Justin Wolfers
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The thing that's more remarkable than what's happening in the markets is what's happening in the world.
The president woke up and decided the United States needed Greenland, which had never been part of the US, well, not never, in recent years hadn't been part of the US security planning at all.
And he's saying he wants to buy it, take it, something it, rename it.
No one's quite sure what.
And he's putting tariffs.
on countries who've sent vast forces of up to dozens of troops to defend Greenland from American hostile aggression.
That is astonishing on its face.
I know that your podcast is called Markets.
Mate, sometimes we've got to pause on the world.
The world's where the action is.
So yes, markets are responded to this.
I'm not sure I'd give exactly the same explanation that you would, Ed.
So here's the problem, right?
The bloke comes up with a harebrained idea every day.
Nine out of 10 times he tacos.
Trump always chickens out.
And the world moves on.