January 19, 2026 • 23 mins
“Is America becoming the very empire it claims to oppose?”
In today’s fiery episode of The Rant Network, David Solomon and Stuart Brisegell go head‑to‑head over Trump’s escalating push for Greenland, exposing deep cracks in global alliances and raising tough questions about power, coercion, and the future of world order. From questions about a new world order to the harsh realities of geopolitical muscle‑flexing, the debate spirals into tariffs, threats, China, Russia, NATO, and whether America’s “peace through strength” has morphed into “comply or else.” It’s raw, unfiltered, and brutally honest — exactly what real dialogue looks like.
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SPEAKER_00 (00:06):
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen.
Martin Luther King Day in theUnited States, the man who
preached peace, love, unitybetween the African-American
communities, white community,Jewish.
He was one of those preacherswho stood and said, doesn't
matter about skin or race, it'sabout unity, working towards
(00:29):
peace.
And uh normal in his memory,this rant will probably uh talk
about how we have completelygone completely a different
direction.
Uh 60 years, almost 60 yearssince his unfortunate uh
assassination.
Um I believe it was 1968 that hewas assassinated.
What a horrifying.
(00:50):
I was it was before my time, butfrom what I read about Martin
Luther King, and I know I'mgoing a little off track here,
Stuart.
I wish we would teach and hispreachings in schools again, in
universities, in the media.
I wish they would go back andreally read what Martin Luther
King said and not interpret itfor their own political
purposes, but to the essence ofwhat MLK had said.
(01:11):
You know, the United States is ais is a is a very interesting
country right now, today.
And and we're as a as a Canadianwho who actually does care about
what goes on in the news aroundthe world and not just focuses
on one media channel.
Um, it's amazing to see thereaction around the world to
Donald Trump's attempt to bringworld order.
(01:32):
On one hand, you have this Gazacommittee that people are
clamoring to get on.
60 countries were invited,including my dumbass prime
minister, who all want to bethere.
I don't know if they all thinkthey're getting more votes
locally or the Nobel PeacePrize, but that to me is a
complete sham, that whole Gazaboard.
The United Nations nose is bentout of joint because they think
that they're being alienated.
(01:53):
Duh! But what's going on inGreenland is a little weird
because the same people who wantto side with Donald Trump in the
EU, as in England and France andthe rest of those, you know,
lefty crazies and Canada arealso angry at Donald Trump for
the way he's handling Greenland.
Now, yeah, there he's claimingthis strategic need based on
(02:16):
China and Russia and all thiskind of stuff.
And maybe there is a lot ofvalidity to it, and I'm not a
defense specialist, I won't gothere.
But it's the method, it's the dowhat I say, or I will beat you
up.
I will take my bat and ballhome, I will beat you up with
tariffs.
And yes, again, Donald Trump isusing 25% tariffs to those
countries who, even though wejust negotiated a brand new deal
(02:39):
with the UK and the EuropeanUnion, if you don't do what I
said about Greenland and yougive it to me as I demand
tariffs.
Is this the new world order thatwe're in?
Welcome back, ladies andgentlemen to the rent network.
I'm David Solomon.
Stuart wants to cut right inbecause he hates it when I talk
bad about Donald Trump.
Anyways, ladies and gentlemen,the rent network, we're here all
(03:00):
about these crazy crazy issues,stories that you want to talk
about.
Hey guys, people claim thatwe're just a conservative
channel.
Today, you might thinkotherwise.
We're all about ranting aboutreality.
We're we know, yes, we are aconservative platform, yet we
are a realist.
We are allowed to criticize ourown people, and you'll get that
today.
(03:20):
Something that you won't see inother podcasts.
Without further ado, ladies andgentlemen, allow me to present
to you Mr.
Stuart Brisgale, who will sidefor the you know, for the Trump
policy.
Mr.
Brisgell, why is doing his work?
SPEAKER_01 (03:36):
All right, listen, as David liked to politely say,
ladies and gentlemen, throughouthistory, great nations have
understood a simple truth.
