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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 he calls up the national security advisor and he says, yeah, I would like to volunteer myself as a secret private envoy. to Denmark and negotiate the purchase of Greenland. Well, Bolton demurs on having Ron Lauder as our secret envoy to Denmark, but he has to sort of placate Trump and he orders some of his national security aides to begin working up various options for Greenland.

And he calls up the national security advisor and he says, yeah, I would like to volunteer myself as a secret private envoy. to Denmark and negotiate the purchase of Greenland. Well, Bolton demurs on having Ron Lauder as our secret envoy to Denmark, but he has to sort of placate Trump and he orders some of his national security aides to begin working up various options for Greenland.

And he calls up the national security advisor and he says, yeah, I would like to volunteer myself as a secret private envoy. to Denmark and negotiate the purchase of Greenland. Well, Bolton demurs on having Ron Lauder as our secret envoy to Denmark, but he has to sort of placate Trump and he orders some of his national security aides to begin working up various options for Greenland.

And by the way, Bolton is one of a number of national security types who believes that Greenland is a very important strategic place. You know, not so much because of the minerals, which initially attracted Donald Trump, but because of its strategic location, the competition with Russia and China over the North and the like. And so he recognized that publicly talking about purchasing Greenland

And by the way, Bolton is one of a number of national security types who believes that Greenland is a very important strategic place. You know, not so much because of the minerals, which initially attracted Donald Trump, but because of its strategic location, the competition with Russia and China over the North and the like. And so he recognized that publicly talking about purchasing Greenland

And by the way, Bolton is one of a number of national security types who believes that Greenland is a very important strategic place. You know, not so much because of the minerals, which initially attracted Donald Trump, but because of its strategic location, the competition with Russia and China over the North and the like. And so he recognized that publicly talking about purchasing Greenland

would be very antithetical to the goal of achieving more cooperation with Greenland, because it would mean exactly what we've seen, which is that Denmark gets its back up, which is that everybody is polarized and divided by Donald Trump. At any rate, so that's the backstory. And so I wasn't surprised at all when

would be very antithetical to the goal of achieving more cooperation with Greenland, because it would mean exactly what we've seen, which is that Denmark gets its back up, which is that everybody is polarized and divided by Donald Trump. At any rate, so that's the backstory. And so I wasn't surprised at all when

would be very antithetical to the goal of achieving more cooperation with Greenland, because it would mean exactly what we've seen, which is that Denmark gets its back up, which is that everybody is polarized and divided by Donald Trump. At any rate, so that's the backstory. And so I wasn't surprised at all when

Greenland came right back up after Trump won reelection, even though I think for most people, they were like, what the hell is this all about? Great example. Like there's nothing new with Donald Trump. He thinks what he thinks.

Greenland came right back up after Trump won reelection, even though I think for most people, they were like, what the hell is this all about? Great example. Like there's nothing new with Donald Trump. He thinks what he thinks.

Greenland came right back up after Trump won reelection, even though I think for most people, they were like, what the hell is this all about? Great example. Like there's nothing new with Donald Trump. He thinks what he thinks.

Yeah, I'm not even clear on what terms those two are actually on these days. You know, he was supporting Trump, then he was falling out like a lot of these gazillionaires, and then... Many of them, of course, went back to sucking up to Trump. But I haven't heard much about him lately. And, you know, Trump obviously has his own very strong views on the makeup front.

Yeah, I'm not even clear on what terms those two are actually on these days. You know, he was supporting Trump, then he was falling out like a lot of these gazillionaires, and then... Many of them, of course, went back to sucking up to Trump. But I haven't heard much about him lately. And, you know, Trump obviously has his own very strong views on the makeup front.

Yeah, I'm not even clear on what terms those two are actually on these days. You know, he was supporting Trump, then he was falling out like a lot of these gazillionaires, and then... Many of them, of course, went back to sucking up to Trump. But I haven't heard much about him lately. And, you know, Trump obviously has his own very strong views on the makeup front.

Tim, thank you. I'm hoping that you don't move into 24-hour-a-day podcasting mode. I might have to. It's your own thing.

Tim, thank you. I'm hoping that you don't move into 24-hour-a-day podcasting mode. I might have to. It's your own thing.

Tim, thank you. I'm hoping that you don't move into 24-hour-a-day podcasting mode. I might have to. It's your own thing.

I surrender.