Danish Prime Minister & Former NATO Secretary General Defend Ukraine, Offer Implicit Criticism Of Trump As CPH:DOX Festival Opens
deadline.comCPH:DOX, the world-class documentary festival in Copenhagen, is underway – kicking off with the world premiere of a film that could not be more timely.
Facing War, directed by Tommy Gulliksen, examines the final years of Jens Stoltenberg’s 10-year stretch as secretary general of NATO as he confronted Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the prospect of Donald Trump – a tepid supporter of NATO at best – returning to the White House.
Stoltenberg attended the premiere along with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, an indication of the importance of the occasion.
Stoltenberg, who left his post as secretary general last October, is seeing all he worked for — to strengthen the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in the face of an expansionist Russia — unravel under the Trump administration.
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