Security officers at the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen pulled up 44 Danish flags left by veterans to honor their fallen soldiers. Because that’s how many Danes were killed in Afghanistan — a conflict President Donald Trump recently suggested NATO allies like Denmark “stayed back” from. Point phone camera hereA video aired by Danish outlet TV2 showed a security guard removing the 44 flags from planters outside the embassy on Tuesday. After the flags were removed, Danes responded by placing hundreds more Danish flags outside the embassy, CNN reported. The Washington Post said the backlash prompted a meeting among senior officials from Denmark, Greenland and the United States.