From Copenhagen, I have written a report: here. About what? About U.S.-Danish relations. They have undergone a dramatic change in the last few months, thanks to different — radically different — policies in Washington.

Jonas Parello-Plesner, a Danish foreign-policy hand, made an interesting remark to me. The “special relationship” is between the U.S. and Britain, of course. But Danes always believed that they had a special relationship of their own with the U.S. That belief is dead and buried.

This morning, a Dane writes,

Well, reading some of the comments under your article, I can’t help but wonder why this division hasn’t come sooner. I think we would all benefit from working more with those we share values ​​with. We can trade with the U.S. as we do with China, but we can never trust the Americans again.

There is a lot to say about this, but maybe I will make just one point: I often get notes from people about the comments under articles on our site. It is well to remember that commenters, on any site, don’t necessarily represent the readership as a whole. Some people are inclined to comment, others not. I get a fair amount of mail from readers — e-mails — and these correspondents are diverse in their views, temperaments, interests, etc.

In an Impromptus column on Friday, I made some points about trade policy. Here is a paragraph or three:

The administration’s line on tariffs keeps changing: Are tariffs good in and of themselves? Will they bring us great wealth, allowing us to erase our debt and deficit and even to eliminate the income tax? Or are they mere tools, designed to get other countries to lower their own barriers?
Last month, the president said, “We’re gonna take in hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs and we’re gonna become so rich you’re not gonna know where to spend all that money.”
Sounds great — miraculous, even. Why aren’t we rolling?

A friend and reader writes,

Tariffs. They’ll fill up our treasury. They’ll rebuild the American manufacturing sector. They’ll level the playing field. They’ll bring foreign nations to the negotiating table. They’ll help end the flow of illegal drugs and immigrants.
Tariffs. Is there anything they can’t do? Donald Trump on tariffs is like Homer Simpson on doughnuts.

To recall Homer’s immortal line — well, one of his many — go here. (Who has the greater number of immortal lines? The original Homer, from Greece, or the one from Springfield?)

In my Impromptus on Thursday, I said that, as a rule, I am not a chaser — of people, things, interviews . . . When it comes to interviews, only a couple of times have I chased — and even then, not much. I made two or three runs at Mario Vargas Llosa (who passed away earlier this month). And two or three runs at Jack Nicklaus (who is still with us).

A reader asks, “Did you ever get Jack?” Answer: nope. A blotch, a scar, a bloodstain, on my record.

On Friday, I had reason to cite this article, whose heading is “Millions tune in for 24-hour live coverage of Sweden’s epic moose migration.” A reader writes,

Are you familiar with this livestream (bald eaglets in the nest at Big Bear Lake, Calif.)? A friend alerted me to it about a month ago. It is amazing how fast they are growing, and how big they are (yesterday, a chickadee landed near the nest, and it was about the size of the baby eagles’ heads!).

In a Copenhagen journal, I wrote that Hans Christian Andersen is “probably the most famous Dane in history.” “Possible competitors,” I said, are Kierkegaard and Niels Bohr.

A reader writes,

Jay,
I would like to submit three Danes to be considered for your list: Tycho Brahe, Vitus Bering, and Victor Borge. Perhaps these names reflect my interests in astronomy, exploration, and comedy more than their fame. Although they are far from obscure names.

True, true!

Speaking of Hans Christian Andersen, I passed him in Central Park this weekend (after seeing him in Copenhagen). He was reading his story The Ugly Duckling to a duckling (if I have my fowl right, which I may not) (which is part of the story: knowing one bird from the next).

Thank you, one and all.