Can Trump Steal Greenland and Panama? (ft. Liz Dye)

Summary

In this episode, LegalEagle explores the improbable yet intriguing notion floated by Donald Trump of annexing Greenland and Panama, highlighting the political, legal, and international implications. Despite outrageous claims and historical precedents like the Louisiana Purchase and the acquisition of Alaska, such moves face monumental legal and diplomatic challenges, including international law violations, NATO obligations, and the intricacies of sovereignty. With insights from Liz Dye, the episode extensively reviews past presidential liberties taken with military actions, while comically emphasizing the evident absurdity of Trump's proposals.

Highlights

• Trump's fascination with annexing Greenland is both a real estate fantasy and a geopolitical blunder. 🏔️🇩🇰
• Denmark and Greenland firmly oppose any negotiations regarding US acquisition. ❌🗺️
• Panama's sovereignty over the Canal, though once US-controlled, is non-negotiable under current treaties. 🚢🇵🇦
• Military intervention in Greenland or Panama would severely breach international law. ⚖️🚫
• The humorous notion of Canada becoming a US state highlights Trump's hyperbolic rhetoric. 🇨🇦🤔

Key Takeaways

• Trump's ideas to annex Greenland and Panama are legally baseless and diplomatically sensitive. 🌍
• International laws and treaties strongly oppose non-consensual land acquisition. 📜
• Historical precedents don't align with modern diplomatic and legal norms. ⏳
• Trump's claims often clash with actual international agreements and facts. 🔍
• Strategic military and economic rationales for such annexations are flimsy. 🤨

Overview

In a twist worthy of a geopolitical drama, former President Donald Trump has stirred the pot again with his audacious claims about annexing Greenland and Panama. While these declarations grab headlines, they lack the legal foundation or international support needed to be taken seriously. International laws and global diplomatic ties, particularly with allies, make such annexations an almost laughable notion.

Underlying these proposals are perennial themes of US territory expansion akin to historical events like the Louisiana Purchase. Yet, the modern diplomatic and legal landscape is vastly different, making such comparisons fall flat. The founding principles of NATO and international treaties like the UN Charter are designed to prevent such adventuresome exploits.

Despite the seeming absurdity, these discussions do shed light on broader issues of presidential power and historical precedents of military actions. However, there remains a large gap between past land deals and today's legal-political realities, making Trump's propositions more fanciful than feasible.

Chapters

• 00:00 - 01:00: Introduction This chapter discusses Donald Trump's interest in making Greenland a part of the United States, citing national security concerns. The US already has a military base in Greenland managed by Space Force, but it is constrained by international treaties to only carry out observational and defensive operations. Trump's fixation on acquiring Greenland might be influenced by his understanding of world geography from the Mercator projection. Moreover, the transcript suggests Trump may also be considering military action to claim the Panama Canal due to Chinese influence and potentially expanding US territories to include Canada.
• 01:00 - 06:00: Presidential Powers and Military Force The chapter discusses the concept of presidential powers, particularly in the context of military force and legal accountability for actions taken by a sitting president. It references the return of Donald Trump to the White House, highlighting the chaotic environment and raising questions about the extent of presidential powers and legal protections. The commentary suggests a belief that presidential actions, when done in an official capacity, are shielded from criminality, citing the Supreme Court and Chief Justice Roberts.
• 06:00 - 13:00: Greenland: A Territorial Ambition In this chapter, the discussion revolves around President Trump's territorial ambitions during his campaign. He expressed desires to expand America's territory by exploring controversial ideas such as buying or annexing Greenland, reclaiming the Panama Canal, and humorously suggesting making Canada the 51st state through troll memes. Legality and feasibility of such ambitions are questioned, raising discussions on the extent of presidential power and the role of the defense secretary in executing orders that might be deemed illegal.
• 13:00 - 23:00: Panama Canal: Historical Perspectives and Controversies The chapter discusses the constitutional powers related to war in the United States, specifically focusing on Congress's authority under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 11, known as the Declare War Clause. It raises questions about the legality and process of declaring war and challenges the notion of presidential power in initiating an invasion or acquisition of foreign lands, illustrating these points through a discussion involving President Trump's hypothetical actions.
• 23:00 - 31:00: Canada: A Diplomatic Trolling The chapter titled 'Canada: A Diplomatic Trolling' explores the tension between different branches of government concerning military control and strategic decision-making. The transcript discusses Articles from the U.S. Constitution, specifically Article 1 Section 8, which grants Congress the power to declare war, and Article 2 Section 2, which names the president as the Commander-in-Chief. These provisions illustrate the historic tension and power struggle between the executive and legislative branches, reflecting the framers' intention with the U.S. system of checks and balances. The chapter underscores the dynamic interplay of power within the U.S. government.
• 31:00 - 35:00: Media Perspectives and Conclusion The chapter titled 'Media Perspectives and Conclusion' in the book discusses the inherent conflicts between military actions and the need for Congressional approval. It particularly focuses on the historical example of the Vietnam War, where Congress gave President Lyndon Johnson the authority to maintain international peace and security in Southeast Asia through the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in 1964. However, this limited authorization did not prevent Presidents Johnson and Nixon from using it to justify an extensive and destructive military campaign, including secret bombings in Cambodia. The chapter seems to conclude with an exploration of these actions in the context of media perspectives and broader implications.

