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TexasTowelie

(125,745 posts)
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 06:25 PM 16 hrs ago

Scott Bessent says Greenland 'can only be defended if it is part of the U.S.': Full interview - NBC News



In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defends President Trump’s calls for the U.S. to take over Greenland amid concerns from European allies that an annexation would destroy NATO relations.

Bessent also defends the DOJ probe into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
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Scott Bessent says Greenland 'can only be defended if it is part of the U.S.': Full interview - NBC News (Original Post) TexasTowelie 16 hrs ago OP
Straw man - Who the hell is going to attack Greenland? .... underpants 16 hrs ago #1
Trump is doing a favor to Greenland by invading it. Irish_Dem 16 hrs ago #2
Does that... GiqueCee 16 hrs ago #3
I don't play play clips of that asshole unless BootinUp 15 hrs ago #4

underpants

(195,188 posts)
1. Straw man - Who the hell is going to attack Greenland? ....
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 06:36 PM
16 hrs ago

…. other than us.

Why would they? Their part of NATO and you aren’t getting thing out of there for at least 10 years.

Irish_Dem

(80,104 posts)
2. Trump is doing a favor to Greenland by invading it.
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 06:38 PM
16 hrs ago

Typical of psychopaths.
Victims should be so grateful to him.

GiqueCee

(3,478 posts)
3. Does that...
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 06:42 PM
16 hrs ago

... evil fuck kiss his kids with those lying lips?

It is truly sickening to see such brazen psychopathy spewed with unrepentant arrogance by virtually every member of the Orange Hellbeast's cabinet. None of them could tell the truth about the time of day, never mind about issues of global import.

BootinUp

(50,983 posts)
4. I don't play play clips of that asshole unless
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 06:59 PM
15 hrs ago

Someone is going to set him straight to his face.

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