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Warner: "We've had American intervention in Syria, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Nigeria, Venezuela, maybe Greenland where he would blow up NATO. Did you see the Brits and Germans are putting troops in Greenland because they want to send a message. How is this leading to price stability, bringing down costs?"

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The way Warner talks about this almost has an underlying assumption that this was just 'play' inside the acceptable lines of Pres power. There is a deep rot in the political class here. This isn't 1895 or more like 800s. The US should not be raiding countries like Vikings. Period. WTF is going on?!

It is bad because those things are dangerous and unproductive, not just because it is keeping them from dealing with affordability, which they don’t want to do.

Just remember Congress while finger wagging the Democrat 'leadership' (joking) of Schumer and Jeffries want in no way to defund ICE and are fine with it. Think about that long and hard for what the 'resistance' party is doing. They don't march, they don't give a shit.

If you're going to as rhetorical questions about Trump's policies they should be, "How is this making America Great?" "Are we really increasing the largest military in the world to fend of threats from Yemen, Syria and Venezuela?" "Doesn't that make the U.S. look incredibly weak?"

Trump, will back down. Bullies back down when they are confronted. Trump, is all hat and no cattle. (All talk no action) His handlers know he is easily manipulated. He does insane things on a whim. Thinking isn’t his long suit.

First thing is he's been in a soft withdrawal from NATO since his first administration and the second is the he wants to crash the economy so the modern robber barons can buy everything in our country, he's already removed consumer protections and wants to eliminate Union organizations and the EPA

That's a good enough response, but dems need to criticize these things in and of themselves. Tying them to the cost of living implies that this would all be OK if not for the economic effect. Moral arguments are more powerful than practical ones.

Trump won't be satisfied until America looks like IRAN so that he can enact the Insurrection Act . Republican MAGA World is going to be responsible for the down fall of America and they themselves will also be affected in a negative way. Everyone should read up on the down fall of Rome.

Trump insists he needs Greenland for national security. If the US doesn't take Greenland, then China or Russia will, he says. But any move on Greenland would trigger Article 5, so I dont see Russia or China trying to take it.

People have forgotten how the people of England benefited from the colonial times. Americans will enjoy the same benefits of squalor, death and disease while the elites like Thiel (German) and Musk ( South African ) and Andreeson (?) and Singer (?) suffer Will Americans really want to die 4 them?

Our economy is hanging on by its fingernails. If we invade Greenland, Europe has threatened sanctions targeting our tech and banking industries. This will push us harder into recession. It will take years/decades for the US to rebuild its goodwill. They will not trust us again, possibly ever.

We have military bases there already! We can just buy the minerals on the market already!! My only thought is that it would be a great place for a whole bunch of gulags. It’s so much easier to imprison political opponents without trial on illegally occupied islands…

I know, but the Orange Anus needs to flex. Let build a joint base that helps us and them. It’s a sham. Trump wants hemisphere takeover. He’s only interested in taking over. Yeah, Gulags there would be a terror.

With enough pressure, Congress could force the DOJ to engage an impartial third-party group like McKinsey or Boston Consulting to review the Epstein Files to ensure that the survivors names (and only the survivors names) are redacted. They would also be perfect to FOLLOW THE MONEY! #EpsteinFiles

I figured out the resource grab days after he was sworn in.

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Have you noticed that Trump is trying to lay claim to any areas that have a coastline that comes along with exclusive economic zones? When I say it's about Russia wanting access to the world's resources, I'm not joking. Saudi Arabia has already said they plan to own all the energy.

It’s time Greenland turned over the US Base to England, France, Australia and even Germany and kicked America Out. Nothing would send a Clearer Picture than doing exactly that!

"When the state kills first and invents the threat afterward, it is not policing, it is death squad behavior." ~ Yannick Veilleux-Lepage, PhD Associate Professor at the Royal Military College of Canada

Mark Warner asks the right question, to which Kernan (who we all know is indeed a Trump guy!) stammers and has no response. None of this is helping America's economy or American security.

I'm curious if Democrats are going to continue to ape 2024 talking points (That were just used as a flashpoint for outrage to galvanize the base and give them a talking point) or if they're going to wake up to the fact there are more important things to be talking about right now?

NATO was started by 12 founding members, including the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations, who signed the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949 to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. So if China or Russia tried to take Greenland, we would HAVE to defend it.

Your "Docent" role during this reign of terror isn't as comforting as your, and other representatives, solutions might be.. You were elected to be aware and protect democracy not just report on its downfall.

We need to bring back the Lincoln Douglas style of debates and get back to basic values of some sort. Our political class is just all in on this empire mindset. And sorry to break it to them but the empire just died. It was built on values which we abandoned; now someone else is going to step up.

If Trump invades Greenland- part of EU, UK, and Canada’s response will be to call in their debt on the US. China will then join in. Causing the instant collapse of the American economy.

It sounds like he’s thinking “How do I convince Americans they need to preserve this alliance that helped us win WW2 and the Cold War? How can I convince them this is important? Idk. Maybe the price of eggs.” Are Americans really this dense? Maybe so.

No one is talking about how this is Putin’s wet dream, NATO nations facing off against each other. Putin is getting his ass kicked in Ukraine and he’s sending the US in a downward spiral. When do we admit Trump is compromised? And if you think Epstein files are bad wait til we see the Kompromat.