Geography matters, it always hasand always will.
No amount of technology,diplomacy, or good intentions
can ease strategic realities ona world map.
(04:01):
Whether it was the pandemic onresources, or it was everyday
trying to get rid of Venezuela.
America became a global leader,not by accident, but by
foresight.
Canada, United States, Canada'sa couple, you know, it's not a
(04:21):
little baby country anymore.
But is it a mark?
Is it a leader?
Let's get down to thenitty-gritty.
We secure our borders.
Well, we did until Biden tookoffice.
We project our trade routes.
Well, clearly we are.
With the fleets all over theoceans, once again, we invest in
strategic territories.
(04:42):
And when opportunities arise tostrengthen our national security
and economic future, preciousgenerations had to act
courageously, like the PanamaCanal.
Greenland presents as one ofthose opportunities.
Not because of conquest, notbecause of empire, which David
will argue being a good littleBritish dissident, but because
(05:07):
responsible leaders requirethinking decades ahead, not just
the next election cycle.
Greenland sits the crossroad ofthe modern world.
It's not remote, it's central.
Position between North Americaand Europe, straddling the
Arctic in the north.
And Greenland is one of the moststrategically valuable pieces on
(05:31):
earth.
Yep.
For the United States, it's nottheoretical, it's practical,
measurable, and urgent.
Let us begin with nationalsecurity.
Let's start there, Dean.
America's greatest vulnerabilityhas always been the northern
approach, which include Canada.
During the Cold War, militaryplanners understood this very
(05:53):
clearly.
China producing the largestamount of icebreakers in
history, with more than anymultiple country on earth.
That's why the United Statesestablished a permanent presence
in Greenland decades ago withthe foresight of seeing the
rising sun.
(06:15):
That presence still existstoday, not only because it's not
disappeared, it's evolved evenmore.
Greenland is a home of criticalearly warning space tracking
systems that protect the UnitedStates, Canada, even Mexico from
missile threats.
These systems are not optimalbecause we don't control the
(06:39):
essential land around it.
They are essential for David andhis fellow Canadians to be safe
because you know they can't, youknow, talk their way out of
everything.
In an age of hypersonic weaponsand cyber warfare and
space-based conflicts, earlydetection is the difference,
(07:00):
which deterrence does matter.
And I think, David, Israel hasproven that early action has
clearly made them the dominantpower in Israel in the Middle
East.
Greenland is the home to thecritical early warning space
tracking system that protectsthe American homeland from
(07:24):
missile threats.
These systems are essential.
If you care about nationaldefense, if you care about
protecting America, families,and infrastructure, and even
Canada, Greenland does matter.
Russia has dramatically expandedits Arctic military footprint as
(07:45):
well.
China has openly declared itsnear Arctic state and investing
heavy in infrastructure in theregion.
Let's be clear.
When authoritarian regimesinvest billions into strategic
regions, they're not doing itout of curiosity, David.
(08:05):
They're doing it for leverage.
If America doesn't lead, someoneelse will.
And clearly it's not Canada.
The leadership requires apresence.
Greenland is the anchor of theArctic influence in the Western
Hemisphere.
Remember that.
Let's talk about economics.
(08:27):
Greenland possesses the largestuntapped reserve of rare earth
minerals.
Yep.
Those are the things that Chinahas denied Canada, United
States, Mexico, Europe.
These aren't luxury items.
They're essential for modernlife.
(08:47):
Semiconductors, electricrenewable systems, medical
technologies, advanced defensesystems.
Today, globally, rare earthminerals are dominated by China.
Yep.
Not Canada, not even Russia,China.
That's not just an economicissue, it's an issue of national
(09:10):
security.
So seriously, countries shouldallow strategic competitors to
control all of the what?
Rare earth minerals on earth.
I don't think that would beconsidered diversifying the
supply chain.
It is not protectionism, it'snot Trumpism, it's prudence.
