COPENHAGEN – Never expect gratitude from voters. Winston Churchill learned that bitter lesson when he lost the 1945 UK general election in a landslide, despite having inspired the West to victory over the Nazis. Now Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, one of the few world leaders to stand up to US President Donald Trump, has seen both her party and governing coalition go down to defeat – though she may yet return as prime minister in a new coalition.

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