Can Trump Steal Greenland and Panama? (ft. Liz Dye) Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 Donald Trump is obsessed with making Greenland part of America calling it essential for National Security and he's not wrong the US military already has a base in Greenland operated by space force but they are limited by International treaties to observation and defensive missions only what a bummer but Trump is obsessed with making Greenland part of America possibly because he's only ever seen a mercader projection of the world and he's so infatuated that he's even considering taking it over by military force and I guess he wants to take the Panama Canal back for the panamanians because of China and also officially make Canada
• 00:30 - 01:00 America's hat hey laai can he do that thanks St Donald Trump is back in the White House and already it's chaos he really took that whole presidents can't do crimes thing to Heart looks like we'll be spending a lot of time answering the question can he do [Music] that although the Supreme Court has already said that nothing the president does in His official capacity can be criminal so tldr yes thanks chief justice Roberts on
• 01:00 - 01:30 the campaign Trail president Trump said he wanted to increase America's territory in multiple ways he talked about buying or possibly annexing Greenland he said he wanted to take back the Panama Canal and he posted dozens of troll memes about making Canada the 51st state in some sense the answer to the question can he do that is yes he can order the Army to do any illegal thing he likes and if his defense secretary is willing to carry out an illegal order then yeah he can are you saying that you would stand in the breach and push back
• 01:30 - 02:00 if you were given an illegal order I start by saying I reject the premise that President Trump giving ilal orders at all my my this isn't a hypothetical okay but okay can the president simply invade another country and steal their land well in theory only Congress can declare war under Article 1 Section 8 Clause 11 of the Constitution conveniently known as the declare war Clause Congress shall have the power to declare war Grant letters of Mark and
• 02:00 - 02:30 reprisal and make rules concerning captures on land and water but Article 2 Section two says that the president shall be commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy of the United States and of the militia of the several States when called into the actual service of the United States and those two Provisions have been intentioned for most of the history of the Republic which makes sense right because the executive and legislative branches are always in a power struggle that's what the framers meant by checks and balances and here you're talking about the president having active control over every aspect
• 02:30 - 03:00 of the military but needing Congressional approval to use it so the conflict is kind of baked in so for instance Congress authorized president Lyndon Johnson to promote the maintenance of International Peace and Security in Southeast Asia in the Gulf of tonin resolution of 1964 the legislators strongly opposed authorizing a full-blown war in Vietnam but that didn't stop presidents Johnson and Richard Nixon from relying on that resolution to justify a massively destructive conflict that included secret bombings in Cambodia and saw
• 03:00 - 03:30 upwards of a million casualties hoping to avoid a repeat Congress passed the War Powers Act of 1973 to fulfill the intent of the framers of the Constitution of the United States and ensure that the collective Judgment of both the Congress and the president will apply to the introduction of United States armed forces into hostilities it said that the president in every possible instance shall consult with Congress before introducing United States armed forces into hostilities or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances and it
• 03:30 - 04:00 ordered the president to inform Congress within 48 Hours of any emergency action and required regular reports and a withdrawal from action within 60 days without later Congressional approval presidents in the modern era have routinely disregarded this law calling in an unconstitutional usurpation of presidential Authority President Obama and president Trump both put American troops in Syria without Congressional authorization Obama sent the Navy into Libya in 2011 as part of the NATO operation to prevent dictator momar Gaddafi from slaughtering civilians and
• 04:00 - 04:30 Trump failed to inform Congress before assassinating Iranian military leader kasim sulamani in 2020 and when Congress does get permission for military action presidents tend to interpret that quite liberally the best illustration is the 2001 authorization for use of military force or aumf which empowered President George W bush to use all necessary and appropriate Force against those Nations organizations or persons he determines planned authorized committed or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11th 20 1 or harbored such
• 04:30 - 05:00 organizations or persons in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such Nations organizations or persons since then the 2001 aumf has been used to justify military intervention in dozens of countries on four continents including military exercises in countries as diverse as Thailand Ethiopia and Kazakhstan in fact the total number of countries where the US military deployed pursuant to that 2001 aumf remains a secret from the public and may never be known so if the