(09:31):
Developing Greenland's resourcesresponsibly with American
standards and labors, protectactually the Great North more
than India, China, Russia wouldever do.
Canada just does nothing.
Let's be honest.
They have one of the largeststockpiles of oil in the world,
(09:54):
yet they refuse to really diginto the sands.
Now consider trade routes.
The Arctic ice is a new shippinglane that can dramatically
shorten the travel routesbetween two continents.
These routes shape commerceglobally.
(10:16):
Let's now move to the nextthing.
Let's not forget Greenland isnot a land, it's leverage.
Let's address the commonobjections.
Some say, why should Americacare about a territory outside
of its mainland?
Well, history answers thatclearly.
(10:38):
Alaska was once a ridiculousseaword foley.
People like David in Canada andCanadians today, you know, it's
one of the most valuablestrategic assets, rich in
resources, critical for defensefor the United States and
Canada.
The Louisiana Purchase wascontroversial.
(11:01):
So was Florida, so was Texas.
Every generation that's expandedAmerica's strategic debt was
criticized because those wholacked imagination and later
praised history.
This is not imperialism, David.
It's about stewardship.
(11:22):
America has a track record.
America has a track record,developing territories
responsibly, investing ininfrastructure, respecting local
populations, turning strategicassets into shared prosperity.
Any serious discussion aboutGreenland must respect the
(11:45):
people of Greenland and theirright to self-determination.
Cooperation, partnership, andmutual benefit must be central.
Conservatism isn't aboutreckless expansion, it's about
long-term responsibility.
So let me just get to the lastlittle nitty-gritty.
(12:09):
You have one, a point ofnational security, you have two
about geopolitical competition,three, you have natural
resources and economic untappedpotential, historic and personal
factors, and more forcefulrhetoric and leverage.
These are just some of thearguments that David and
(12:34):
David's, you know, let's sayCanadian brethren would love to
uh you know agree with, butlet's be honest, Texas,
Louisiana, Florida, those wereall acquisitions.
Alaska.
(12:54):
So why, David, is Greenland anydifferent than Alaska, Florida,
Texas, or Louisiana?
David.
SPEAKER_00 (13:04):
Since you since you've decided to, as you're
you're so good as an American toinsult me because you lump me in
with Canadians.
And I love when you do that.
And call me a British is rightnow is an insult beyond compare.
So you know what?
I love Americans who just thinkthat they are so freaking
arrogant that they're their topof the world.
Let me start from the verybeginning, Stuart.
(13:24):
I'm not opposed to a purchase,but a purchase was a
negotiation, not a threat.
And that is what exactly whatDonald Trump has done.
It's all about threat.
And you could say it's leveragedthrough power.
And I heard this a thousandtimes.
It's we're gonna bring peacethrough power.
I heard that.
No, I let you run for 10minutes.
Now you need to listen for aminute.
Because when you insult people,you're you're just you're just
(13:47):
no different than liberals.
This is a liberal way of doingthings.
I'll take facts, but I'm gonnainsult you along the way to
really demean you.
Is Canada a superpower?
Absolutely not.
Is Canada doing its power inNATO?
No, it's not.
Is Canada being a world leader?
No, it's not.
But you know what can what youknow what Trump's policy has
done?
And is you're smiling right now,and that you you that that that
(14:09):
arrogant smile, you pushed theUnited States, you pushed all of
the US's allies to negotiatewith China, Qatar, all of the
so-called rogue nations that youyou guys all want to oppose.
You now you've pushed Canada gothere.
Canada's had to alienate theUnited States because it's been
(14:31):
isolated by the Trump policy.
It's gone to China.
Carney was in China to negotiateEV deal.
That's not good for Tesla.
That's not good for the Americanautomaker.
Why?
Because you just beat the shitout of Canada.
So you push Canada to gonegotiate with another
superpower.
(14:52):
And oh, Trump is gonna punishCanada because that's what Trump
does, and that's the way itworks.
America first, Trump first, notworld first.