Democratic leaders need to just come out and say it every time they are in front of the camera, “Trump is insane and needs to be removed from office.” They need to say the quiet part out loud, get people talking about it.

I don't think the direction MSN has embraced having table discussions with us vs themism is helpful or an appropriate journalistic method. It's annoying, points/facts get lost trying to appease other participants feelings, it doesn't work for me.

Opponents of Trumposhenko's Mobocracy keep trying to ARGUE about what MAGA Mafia does. While moral and decent folks ARGUE, MAGA Mafia just smacks them in the face and walks right over them. They don't care about the argument, ya'll. They just take what they want and dare us to do anything.

Fiddling job and import/export figures, harassing the Fed Chair, potentially having to repay tariffs, having ICE cause mayhem, causing internal strife on health welfare and housing will eventually cause the dollar to weaken further. Trump seems hell bent on DESTROYING THE US ECONOMY

But you also have to speak to them in a language they are willing to hear. Yes what he is doing is wrong on so many levels, but it’s an unfortunate reality that a vast group of people only start listening when it affects their wallet/daily lives

It's argued in the UK that if Russia or China were seriously intent upon occupying Greenland, then it should be NATO that came to its defence - not the US unilaterally. The purpose of potentially sending British troops into Greenland would also be to resolve Trumps 'security concerns' argument

Yeah, but dump people cannot comprehend too many things. That’s why many stupid Americans voted Trump because the price of eggs are too high, right? They’re not intelligent, ethical nor critical thinkers.

He's not saying that. At all. That's leftist mythology. What he is saying, is that Trump is doing a ton of horrible stuff. Oh, and also, to the maga racists in the back who don't care that he is horrible and racist and elected this POS - he's not improving your economic life one bit either.

That is absolutely not what he's saying. He is saying alienating our allies how is that going to stabilize the economy, think tariffs. They no longer share intelligence with us, how does that keep us safe? try to look at the bigger picture.

And trampling the Constitution. Yeah, totally agree. This isn't a policy debate any longer. It's a how do we get the madman out of the WH before we see WWIII and the destruction of our free society.

We already control Greenland. It’s a demented waste of money to “annex” Greenland when we’ve already got a military base there and a mining/mineral treaty with Denmark. Meanwhile people in US can’t afford groceries. He should really make it clear that we already have a huge military base there

I don’t often watch CNBC, but did catch this interview and was kind of shocked by Kernen’s attitude of —but we’re making money, so your points are invalid. 🙄

Absolutely. Kernen is a crappy journalist and is angling for a job at Fox. Good riddance. I watch for CNBC for unvarnished news on business and the economy. I don’t need a white house lackey trying to spin the crap out of crazy Don pronouncements.

klausie: great description of Joe Kiernan. I can't stomach any of his interviews with Trump's cabinet. Softball questions lobbed easily.

exactly how to make the case DEMS want better things for constituents, Repub want more for themselves (and especially their donors). Renovation of WH when so many working Americans are without health and food options? It's 100% wrong.

If Trump invades Greenland it will be a declaration of war. I hope he realises that over 40 US military bases in Europe WILL be captured by the allies. All nukes too. I don’t think the rest of NATO & the EU are messing about here. FAFO Donald. To stop this I strongly suggest they get rid of him soon

People who care more about the price of groceries than they do about citizen protestors getting shot in the face while using their 1A rights are idiotic assholes, but I guess we need their votes too. Sigh.

The Democrats are all on message about keeping prices down and trying to avoid the fact that the current administration is occupying cities and killing citizens

Also as long as oil companies aren't committing to investments in Venezuela, increased production and lower energy prices are a pipe dream! That is not to say that the intervention was legitimate otherwise!

This kind of messaging just shows how completely out of touch the Dems are with the American people. If prices were low, these are still ILLEGAL actions. Why minimize the danger these actions are putting every American in?

God I hate the passive voice from Dems. Just say he lied about being the peace president or fixing the economy. He lied about going after the worst of the worst. He has lied about America first and money collected from tariffs.

Europe should act: 1. Ban #X and #facebook immediately for spreading misinformation like RT 2. Threaten to boycott #FIFA 2026 like Moscow 1980 3. Plan to sanction hard on Google, Meta, Amazon, Apple, if US gos ahead. US stock market is Trumps vulnerable point, if they tumble, he falls

NATO is discussing making a permanent military base in Greenland bear in mind we already have one there as well so how's that going to work out? Certainly not peacefully

Warner: We would be fine with invading countries, stealing their oil, bombing indiscriminately, staging military occupations of U.S. cities and not releasing the Epstein files--if eggs were a little cheaper

Yeah, his statement is weak and completely missing the mark. His thinking should be, 'I have air time, I want to use it to reach out and let people know what needs to be done and what my plans are to take down fascism and Dictator-Don.

It isn’t. Trump is a master chaotician and dealer in disaster politics. The only thing I have to say is Hands Off Greenland! That’s just a resource grab and therefore is international grand theft larceny. Despicable. As with everything he does. As well as inexcusable.

Speaking of costs; US debt is a major rudder steering and stabilizing us through what are now iceberg laden seas. Someone should consider what happens when debt is called and countries divest.

Joe Kernan is a moron if he thinks anything good is coming from Trump. Trump ran up our debt by $8 TRILLION in his first term, a record for a single term. What's the over/under on this term? $10T? $15T?