{"id":32765,"date":"2025-06-25T18:11:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T18:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=32765"},"modified":"2025-06-25T18:11:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T18:11:30","slug":"tourist-says-he-was-barred-from-entering-u-s-over-jd-vance-meme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=32765","title":{"rendered":"Tourist says he was barred from entering U.S. over JD Vance meme"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Norwegian tourist claims his American vacation turned into a nightmare after U.S. border agents allegedly denied him entry because of a meme \u2014 one mocking Vice President JD Vance.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mads Mikkelsen, 21, was traveling from Norway to visit friends in New York and Texas when he says U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers searched his phone and found an altered image of Vance with a bald, egg-shaped head.<\/p>\n

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According to Mads, that meme alone triggered a 12-hour ordeal, complete with intense questioning, a strip search, and ultimately deportation back to Oslo.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI felt prejudged, suspected and humiliated,\u201d Mads told Norwegian outlet\u00a0Nordlys<\/a>. \u201cThey asked about drug smuggling, terrorist plots and right-wing extremism without cause.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He says CBP officials threatened him with prison time and a $5,000 fine unless he gave up his phone password. Once inside, agents allegedly deemed two images problematic: the now-viral\u00a0Vance<\/a>\u00a0meme and a photo of Mads holding a homemade wooden pipe.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe images were automatically saved from a chat app. I never imagined they\u2019d cost me my trip,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

CBP pushes back: \u201cNot about a meme\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n

But U.S. authorities tell a very different story.<\/p>\n

CBP publicly denied the meme had anything to do with it.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFact Check: FALSE,\u201d the agency tweeted alongside a screenshot of a Daily Mail article. \u201cMads Mikkelsen was not denied entry for any memes or political reasons \u2014 it was for his admitted drug use.\u201d<\/p>\n

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