DC: Representatives for Barack Obama have threatened to cancel the former president’s upcoming paid speech at a Denmark university if details of his speaking contract are released to the public.
Obama will participate in a moderated question and answer session on Sept. 28 at the University of Southern Denmark before local business leaders, university students and local dignitaries, according to Business Kolding, the event’s organizer.
But the event has already sparked criticism from citizens of Denmark’s Kolding Municipality, which is providing 750,000 kroner, or $117,000, in taxpayer funds to support the behind-closed-doors event titled “A Conversation with President Barack Obama.”
Kolding currently faces a deficit of 100 million kroner in its next year’s budget. The town’s mayor, Jørn Pedersen, justified using taxpayer dollars to fund Obama’s invite-only talk, claiming the event is effectively a marketing opportunity for the town, according to Danish news outlet JydskeVestkysten.
“At this event, current and future leaders will have an opportunity to experience President Obama first hand. Everyone can expect to be inspired. And we have every reason to be proud,” Kolding Mayor Jørn Pedersen said.
But Pedersen said he has been kept in the dark by the event’s organizers regarding the total cost of hosting Obama’s talk. keep reading
It’ll be more than a decade for us to learn the total cost to the U.S. after his 8 years in office, so don’t feel too bad Mr. Mayor.
HEY NYT, NO ANONYMOUS SOURCE?? ONLY FOR ANTI-TRUMPERS??
2 MONTHS!!
guess the ‘free access to the Kolding Bath-Houses’ clause may prove a bit embarrassing
Denmark is Norway’s Canada while Sweden is its Mexico.
At close to $2,000 a minute, you better inspire me like the best snake charmer on the planet.
I’m sure his speech will be positive. HIV positive.
Whatever you do – don’t. I repeat DON’T call his bluff.
oh, & you may want to re-thinks that “… have an opportunity to experience President Obama first hand” remark too
That works out to about $50 an “uhhh”…
More of that most transparent admin in history? I think not.
Who ever thought it was a good idea to hear this fool and even pay to hear his bs should be forced out the unemployment exit door in mid winter without a coat. I haven’t heard his voice for months even without needing to be proactive to avoid it, and am quite pleased about it.
Doesn’t Social Security get rolled back if you make over a certain amount, but the taxpayers who pay Obama’s retirement Can’t even be told what extra money he is being paid?
I hope Obama soaks them for every dime they have. If they are stupid enough to pay him they deserve to be taken to the cleaners.
I hope their budget for the next year that they can’t afford to buy toilet paper.
Obama is like Kaepernick….he’s a free agent without any skills. He likely is getting paid less then Bill Clinton was in Russia to speak about Hillary’s menopause symptoms….
Hasn’t SIDS taken this clown out yet?
Mr. Transparency does it again and again!
“At this event, current and future leaders will have an opportunity to experience President Obama first hand.”
I believe I can save them a lot of money. All they have to do is talk to American citizens to find out what it’s like to experience President Obama first hand.
After that, they won’t want to.
Fo 8 years, we could hear him talk for free, nearly every day. I chose not to. Why would anyone PAY to hear him speak?
Just flog each other in the junk scream “racist!” It’s the same thing and you won’t have to pay for Magilla’s hormone shots and dick tape.
Magilla, ha! I see what you did there.
Hey Sweden, watch out. He charges $1,000 per “if” and “uh”. That bill can rack up real quick. Read the fine print, Olaf.
He’d probably make a higher speaking income by making a list of large cities worldwide, not run by lunatics – darn few of them I know, then threatening to come there and give a speech, unless they pony up protection money of at least $600k to keep him from coming.
Is that threat another Oblowhole “red line”?
A turd goes to denmark.
Moderated means “Answers Supplied”
No way in Hell would anyone let this Moron speak for Himself.
Obama as a marketing opportunity – I suppose that would work, if you’re selling communism.
He should hit the Netherlands while he’s in the neighborhood – lotta dykes there…
I thought he and Shelly told us that at some point you have enough money and that we would all have to learn to share a piece of our pie?
Too bad the media are such slobbering lap dogs or they would actually question them on their glaring hypocrisy.
You would have to pay me a lot more than $117k to listen to Obama flap his gums.
I fucking hate obama. With every fiber of my being. Uggggggg
It likely includes a case of KY jelly, a six pack of gerbils and a big bag of choom.