And I would do, I would arguewith this to say that they want
to purchase Greenland,negotiate.
That's a smug smile.
I love the smug smile.
Just keep it up there, Stuart,because that's what that's what
(15:12):
we what we in the world look atAmericans by saying, you guys
are smug to believe that you'reright.
Let me tell you something.
Here's the difference betweenPutin and Trump.
Putin fired a shot with guns,weapons.
He went to Ukraine with the sameargument.
We need Ukraine for our personaldefense.
(15:34):
Trump is doing the same thingwith Greenland, except he isn't
just firing a shot.
He's using tariffs to beatpeople up and to say, give me
Trump, give it to me under myconditions or else.
This is the Trump doctrine, oras they call it now, the Donro
doctrine.
That Donald Trump has decidedthat he is going to manipulate
world order for himself.
(15:56):
This isn't, yeah, I understandyou're talking about decades
down the road.
Right.
But what you're ignoring,Stuart, is the fact that the
next leader, whether it's a JVVance, who's a hardcore
isolationist, is going to changethe policy for Trump.
If it's the Democrats, they'regoing to change the policy.
It's all, you know, the wholething that you're that's being
(16:18):
created here is for the Don.
Now, I don't think that I agreethat Greenland and NATO and the
European Union have done anexceptionally poor job of
keeping up the defense to keepChina and Russia at bay.
Horrific, this horrific moves.
Okay?
And the US has had to do a lot.
And it's fallen behind underObama and Biden and even under
(16:40):
Trump's Trump V1.
But you've fallen behind in 20years because the European Union
didn't do everything andeverybody just wanted a world
peace.
And in walks in Donald Trump andsays, I'm buying Greenland, and
if you don't give it to me, I'mgonna punish you.
Now, what if the what if thepower whoa whoa whoa you do you
(17:02):
do no you're doing it again?
You don't, no, no, you need tostop.
You went 10 minutes by readingyour script.
You gotta listen now becauseyou're just sitting here giving
America first reasons.
Oh, yeah, listen, it's for oureconomy, it's for our defense,
it's for this, for that.
We bought Florida, we boughtTexas, we bought Alaska, we're
gonna buy Greenland.
Yeah, but it's different, it'snot the same.
(17:22):
The world today is not what itwas in the 19th and 18th
centuries.
And to sit here and to compareand to say we're gonna do it,
treat it, we're just gonna buyGreenland.
If Denmark doesn't want to sellGreenland, what are you gonna
do?
Invade right now.
You've got European and Canadiansoldiers in Greenland.
Are you gonna start a war withEurope just to get Greenland?
(17:44):
Then you're no different thanPutin.
So what and you're no differentthan G.
You are you just listen to whatyou're saying here.
I understand the structure, Iunderstand the strategic, I
understand Stuart.
I understand.
Even though you insulted me, Ihave an under, I have a brain
and I understand the strategicvalue of the minerals and the
(18:04):
positioning.
I totally get it.
What I'm opposed to is to go toan ally and say, give it to me,
or else you didn't like you wentinto Venezuela, you fucked up
Venezuela right now because youdidn't put in the you didn't put
in the power in there.
You put in your own, you haveyour own puppet in there, that's
good.
You're telling me you're gonnafix Iran, you haven't.
Yeah, you're telling me you'regonna fix Gaza, you're fucking
(18:26):
it up even more.
You're not doing it.
This world order that this chaosthat Trump has created isn't
creating world order, it'screating new chaos.
And I would appreciate and I'lltell I'll pass this bum to you.
If trump if Greenland andDenmark, the European Union say
no, who's firing the firstshots, Dor?
SPEAKER_01 (18:48):
You know, I I want to just let's let's backtrack,
you know.
SPEAKER_00 (18:52):
By the way, we're over time here, so let's let's
make it short, buddy, becauseyou'd like to cut me off at 15.
Let's go.
SPEAKER_01 (18:58):
You know, you know, you know, so when when when you
come out swinging with thisinformation, this fact what what
opinion-based give me facts whenpeople when people don't have a
response.
