tried to enter a Iran with a meme of the Ayatollah they’d saw his head off and send it back to Norway in a basket.
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What a lovely comparison you choose to make....Amerikkka!
 
What if you show up at a customs point and don't have a cell phone?
Arrested, probably.
 
"Mikkelsen claims that immigration officials stopped him for questioning and quizzed him “about drug trafficking, terrorist plots, and right-wing extremism,” all of which he said was “totally without reason.” He says he was placed in a holding cell."

I imagine he was pulled aside about drugs. A long time ago I traveled to the Netherlands and was pulled aside about drugs. I do not do any drugs at all and did not attend any coffee houses there. They detected something for some reason unknown to me and went through my luggage with a fine tooth comb in front of me. This guy makes claims about other stuff all of it having nothing to do with his phone as they did not look at his phone at that point. He whines and gets his ten minutes of fame on the Daily Beast.
 
justoneman said:
I imagine he was pulled aside about drugs.
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Dude. They ask tons of people about drugs. You're just covering for snowflake Trump yet again.

What the **** happened to the "tough" Republican men??
 
They demanded. How nice.
Now, why this?
forced him to give blood samples
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Was he carrying contaminated blood that could possibly harm JD?
Can't read the article, it might have explained what I am asking.
 
Napoleon said:
If he tried to enter a Iran with a meme of the Ayatollah they’d saw his head off and send it back to Norway in a basket.
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How nice that we are just slightly better than that.
 
Ok, timeline in question

He was taken to a room guarded by armed officers
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Why?
and forced to hand over his shoes, phone, and backpack. When he hesitated to unlock his phone, agents threatened imprisonment or a $5,000 fine, prompting him to comply.
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Not very nice. I don't know if that is a common practice.
Upon accessing his phone, they discovered a meme of digitally altered JD Vance,
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So after he was taken to a room they discovered.
He wasn't taken to the room because of the meme on his phone?
So why was he taken to the room?
made to appear chubby and bald, a popular image following Ukrainian President Zelensky’s contentious visit to the Oval Office in February. They also disapproved of a photo showing Mikkelsen with a homemade wooden pipe.
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Who Is Mads Mikkelsen? Norwegian Tourist Claims He Was Denied Entry to US Over JD Vance Meme

Norwegian tourist Mads Mikkelsen, 21, was allegedly denied entry to the US at Newark Airport after officials found a meme of VP JD Vance on his phone. He faced intense questioning, searches, and fingerprinting before being sent back to Norway. Mikkelsen was traveling to visit friends and...
www.timesnownews.com
IDK, something doesn't add up.
 
Gatsby said:
"Trump is making America more like Iran, and that's good" certainly is a take.
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You think Trump dislikes the Vance memes? Trump and Vance loves it and so do all people. They are hilarious.


 
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