• 05:00 - 05:30 question is will the War Powers Act stop Trump from ordering the US military to invade another country without Congressional approval the answer is clearly no American presidents in the modern era have conducted military operations first and then sought approval later and if Donald Trump varies from that pattern it will be by failing to seek approval after or ever but if the question is whether it violates international law and our many treaty agreements to send in our military to rip off chunks of other countries the answer is unequivocally
• 05:30 - 06:00 yes for instance the UN Charter binds all members to refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial Integrity or political independence of any state or in any other manner inconsistent with the purpose of the United Nations the US is a founding member of the UN an organization which has kept us out of another world war and ensured US Global hegemony for the past 80 years so yeah it would violate international law to send US troops into another country which has not attacked us and just take it even if the US
• 06:00 - 06:30 President says we need someone else's land for US National Security Now obviously if you're going to violate A Century of international norms for a land grab you'll want a good lawyer but if you want a great lawyer let my Law Firm the eagle team help if you've gotten a car crash suffered a data breach especially if you got one of those data breach letters saying your information might have been leaked or dealing with a workers's comp or social security issue we can represent you or help find you the right attorney because it's so important to talk to a lawyer right away so you can maximize your recovery and by the way we don't get paid unless you do so there's nothing upfront so just click on the link in the description or call the phone number that's on screen right now for a free
• 06:30 - 07:00 consultation with my team because you don't see a legal team you need the eagle team but okay let's talk about all the other countries Trump wants to gobble up so zip up that anara cuz we're going on a field trip first stop Greenland president Trump has long been fixated on annexing the giant Island much of which lies inside the Arctic Circle Greenland is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark by land mass it's almost two-thirds as
• 07:00 - 07:30 large as the United States although most of it is covered by an ice sheet for the time being anyway most of its 56,000 residents are into it and the majority of the population is clustered on the Southwest coast in 2019 Trump floated the idea of buying Greenland from Denmark potentially trading it for Puerto Rico according to reporters Peter Baker and Susan Glasser the idea came from billionaire Cosmetics air Ronald Lauder although Trump says he thought of it all by himself you take a look at a map I'm a real estate developer I look at a corner I say I got to get that
• 07:30 - 08:00 store for the building I'm building Etc it's not that different I love maps and I always said look at the size of this it's massive it should be a part of the United States essentially it's a large real estate deal a lot of things could be done it's hurting Denmark very badly because they're losing almost $700 million a year carrying it so they carry it at a great loss and strategically for the United States it would be nice but the people of Greenland had other ideas they said suggested that Trump might
• 08:00 - 08:30 think Greenland is a Danish Colony but that's his stupid imagination and they said it sounds like something with slaves and colonial power where you can just take over a country Danish Prime Minister meta Frederickson called the idea absurd after which Trump canceled a planned trip to the country and threw a public tantrum about her nasty language forward to going but I thought that the Prime Minister statement that it was absurd that was it was an absurd idea was nasty I thought it was an inappropriate statement all she had to do is say no we wouldn't be interested
• 08:30 - 09:00 but we can't treat the United States of America the way they treated us under President Obama uh I thought it was a very uh not nice way of saying something they could have told me no because if there's one thing Donald Trump cannot abide it's nasty language this time around Trump is being egged on by a whole different crew of Rich guys Chief among them Elon Musk Trump named Tech entrepreneur Ken Howry as ambassador to Denmark saying for purposes of national security and freedom throughout the
• 09:00 - 09:30 world the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity Ken will do a wonderful job in representing the interest of the United States how co-founded PayPal with musk and Peter teal in 1998 and musk congratulated how retweeting congrats help America gain Greenland Trump's putative justification for wanting to control Greenland is to protect America's national security but that doesn't even make sense on its own terms America is already the dominant power on the island it has been since 1951 when we signed the defense of
• 09:30 - 10:00 Greenland agreement between the United States and the Kingdom of Denmark Tuli Air Force base later named bfic space base is our northernmost military installation which supports missile warning missile defense and space surveillance missions from the solid state phaser radar operated by the 12th space Waring Squadron and satellite command and control through the bedic tracking station operated by the 23rd space operation Squadron in plain English it allows us to monitor Russian and Chinese activity in the Arctic so we can keep an eye on our actual enemies in
