Greenland Prepares for Trump Invasion
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What is the threat of Trump's potential invasion of Greenland?
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How do world leaders react to Trump's Greenland ambitions?
I'm Ben Rhodes. Ben, we have a five-alarm Pod Save the World fire. Did you see that Trump has threatened to slap a 200% tariff on all French wine?
I know. There goes the Bordeaux. I thought of you. I know.
Wither the Bordeaux.
Could finally make me keep my New Year's resolution to drink less.
Drink more beer?
Yeah.
Drink more bourbon. Speaking of beer, I just got back from London. What a great city. It's fantastic. The pub culture is so fun. Just like sitting outside. It's fucking cold as hell. People are ripping heaters sitting outside. Actually, less smoking than I expected to see in London.
Yeah, it's down a little bit, but the drinking is still robust. Seemed up. So is the calorie count at this pub. Sunday roasts, those are fantastic. Nothing like tucking into like a giant pie of meat.
Oh, yeah. I had a pie with like mashed and something else. Some egg like… deep fried in a ball of meat or something like that. It was really good.
What are the implications of Trump's military threats to Iran?
Although I did get there. I turned on BBC News. I was like, I don't know. Let's see what's on TV. Nigel Farage right in my grill with what's his name? Robert Jenrick who just defected to the reform side. Coming in hot. It was, um, it's like, ugh, that guy. Come on. Although it was fun watching their press, like, actually kind of, like, take the piss out of them and ask, like, super shitty questions and kind of make fun of them a bit. I was like, where's that, guys? U.S. Press Corps?
There's no, like, Politico playbook, you know, uh, Nigel making things interesting.
Well, there's no like Lindell TV in the room.
Give it a minute. Maybe they'll get a UK correspondent for Lindell TV.
Yeah, I guess there are a bunch of Murdoch rags in the room, but whatever. We got a lot to cover today, Ben. We're going to start with Greenland, which is the dumbest and yet potentially the most consequential international crisis in, I don't know, decades. Then we're going to talk about why Donald Trump told millions of Iranian protesters that he would rescue them and to go into the streets and to take over the government and then did nothing when thousands of them were massacred.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the threat of Trump's potential invasion of Greenland?
0:00–2:19
2
How do world leaders react to Trump's Greenland ambitions?
2:19–3:09
3
What are the implications of Trump's military threats to Iran?
3:09–4:38
4
What is the significance of the 'Board of Peace' in international relations?
4:38–6:04
5
How is the ceasefire between the Syrian government and Kurdish forces evolving?
6:04–7:28
6
What challenges does Grok's AI face in the global landscape?
7:28–9:18
7
What insights does Yousra Elbagir provide about Uganda's contested election?
9:18–11:18
8
What are the broader implications for democracy in Africa as discussed in this episode?
11:18–1:35:21