SPEAKER_00 (19:13):
Give me a fact give me a fact I was wrong with.
Give me one fact.
You haven't, you you know, it'sinteresting.
You're you're a liberal.
That's a liberal argument.
Liberal argument.
You're a liberal argument.
Give me the what word, what factdid I put up not put on the
table?
Did he deter Iran?
No.
Iran's still going strong bykilling its people.
Did he deter Gaza?
No, he actually breached his ownprogram when he said that he had
(19:36):
to return all of the hostagesand disarm Hamas to go to phase
one.
Can I just Venezuela?
He said he was gonna put in anew like you do tell me right
now.
All right, I'm gonna shut youdown where you misstep.
SPEAKER_01 (19:53):
Oh let's let's just stop, David.
You're wrong, and let me proveto you why.
Let's talk about facts.
SPEAKER_00 (20:01):
Greenland has nothing to do with the EU.
I asked, no, excuse me.
Denmark?
Who I'm 1985, you smarty pants.
It left the EU to gainself-control.
SPEAKER_01 (20:15):
So I'm sorry, Greenland is no longer a part of
the EU.
SPEAKER_00 (20:18):
Hold on a second.
So why is so why is why isDonald Trump threatening?
SPEAKER_01 (20:24):
I will let the EU into why, David, if you'd rather
talk less and listen more,insult, ladies and gentlemen.
SPEAKER_00 (20:32):
Stewart's up with the insults on Martin Luther
King Day on a peaceful day.
He's coming out of swing.
SPEAKER_01 (20:37):
If you would listen more, you would understand.
SPEAKER_00 (20:40):
Oh once again, I don't understand.
SPEAKER_01 (20:44):
Under the I am trying to explain to you.
I'm trying to explain the policeside history, man.
Come on, that's a great meme.
Okay, okay, okay.
Take a pill, take a pill.
EU left.
Sorry, Greenland left the EU.
Why is Donald Trump forcingpressure on the EU?
(21:05):
Would be the intelligentquestion to ask.
And I will explain it verysimply.
The countries that would opposewould likely be EU, even though
that they have no regulatorycontrol or any negotiating power
with Greenland.
Any law.
That being a fact, the pressureon Europe is mind your affairs,
(21:30):
you have no input.
And if you try to make this yourissue, we're going to put
pressure on you to stay out ofit.
SPEAKER_00 (21:38):
So I understand.
So if I understand correctly, ifAmerica flexes its muscle, no
one should say anything.
I got it.
I got it.
That's it.
That's it.
Ladies and gentlemen, we wewe're we're in we're well into
overtime.
We'll probably need a part twoon Wednesday because Stuart has
got to go home and figure outwhat the hell, what the hell?
No, Stuart, you're listening.
(21:59):
You're right that the EU hasreally shouldn't be saying
anything, and Canada shouldn'tbe saying anything.
Right.
We should just stay quietbecause when a peaceful nation
is being told, listen, I don'tunderstand the United States can
issue policy on any country itdesires, but if somebody opposes
(22:19):
the United States, it'spunished.
Just listen to what you justsaid.
What you're telling us is theAmerican empire will make the
call, and the rest of you justhave to follow suit.
No one is allowed, no one isallowed to oppose the Don.
Is that my understanding thatcorrectly?
SPEAKER_01 (22:38):
No, but you're sounding like a ridiculous and a
liberal today.
SPEAKER_00 (22:43):
Is that what you're telling me?
All right, ladies and gentlemen,that's it.
We're done.
We're done.
I'm cutting them off.
We're done.
Have yourself a wonderful day,guys.
unknown (22:49):
Martin Luther King.
SPEAKER_00 (22:54):
Let's remember Martin Luther King's uh memory,
folks.
It was it's really importantthat we all do so.
And I know uh Stuart and I willcontinue to tear each other
apart because we're good friendsfor so many years.
It's it's all in good spirit andall in good fun, and we still
love each other and we're stillgonna keep on talking and still
have these rants.