• 10:00 - 10:30 cooperation with our NATO allies if we felt that our national security interests were jeopardized we could expand our military presence in Greenland anytime we wanted we're certainly not being blocked by Denmark and in fact in 2019 when China came knocking with a proposal to develop three airports that would have given it a Toe Hold on the island Trump's defense secretary Jim Mattis successfully negotiated with the Danish government to Scupper the deal now maybe we have other reasons for wanting to control the island it's certainly rich in essential
• 10:30 - 11:00 minerals such as lithium niobium and zirconium as well as having potential hydrocarbon deposits that will become accessible as global warming causes the ice sheet to recede American companies already have mining concessions there but greenlanders have been protective of their land and environment and Trump who wants to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would probably have other plans if we controlled it we will drill baby drill but Trump also seems to have more sentimental ideas about cementing his legacy by increasing the US territory in
• 11:00 - 11:30 a way that Jefferson did with the Louisiana Purchase or Lincoln Secretary of State William SE did when he negotiated to pay the Russian Empire $7.2 million for Alaska and among the tech BR set there's a certain romantic affinity for expanding US Territory by taking land that belongs to other people I think having a frontier is very healthy I think Britain was a healthier society when it had it a frontier for the record that's Joe Lonsdale another PayPal Alum and a major Republican donor but does not understand that the
• 11:30 - 12:00 frontier was not some empty wild place but home to millions of indigenous people like the Inuit population of Greenland that's that's not unclaimed land like ripe for the taking it belongs to someone else in fact greenlanders have said very clearly that they're not interested in becoming part of the United States when the latest flap arose Greenland's prime minister muta egara reiterated that Greenland is ours we are not for sale and we'll never be for sale we will always be a part of NATO we will
• 12:00 - 12:30 always be a strong partner for for us we are close neighbors we have been Incorporated in the last 80 years and I think the future have a lot to offer to to cooperate with but uh we want to also be clear we don't want to be Americans we don't want to be a part of uh us but we want a strong cooperation together with us when Trump's buddies at the N Boys YouTube channel travel to Greenland to troll for Trump they got a chilly
• 12:30 - 13:00 reception Donald Trump Jr visited the capitol city nuke and appeared to get a warmer welcome but later reporting revealed that the happy crowd at his event included a large number of homeless people invited in off the street with the promise of a free meal Greenland does have a strong independence movement and can declare independence from Denmark via referendum at any time but they're not trying to be a part of the United States and yet Trump insists that we need to anex Greenland and he's threatening to use econ iic and potentially military force
• 13:00 - 13:30 to do it as for whether he can enact tariffs well we made a whole video about that here under the Constitution Congress has the power to enact tariffs but it is delegated authority to the president to do so in the case of national emergencies and so Trump will just pull the fire alarm shout emergency and do what he likes whether Americans will like it is another matter the United States is heavily dependent on Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk for both insulin and the weight
• 13:30 - 14:00 loss drug OIC massive tariffs would clearly violate our free trade obligations as a member of the World Trade Organization but we functionally knap that body so YOLO again check out that tariff video Trump is also refusing to rule out using military force to get what he wants well we need Greenland for national security purposes I've been told that for a long time long before I even ran I mean people have been talking about it for a long time you have approximately 45,000 people there people really don't even
• 14:00 - 14:30 know if Denmark has any legal right to it but if they do they should give it up because we need it for National Security that's for the Free World I'm talking about protecting the Free World you look at you don't even need binoculars you look outside you have China ships all over the place you have Russian ships all over the place we're not letting that happen we're not letting it happen and if Denmark wants to uh get to a conclusion but nobody knows if they even
• 14:30 - 15:00 have any right title or interest the people are going to probably vote for Independence or to come into the United States but if they did if they did do that then I would tariff Denmark at a very high level let's assume for the sake of argument that Congress or this Congress anyway would Greenlight any military intervention by Trump representative Andy oal has already proposed the make Greenland great again act to empower Trump to negotiate with Denmark to acquire the island here he is on Fox News explaining that colonies are good actually and if you're the dominant
• 15:00 - 15:30 Predator they let you do it this is our area of operation and uh we are quite frankly the the dominant Predator uh cop if you will that's cool bro but we're still talking about invading a NATO Ally you know NATO the North Atlantic Treaty Organization the collective security pack that ensured global stability for the past 75 years the agreement that obliges every member state to come to the defense of the others in case of invasion there is no predicting what kind of nightmare outcome would result
