Now we have two conflicting stories. He says it’s for the meme, they say it’s because of drug use.

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Here is the original article from the Norwegian paper that reported it. https://www.nordlys.no/mads-sin-drommereise-til-usa-spolert-pa-grunn-av-satirebilde-pa-mobilen/s/5-34-2171723

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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) stated that a Norwegian traveler, ‘Mads Mikkelsen, was turned away at Newark Liberty International Airport because he admitted to drug use, and not because agents discovered a meme mocking Vice President JD Vance on his phone.

https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/india/cbp-rejects-mads-mikkelsen-s-jd-vance-meme-deportation-claim-reveals-why-he-was-denied-entry/ar-AA1HlZ4x

According to US Customs, he was denied entry because he admitted to drug use. That doesn’t make for a good tabloid headline, though.