Ladies and gentlemen, that'swhat peace is all about, and
that's all what MLK ever wanteddialogue, open communication,
(23:16):
and understanding.
And with that on his memory, wewish you a great Monday.
We'll see you Wednesday.
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen.
Martin Luther King Day in theUnited States, the man who
preached peace, love, unitybetween the African-American
communities, white community,Jewish.
He was one of those preacherswho stood and said, doesn't
matter about skin or race, it'sabout unity, working towards
(00:29):
peace.
And uh normal in his memory,this rant will probably uh talk
about how we have completelygone completely a different
direction.
Uh 60 years, almost 60 yearssince his unfortunate uh
assassination.
Um I believe it was 1968 that hewas assassinated.
What a horrifying.
(00:50):
I was it was before my time, butfrom what I read about Martin
Luther King, and I know I'mgoing a little off track here,
Stuart.
I wish we would teach and hispreachings in schools again, in
universities, in the media.
I wish they would go back andreally read what Martin Luther
King said and not interpret itfor their own political
purposes, but to the essence ofwhat MLK had said.
(01:11):
You know, the United States is ais is a is a very interesting
country right now, today.
And and we're as a as a Canadianwho who actually does care about
what goes on in the news aroundthe world and not just focuses
on one media channel.
Um, it's amazing to see thereaction around the world to
Donald Trump's attempt to bringworld order.
(01:32):
On one hand, you have this Gazacommittee that people are
clamoring to get on.
60 countries were invited,including my dumbass prime
minister, who all want to bethere.
I don't know if they all thinkthey're getting more votes
locally or the Nobel PeacePrize, but that to me is a
complete sham, that whole Gazaboard.
The United Nations nose is bentout of joint because they think
that they're being alienated.
(01:53):
Duh! But what's going on inGreenland is a little weird
because the same people who wantto side with Donald Trump in the
EU, as in England and France andthe rest of those, you know,
lefty crazies and Canada arealso angry at Donald Trump for
the way he's handling Greenland.
Now, yeah, there he's claimingthis strategic need based on
(02:16):
China and Russia and all thiskind of stuff.
And maybe there is a lot ofvalidity to it, and I'm not a
defense specialist, I won't gothere.
But it's the method, it's the dowhat I say, or I will beat you
up.
I will take my bat and ballhome, I will beat you up with
tariffs.
And yes, again, Donald Trump isusing 25% tariffs to those
countries who, even though wejust negotiated a brand new deal
(02:39):
with the UK and the EuropeanUnion, if you don't do what I
said about Greenland and yougive it to me as I demand
tariffs.
Is this the new world order thatwe're in?
Welcome back, ladies andgentlemen to the rent network.
I'm David Solomon.
Stuart wants to cut right inbecause he hates it when I talk
bad about Donald Trump.
Anyways, ladies and gentlemen,the rent network, we're here all
(03:00):
about these crazy crazy issues,stories that you want to talk
about.
Hey guys, people claim thatwe're just a conservative
channel.
Today, you might thinkotherwise.
We're all about ranting aboutreality.
We're we know, yes, we are aconservative platform, yet we
are a realist.
We are allowed to criticize ourown people, and you'll get that
today.
(03:20):
Something that you won't see inother podcasts.
Without further ado, ladies andgentlemen, allow me to present
to you Mr.
Stuart Brisgale, who will sidefor the you know, for the Trump
policy.
Mr.
Brisgell, why is doing his work?
SPEAKER_01 (03:36):
All right, listen, as David liked to politely say,
ladies and gentlemen, throughouthistory, great nations have
understood a simple truth.
Geography matters, it always hasand always will.
No amount of technology,diplomacy, or good intentions
can ease strategic realities ona world map.
(04:01):
Whether it was the pandemic onresources, or it was everyday
trying to get rid of Venezuela.
America became a global leader,not by accident, but by
foresight.
