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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The Trump administration shows no sign of dropping its desire to take over Greenland. After a meeting today with Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the foreign minister of Denmark, of which Greenland is an autonomous territory, says fundamental differences remain.
Chapter 2: What recent actions has the Trump administration taken regarding Greenland?
Here's NPR's Jackie Northam.
Danish Foreign Minister Lars-Locke Rasmussen says the meeting at the White House followed what he called a number of remarkable comments by President Trump on wanting to acquire Greenland, a semi-autonomous region of Denmark, even if by force. Rasmussen agrees that Arctic security is important, but not at any price.
And of course we have to respond to this. The big difference is whether that must lead to a situation where U.S. acquire Greenland, and that is absolutely not necessary.
Rasmussen says Denmark is open to an increased U.S. presence in Greenland. He says during the Cold War, the U.S. had 17 military installations there. Now it has one. A high-level working group is due to meet again in a few weeks to continue talks. Jackie Northam, NPR News.
The administration plans to stop processing visa applications from foreign applicants it suspects will require public assistance to live in the U.S. The State Department has identified 75 countries, including Russia, Iran, Afghanistan, and Somalia.
Democratic Senator Alyssa Slotkin of Michigan says she is under investigation after she participated in a video with five other lawmakers urging members of the military to refuse illegal orders. A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia declined to confirm or deny the inquiry. NPR's Sam Greenglass reports.
President Trump called the video message treasonous and amplified a social media post calling for the six Democrats to be hanged. Slotkin said she received a thousand credible threats and a bomb scare.
Truth doesn't matter. Facts don't matter. And anyone who disagrees with him becomes an enemy. And he then weaponizes the federal government against them. It's legal intimidation and physical intimidation meant to get you to shut up.
The Pentagon this week is moving to censure another one of the six lawmakers, Arizona Democratic Senator Mark Kelly, a retired Navy combat pilot. Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Washington.
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