• 15:30 - 16:00 from one NATO country attacking another based on poorly articulated ideas about National Security but okay let's talk about Panama which Trump doesn't want to gobble up entirely he just wants to recolonize a chunk of it in his second inaugural address Trump announced his intention to take the Panama Canal back President McKinley made our country very rich through tariffs and through Talent he was a natural businessman and gave Teddy r velt the money for many of the
• 16:00 - 16:30 great things he did including the Panama Canal which has foolishly been given to the country of Panama after the United States the United States I mean think of this spent more money than ever spent on a project before and lost 38,000 lives in the building of the Panama Canal we have been treated very badly from this foolish gift that should have never been made and Panama's promise to us has been
• 16:30 - 17:00 broken the purpose of our deal and the spirit of our treaty has been totally violated American ships are being severely overcharged and not treated fairly in any way shape or form and that includes the United States Navy and above all China is operating the Panama Canal and we didn't give it to China we gave it to Panama and we're taking it back back
• 17:00 - 17:30 okay literally none of that is true for one thing only 5600 deaths were recorded during the American phase of canal construction and most of those were laborers from the West Indies I.E not Americans but okay to tackle this one we'll need a little history lesson because Trump isn't wrong that President Roosevelt was the driver behind the construction of the Panama Canal in fact it's not an exaggeration to say that the nation of Panama much l the canal might not exist without Roosevelt's intervention see in 1882 a French company began construction of a canal
• 17:30 - 18:00 through the ismos of Panama that would connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans sparing ships from having to circumnavigate South America at the time Panama was a state in the Republic of Colombia by 1889 the French efforts fell apart and the US Government tried to buy the French Canal concession when the Colombian government refused the us as terms America made a deal with Panamanian Rebels to financed their separatist movement and sent the USS Nashville to Anchor itself off the Panamanian Coast in an unmistakable Act of gunboat diplomacy on November 3rd
• 18:00 - 18:30 1903 Panamanian separatists declared independence on November 6th the United States recognized the Republic of Panama and on November 18th Panama and the US signed the he buun alvaria treaty granting the US permanent possession of the Panama Canal Zone a roughly 10 m wide Corridor encompassing the land that would eventually become the canal the US agreed to pay Panama's new government $10 million plus annual payments of $250,000 the deal was white widely seen as grossly exploitative benefiting
• 18:30 - 19:00 American interests much more than those of the Panamanian people the New York Post called it a vulgar and mercenary Venture but Rosevelt was committed to selling the plan to Americans and so he embarked on a tour of the construction zone famously getting himself photographed wearing a Panama Hat a striding giant steam shovel he said I took the ismos started the canal and then left congress not to debate the canal but to debate me and he was right the president who coined the phrase speak softly and carry a big stick used
• 19:00 - 19:30 the threat of force to extract territory from a Sovereign Nation solely to promote American interests and he sold the American public on it through a canny PR campaign for 75 years panamanians chafed under what was functionally a 10m wide Colony running through their country in fact panamanians were largely barred from entering the Canal Zone entirely in 1977 President Jimmy Carter signed the teros Carter treaty which paved the way for the US to seek control of the canal on December 31 1999 the treaty was widely
• 19:30 - 20:00 criticized by conservatives who thought giving up territory made America look weak but it passed congress with the necessary 2third support since then the Panamanian government has run the canal in a highly professional manner which makes sense since the country is heavily dependent on revenue from the canal to fund its government but Trump believes that the United States as a superpower should control everything it wants to in the Western Hemisphere and so he claims the Panama is in violation of the 1977 treaty based on something our Navy and
• 20:00 - 20:30 commerce have been treated in a very unfair and injudicious way the fees being charged by Panama are ridiculous highly unfair especially knowing the extraordinary generosity that has been bestowed to Panama I say very foolishly by the United States this complete ripoff of our country will immediately stop he says that Panama is charging exorbitant
• 20:30 - 21:00 fees to the US to Transit the canal or that management of the canal has been handed over to China neither one of those things is true a Chinese company does own two of five ports adjacent to the canal but it doesn't operate the canal and there are certainly no Chinese soldiers running it the reason that rates have gone up for all users of the canal is that it takes a tremendous amount of water to move ships through the canal system of lucks and there is a drought thanks to climate change again it's very clear that Trump wants to control the Panama Canal for reasons