Canada, United States, Canada'sa couple, you know, it's not a
(04:21):
little baby country anymore.
But is it a mark?
Is it a leader?
Let's get down to thenitty-gritty.
We secure our borders.
Well, we did until Biden tookoffice.
We project our trade routes.
Well, clearly we are.
With the fleets all over theoceans, once again, we invest in
strategic territories.
(04:42):
And when opportunities arise tostrengthen our national security
and economic future, preciousgenerations had to act
courageously, like the PanamaCanal.
Greenland presents as one ofthose opportunities.
Not because of conquest, notbecause of empire, which David
will argue being a good littleBritish dissident, but because
(05:07):
responsible leaders requirethinking decades ahead, not just
the next election cycle.
Greenland sits the crossroad ofthe modern world.
It's not remote, it's central.
Position between North Americaand Europe, straddling the
Arctic in the north.
And Greenland is one of the moststrategically valuable pieces on
(05:31):
earth.
Yep.
For the United States, it's nottheoretical, it's practical,
measurable, and urgent.
Let us begin with nationalsecurity.
Let's start there, Dean.
America's greatest vulnerabilityhas always been the northern
approach, which include Canada.
During the Cold War, militaryplanners understood this very
(05:53):
clearly.
China producing the largestamount of icebreakers in
history, with more than anymultiple country on earth.
That's why the United Statesestablished a permanent presence
in Greenland decades ago withthe foresight of seeing the
rising sun.
(06:15):
That presence still existstoday, not only because it's not
disappeared, it's evolved evenmore.
Greenland is a home of criticalearly warning space tracking
systems that protect the UnitedStates, Canada, even Mexico from
missile threats.
These systems are not optimalbecause we don't control the
(06:39):
essential land around it.
They are essential for David andhis fellow Canadians to be safe
because you know they can't, youknow, talk their way out of
everything.
In an age of hypersonic weaponsand cyber warfare and
space-based conflicts, earlydetection is the difference,
(07:00):
which deterrence does matter.
And I think, David, Israel hasproven that early action has
clearly made them the dominantpower in Israel in the Middle
East.
Greenland is the home to thecritical early warning space
tracking system that protectsthe American homeland from
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missile threats.
These systems are essential.
If you care about nationaldefense, if you care about
protecting America, families,and infrastructure, and even
Canada, Greenland does matter.
Russia has dramatically expandedits Arctic military footprint as
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well.
China has openly declared itsnear Arctic state and investing
heavy in infrastructure in theregion.
Let's be clear.
When authoritarian regimesinvest billions into strategic
regions, they're not doing itout of curiosity, David.
(08:05):
They're doing it for leverage.
If America doesn't lead, someoneelse will.
And clearly it's not Canada.
The leadership requires apresence.
Greenland is the anchor of theArctic influence in the Western
Hemisphere.
Remember that.
Let's talk about economics.
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Greenland possesses the largestuntapped reserve of rare earth
minerals.
Yep.
Those are the things that Chinahas denied Canada, United
States, Mexico, Europe.
These aren't luxury items.
They're essential for modernlife.
(08:47):
Semiconductors, electricrenewable systems, medical
technologies, advanced defensesystems.
Today, globally, rare earthminerals are dominated by China.
Yep.
Not Canada, not even Russia,China.
That's not just an economicissue, it's an issue of national
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security.
So seriously, countries shouldallow strategic competitors to
control all of the what?
Rare earth minerals on earth.
I don't think that would beconsidered diversifying the
supply chain.
It is not protectionism, it'snot Trumpism, it's prudence.
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Developing Greenland's resourcesresponsibly with American
standards and labors, protectactually the Great North more
than India, China, Russia wouldever do.
Canada just does nothing.
Let's be honest.
They have one of the largeststockpiles of oil in the world,
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yet they refuse to really diginto the sands.
Now consider trade routes.
The Arctic ice is a new shippinglane that can dramatically
shorten the travel routesbetween two continents.
These routes shape commerceglobally.
(10:16):
Let's now move to the nextthing.
