Donald Trump’s desire to occupy Greenland, with a hint of using force, was thoroughly dismantled on Wednesday morning on MS NOW, with “Morning Joe” co-host Joe Scarborough bluntly calling the presidential obsession ”insane.”
With increased reporting that the president has moved on from his Venezuela occupation to eyeing Greenland, to the dismay of NATO nations, Scarborough lectured supporters of Trump about the massive damage it would do to international relations
.Using the Wall Street Journal’s criticism of Trump’s Greenland gambit as a leaping off point, and noting the White House defense of its plans has always been an “option,” he told the panel, “No, it's not an option unless you are absolutely insane, unless you want to turn your back on what the United States of America has been doing since 1945, which has created, let me say this again for idiots out there that say, ‘Oh, well, America's been suckers.’ No, no, everything we've set up; the world order that we set up starting in 1947, led to the American century, led to American dominance, led to America's military by and far being the strongest military in the history of mankind. Led us to be the most powerful country when it comes to soft power, led us to become the most powerful economic machine in history in world history.”
“These billionaires running around saying stupid s--- like this, these are the same billionaires that are billionaires because of the world order that we created in this country post-1945,” he continued. “That world order begins to crumble piece by piece by piece when you start undermining the NATO alliance by talking about invading a NATO ally.”
“Let me just say again, because I understand that there are a lot of people that say things like this, that it's a military option,” he added. “That, I don't know, maybe, maybe they're playing with coloring books before they say things like this. Let me explain again: the United States GDP is around $25, 26, 27 trillion. Europe's, the EU’s GDP is around $23, 24, 25 trillion. Russia's is like $1.4 trillion. It's how powerful we are when we stand shoulder to shoulder next to our allies that help us defeat Nazism, that help us defeat communism, that will help us together overcome the threat from China.”
“And we're talking about Venezuela, when China is eating our lunch across the globe,” he observed. “We're talking about Greenland when China is eating our lunch across the globe. We're talking about all of these 19th century pursuits when China is rushing headfirst into the 21st century race militarily, economically, diplomatically.”
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