In this episode, Matt and I react to President Trump’s stunning message to Norway’s Prime Minister: because Norway “decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 wars,” he no longer feels “an obligation to think purely of Peace” — and now demands “Complete and Total Control of Greenland” from Denmark.
From petty whining about the Nobel snub to threatening 10% tariffs (rising to 25%) on eight European allies (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, Netherlands, Finland, UK) unless they hand over Greenland — this is peak Trump chaos.
We also discuss:
Trump’s childish, un-American pettiness
Parallels to appeasement and loss of U.S. moral authority
Hypotheticals: What if Trump actually invades Greenland?
Domestic fallout: Minnesota ICE brutality, Insurrection Act threats, and normalizing cruelty
Why appeasing authoritarians (at home or abroad) never works
And MUCH more!
Is America becoming the “ugly American”? Are we losing our exceptionalism? Watch as two NeverTrump conservatives grapple with the reality of Trump 2.0.
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