Trump Administration Blocks Another Critic from Speaking Abroad

The decision to block a prominent NATO expert from speaking at a conference in Denmark because he has spoken critically of U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies highlights a growing trend in which the State Department has quashed engagement with Trump critics, prompting public relations gaffes for U.S. embassies.

Stanley Sloan told Foreign Policy he was on his way to Copenhagen to give a keynote address on NATO at an event when he received word from the organizers that Trump’s ambassador to Denmark pressured them to quash his speaking engagement. The U.S. Embassy in Denmark helped fund the conference, and the U.S. ambassador was also scheduled to speak at the conference.

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