'Outrageous': Rep. Jim McGovern Slams Trump's Rhetoric on Taking Panama, Greenland & Canada

At a news conference Tuesday, President-elect Donald Trump renewed his threats against Gaza, Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal as he continues to push an agenda of extreme U.S. imperialism. Democratic Congressmember Jim McGovern calls Trump's comments "outrageous," "ridiculous" and, ultimately, a distraction from his planned abandonment of social services. We also discuss social networking behemoth Meta's announcement that it is ending its fact-checking program, in what's being seen as a capitulation to Trump and conservative media disinformation campaigns, and how President Biden's unqualified support for Israel's assault on Gaza violates multiple U.S. human rights laws.

[DeathBDishonor]

The "anti war" candidate, sounds like he's beating the War drum's to me.

[logicstream]

Who more fitting than Donald J Trump as president to usher in America's inevitable demise.

[lindadeal]

We appreciate you, Amy, please keep up the good work.

[OK-pifq]

This level of crazy is a sign we are a deeply sick nation, and it only took 50 years of propaganda from the rich.

[thomasvronding]

greetings from denmark... love tho see you still have people like Jim McGovern over there.. give me alittle hope for americans..👏👏👏

[Bulldog]

Greenland belongs to the people of Greenland!
Greenland is currently an autonomous region within the Kingdom of Denmark. We are Danish citizens. Our dream is full independence. Together with Denmark we stood by US when they evoked article 5 for the first time in History, we fought by you side for decades and lost proportionally the same as you did in in the wars we fought together. Now you wanna backstab us??
We, most emphatically, DO NOT want to become another, abused, neglected overseas territory of the US. The idea that you can just send someone in here with a bunch of money and we’d sell our country, is ludicrous. All we have to do is to see how the US has, and is treating its indigenous populations in Alaska and in the continental US. We have no illusions about being treated any differently under US rule.
Greenland has formally been a territory of Denmark since 1721, long before the U.S. was even a sovereign country.
In 1979, Greenland got autonomy and a Home Rule government was elected. This was achieved, not through bloodshed and war but through peaceful negotiations. A situation pretty unique in a world where most colonized people have had to pay for any independence with their blood.
The authority of the Government of Greenland, and its parliament, was further expanded in 2009. The Greenland government and parliament make unilateral decisions on almost all domestic issues.
The members of the parliament are elected every four years through free and fully democratic elections. However, some areas are still determined by Denmark such as defense, foreign policy, citizenship, and the judiciary system. Denmark does not, however, enact or decide any laws in these areas that concern Greenland without consulting first with our own lawgivers.
The ties between Greenland and Denmark go way beyond history, politics or money. There are many deep family ties. Many people in Greenland have a Danish ancestor or ancestors or Danish family members.
Our society is modeled on the Scandinavian system of tax payed healthcare, education, social services etc. Currently Denmark subsidizes Greenland annually with the equivalent of around 600 million US dollars.
To think that the US would ever willingly pay even a fraction of that to Greenland is insanely naive. The US has never paid as much as a penny in rent to Greenland for the land they have annexed/occupied for their military bases.
The US already strategically controls Greenland, through their military base in the northern part of Greenland. There is no chance of the Russians or the Chinese coming in here with any military might.

No, trump isn’t worried about the Russians or the Chinese coming to Greenland. That is an excuse. No, he wants full control so he can strip mine Greenland with impunity of any and all mineral wealth, raping her blind and leaving nothing but death, destruction and pollution in his wake. This is what his MAGA goons mean when they talk about “development”.
We don’t want your system of government, we don’t want your model of society with its crazed gun culture, insane medical bills and costly education only for the rich. You have no freedoms that we don’t already have. Our society is not perfect, but yours is definitely not worthy of emulation.
We can’t do much if the orange menace wants to act like Hitler and annex/occupy us. Our population is small and not heavily armed.
But such an aggressive act towards a friendly, peaceful neighbor and ally, would certainly not win the US any new friends on the world stage. They would probably lose several of the ones they have now as other countries would justifiable fear a U.S. take over. Trump may think he’s joking or that it’s fun to threaten the sovereignty of other sovereign nations as he has done to Canada, Greenland, Panama and Mexico. But this kind of rhetoric is dangerous in a world as volatile as ours. To dismiss his comments is foolish, as he, like Hitler did, has plenty of followers who are ready and willing to carry out his wishes of a violent take over of territories not belonging to the US.
The US under trump would gain far more through peaceful coexistence and trade…and as our leaders in Greenland have stated: We are open for business, but we are definitely not for sale and I`ll fight for my country so bring it on anyhow you like..

[Chris-qgzo]

4 years of mass stupidity, can America survive this fool?

[asmiram-ss]

he would steal other people's land like the criminal netanyahu

[terrygaier]

I can’t believe America elected this mad man again😡 so crazy!

[merkaaaaat]

Has Orwell’s 1984 been banned across the country yet? Because we are about to devolve into that dystopia.

[dmon]

Who in the hell thought this could be good ? Embarrassed to call myself an American 😢

[user_user]

It would be absolutely nuts to try to expand U.S. territory in ANY way. Even taking a small island in the Pacific could lead to global conflict.

[cathlaurs]

"Giving the Panama Canal to Panama was a very big mistake". WTHell?
This man is utterly crazy 🫤

[KoolKats]

What we need for security is a Real president, one with more brains and less mouth.

[Salara]

Get out of the shock stage and start the stop him stage already USA..

[muutron]

The "people who weren't prosecuted - people who were doing some bad things weren't prosecuted". Very rich...coming from the felon who sent the mob to attack the capitol and congress on Jan 6th (who hasn't been prosecuted.

[andrewjameshenderson]

Excellent interview. Good to know that there are still a few good people left in American government. Courage, Mr. McGovern! 🌹

[Beaker]

People talk about it being a distraction and that it is unlikely, but no one in politics nor media (including this video) has come out and said that trying to take over a fellow democratic ally by "force" is WRONG. As a Canadian, that is the one thing that makes me concerned because there doesn't seem to be any actual opposition to his ideas.

[RobbyLakeMusic]

Real news with uncompromised quality❤
Thank you miss Goodman!

[davidhinkley]

It is disgusting and he is disgusting but we know his tactics. 1. Go haywire with demands to "win" negotiations; 2. Convince the unstable and religious that a thing is true so they and other criminals will do their (usually violent) crimes on his behalf, and; 3. Keep the headlines no matter what.