Mads Mikkelsen, 21, claims he was pressured into granting access to his phone at Newark Airport. Agents then uncovered a popular meme of the vice president.

U.S. officials reposted a meme depicting Vice President JD Vance as bald and bloated in an attempt to refute a tourist’s claim that he was denied entry over the image. Norwegian tourist Mads ...

A Norwegian tourist has alleged that he was denied entry into the United States after ICE agents found a JD Vance meme on his phone. On June 11, Mads Mikkelsen, 21, landed at Newark Airport in New ...

"Dangerous Extremist Propaganda": How A Bald JD Vance Meme Got Tourist Banned From US A 21-year-old Norwegian tourist called Mads Mikkelsen was detained by the US Customs and Border Protection ...

In late June 2025, social media exploded with a rumor that a tourist from Norway, 21-year-old Mads Mikkelsen, was denied entry to the United States due to a meme on his phone poking fun at U.S ...

A Norwegian tourist says he was denied entry after U.S. border authorities found a meme of JD Vance on his phone, but DHS ...

The Trump Administration said reports a man was denied entry over a J.D. Vance meme on his phone are false, but tourists have been experiencing tighter border controls.

Mads Mikkelsen took photos with staff after he visited an Indian restaurant in Leeds, while preparing for new project 'Sirius' ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection insist the traveler was refused entry to the United States due to “admitted drug use.” ...

Customs and Border Protection has confirmed that, no, agents did not stop a Norwegian traveler who showed them a meme of a bald Vice President JD Vance. “Fact Check: FALSE,” the CBP wrote on X. “Mads ...

What People Are Saying Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary at the DHS, told Newsweek: "Claims that Mads Mikkelsen was denied entry because of a JD Vance meme are FALSE.

The acronym for “Trump Always Chickens Out” was originally about his tariffs, but it’s morphing into a broader Trump insult.