Susan Glasser

You know, Tim, this one is I'm glad you brought it up, because when Peter and I were reporting the divider after Trump left office the first term, we weren't really focused on, well, we should do some reporting about the whole Greenland incident. Like, you know, like many people, it was treated as a laugh line when he brought it up first in August of 2020.

You know, Tim, this one is I'm glad you brought it up, because when Peter and I were reporting the divider after Trump left office the first term, we weren't really focused on, well, we should do some reporting about the whole Greenland incident. Like, you know, like many people, it was treated as a laugh line when he brought it up first in August of 2020.

You know, Tim, this one is I'm glad you brought it up, because when Peter and I were reporting the divider after Trump left office the first term, we weren't really focused on, well, we should do some reporting about the whole Greenland incident. Like, you know, like many people, it was treated as a laugh line when he brought it up first in August of 2020.

And it became public and it was really kind of treated like a laugh line, you know, Trump and his grandiose ways. And obviously that's not going to happen. Ha ha ha. He's really kind of crazy. That was the summer of 2019.

And it became public and it was really kind of treated like a laugh line, you know, Trump and his grandiose ways. And obviously that's not going to happen. Ha ha ha. He's really kind of crazy. That was the summer of 2019.

And it became public and it was really kind of treated like a laugh line, you know, Trump and his grandiose ways. And obviously that's not going to happen. Ha ha ha. He's really kind of crazy. That was the summer of 2019.

Well, then we started doing the reporting after Trump left office and a number of his former White House officials, including a very senior economic official, actually not national security official, mentioned to us. hey, you know, he was really serious about that Greenland thing. And actually, it wasn't a laugh line. And he had brought it up a lot.

Well, then we started doing the reporting after Trump left office and a number of his former White House officials, including a very senior economic official, actually not national security official, mentioned to us. hey, you know, he was really serious about that Greenland thing. And actually, it wasn't a laugh line. And he had brought it up a lot.

Well, then we started doing the reporting after Trump left office and a number of his former White House officials, including a very senior economic official, actually not national security official, mentioned to us. hey, you know, he was really serious about that Greenland thing. And actually, it wasn't a laugh line. And he had brought it up a lot.

And I had even had a decision memo that was circulating in the White House. And we were really intrigued by that. So then when we were doing the reporting for the book, we started asking, you know, everyone we could think of, hey, wait, you know, is it true? Like that he was really interested in this Greenland thing. And we eventually...

And I had even had a decision memo that was circulating in the White House. And we were really intrigued by that. So then when we were doing the reporting for the book, we started asking, you know, everyone we could think of, hey, wait, you know, is it true? Like that he was really interested in this Greenland thing. And we eventually...

And I had even had a decision memo that was circulating in the White House. And we were really intrigued by that. So then when we were doing the reporting for the book, we started asking, you know, everyone we could think of, hey, wait, you know, is it true? Like that he was really interested in this Greenland thing. And we eventually...

pulled on the thread and discovered that in fact, it never became public. But Trump was obsessed for years in his first term with purchasing Greenland. Privately, he was bringing it up at cabinet meetings. We talked to one of his former cabinet secretaries who said they literally were like, oh my God, this is crazy. What is he talking about? And this was years before it became public.

pulled on the thread and discovered that in fact, it never became public. But Trump was obsessed for years in his first term with purchasing Greenland. Privately, he was bringing it up at cabinet meetings. We talked to one of his former cabinet secretaries who said they literally were like, oh my God, this is crazy. What is he talking about? And this was years before it became public.

pulled on the thread and discovered that in fact, it never became public. But Trump was obsessed for years in his first term with purchasing Greenland. Privately, he was bringing it up at cabinet meetings. We talked to one of his former cabinet secretaries who said they literally were like, oh my God, this is crazy. What is he talking about? And this was years before it became public.

Then when John Bolton, his third national security advisor, comes in in March of 2018, so again, really a long time before we ever heard about it, at one of his first private meetings with Donald Trump in the Oval Office, Trump tells him, hey, there's this really interesting idea that's come up, you know, from a friend of mine that we should purchase Greenland.

Then when John Bolton, his third national security advisor, comes in in March of 2018, so again, really a long time before we ever heard about it, at one of his first private meetings with Donald Trump in the Oval Office, Trump tells him, hey, there's this really interesting idea that's come up, you know, from a friend of mine that we should purchase Greenland.

Then when John Bolton, his third national security advisor, comes in in March of 2018, so again, really a long time before we ever heard about it, at one of his first private meetings with Donald Trump in the Oval Office, Trump tells him, hey, there's this really interesting idea that's come up, you know, from a friend of mine that we should purchase Greenland.

And, you know, you'll be hearing from him and you need to get on this. And sure enough, The phone rings and it's this cosmetics gazillionaire, Ron Lauder, who's been a friend of Trump's for decades. In fact, they went to the University of Pennsylvania together. I kid you not.

And, you know, you'll be hearing from him and you need to get on this. And sure enough, The phone rings and it's this cosmetics gazillionaire, Ron Lauder, who's been a friend of Trump's for decades. In fact, they went to the University of Pennsylvania together. I kid you not.