• 21:00 - 21:30 that have very little to do with Panama's failure to live up to its agreements but Panama is uninterested in handing it back over to the US president Jose Ro Molina responded the canal is and will remain Panama's and its Administration will continue to be under Panamanian control with respect to its permanent neutrality the canal was not a concession from anyone it was the result of generational struggles that culminated in 1999 as a result of the Toros Carter treaty and since since then for 25 years we have managed it and
• 21:30 - 22:00 expanded it with responsibility to serve the world and its trade including the United States reminder we signed an agreement which was duly ratified by Congress to give Panama back its land this isn't like a mine which was nationalized by hostile government Panama is a Sovereign Nation that we made a deal with and in Reliance on that deal the Panamanian government has made continuing investments in maintaining the canal including a $5.6 billion Expansion Project which began in 2006 and took 10 years to complete and yes
• 22:00 - 22:30 the US military could indeed invade and take that Canal over without tremendous difficulty we have a really big army but doing so would grossly violate our treaty obligations and cause Ripple effects throughout our relationships with every other country and to be clear you can stretch that 2001 authorization for use of military force to cover a lot of things but there's no argument here that Panama is engaged in terrorism this would be a totally illegal use of force
• 22:30 - 23:00 by the United States but okay let's head back up to the Frozen North for a second and talk about Canada just kidding that one's just a troll we're not invading Canada be serious oh oh you want more than that fine Donald Trump spends a lot of time posting memes about Canada as the 51st state and about hockey player Wayne Gretzky running for prime minister and about making a prettier map are you also considering military Force to Annex and
• 23:00 - 23:30 acquire Canada no economic Force because Canada and the United States that would really be something you get rid of that artificially drawn line and you take a look at what that looks like and it would also be much better for National Security don't forget we basically protect Canada again we are not spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year to protect Canada that's just made up Canada is one of our closest military and economic allies Canadian troops served alongside American troops in
• 23:30 - 24:00 Afghanistan Iraq and the Balkans as did Danish troops by the way Canada is a NATO Ally with a very strong Army we're simply not going to invade Canada and Trump conceded that himself he did however threatened to slap a 25% tariff on all Goods imported from Canada and Mexico scrapping the US Mexico Canada agreement that he himself negotiated in 2020 and ditching NAFTA Canadian immigration Minister Mark Miller called the whole idea of Canada
• 24:00 - 24:30 becoming an American state ridiculous and likened the idea to a South Park episode former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that he privately shut down Trump's jokes if they were that about annexing Canada by proposing instead that we exchange in a territorial swap I'm assuming he didn't bring up his intention to publicly say he was going to Annex through economic means your country it actually it actually sort of came up at one point and and then we we started musing uh back and forth about this and when I I
• 24:30 - 25:00 started to suggest well maybe there could be a trade for Vermont or California from uh for for certain parts uh he immediately decided that it was not not that funny anymore and we moved on to a different conversation and if Trump thinks he's going to bully Canada into becoming a vessel state with punishing tariffs he's likely mistaken Trudeau has signaled that he's willing to impose dollar for dooll retaliatory tariffs on American exports to Canada so good luck but okay brass tax if Trump orders the Army to invade Canada it
• 25:00 - 25:30 would be wildly illegal and also there would be no one to stop him certainly not his secretary of defense to carry out an order from president Trump to seize Greenland a territory of our NATO Alli Denmark Senator I will emphasize that President Trump received 77 million votes to be the lawful Commander talking the election my question is would you use mil our military to take over Greenland or an ally uh of of Denmark Senator one of
• 25:30 - 26:00 the things that President Trump is so good at is never strategically tipping his hand again thanks chief justice Roberts we couldn't have done this without you thanks Liz now I know it might seem hard to believe but stories like these are almost always more nuanced and complex than Donald Trump would have us believe and oftentimes the important details are hidden because of media bias this particular story was covered by 391 news sources with about 40% on right-wing media 35% from the center and 25 5% from left of center media and when you examine the headlines
• 26:00 - 26:30 you start to see some very different frames emerge that shape how readers interpret and understand the events that are unfolding on the right headlines emphasize Trump's claim that acquiring Greenland is an absolute necessity well on the left headlines typically focus on Greenland's leaders shutting Trump down using phrases like Greenland says Nope or calling Trump's proposals Goofy and a common theme from Center sources is simply reporting that acquiring Greenland is something that Trump quote wants to do without using emotionally charged language which itself is a form of bias but the headlines you read first have immense power to shape how you understand the news and that's why I
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