Let's not forget Greenland isnot a land, it's leverage.
Let's address the commonobjections.
Some say, why should Americacare about a territory outside
of its mainland?
Well, history answers thatclearly.
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Alaska was once a ridiculousseaword foley.
People like David in Canada andCanadians today, you know, it's
one of the most valuablestrategic assets, rich in
resources, critical for defensefor the United States and
Canada.
The Louisiana Purchase wascontroversial.
(11:01):
So was Florida, so was Texas.
Every generation that's expandedAmerica's strategic debt was
criticized because those wholacked imagination and later
praised history.
This is not imperialism, David.
It's about stewardship.
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America has a track record.
America has a track record,developing territories
responsibly, investing ininfrastructure, respecting local
populations, turning strategicassets into shared prosperity.
Any serious discussion aboutGreenland must respect the
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people of Greenland and theirright to self-determination.
Cooperation, partnership, andmutual benefit must be central.
Conservatism isn't aboutreckless expansion, it's about
long-term responsibility.
So let me just get to the lastlittle nitty-gritty.
(12:09):
You have one, a point ofnational security, you have two
about geopolitical competition,three, you have natural
resources and economic untappedpotential, historic and personal
factors, and more forcefulrhetoric and leverage.
These are just some of thearguments that David and
(12:34):
David's, you know, let's sayCanadian brethren would love to
uh you know agree with, butlet's be honest, Texas,
Louisiana, Florida, those wereall acquisitions.
Alaska.
(12:54):
So why, David, is Greenland anydifferent than Alaska, Florida,
Texas, or Louisiana?
David.
SPEAKER_00 (13:04):
Since you since you've decided to, as you're
you're so good as an American toinsult me because you lump me in
with Canadians.
And I love when you do that.
And call me a British is rightnow is an insult beyond compare.
So you know what?
I love Americans who just thinkthat they are so freaking
arrogant that they're their topof the world.
Let me start from the verybeginning, Stuart.
(13:24):
I'm not opposed to a purchase,but a purchase was a
negotiation, not a threat.
And that is what exactly whatDonald Trump has done.
It's all about threat.
And you could say it's leveragedthrough power.
And I heard this a thousandtimes.
It's we're gonna bring peacethrough power.
I heard that.
No, I let you run for 10minutes.
Now you need to listen for aminute.
Because when you insult people,you're you're just you're just
(13:47):
no different than liberals.
This is a liberal way of doingthings.
I'll take facts, but I'm gonnainsult you along the way to
really demean you.
Is Canada a superpower?
Absolutely not.
Is Canada doing its power inNATO?
No, it's not.
Is Canada being a world leader?
No, it's not.
But you know what can what youknow what Trump's policy has
done?
And is you're smiling right now,and that you you that that that
(14:09):
arrogant smile, you pushed theUnited States, you pushed all of
the US's allies to negotiatewith China, Qatar, all of the
so-called rogue nations that youyou guys all want to oppose.
You now you've pushed Canada gothere.
Canada's had to alienate theUnited States because it's been
(14:31):
isolated by the Trump policy.
It's gone to China.
Carney was in China to negotiateEV deal.
That's not good for Tesla.
That's not good for the Americanautomaker.
Why?
Because you just beat the shitout of Canada.
So you push Canada to gonegotiate with another
superpower.
(14:52):
And oh, Trump is gonna punishCanada because that's what Trump
does, and that's the way itworks.
America first, Trump first, notworld first.
And I would do, I would arguewith this to say that they want
to purchase Greenland,negotiate.
That's a smug smile.
I love the smug smile.
Just keep it up there, Stuart,because that's what that's what
(15:12):
we what we in the world look atAmericans by saying, you guys
are smug to believe that you'reright.
Let me tell you something.
Here's the difference betweenPutin and Trump.
Putin fired a shot with guns,weapons.
He went to Ukraine with the sameargument.
We need Ukraine for our personaldefense.
(15:34):
Trump is doing the same thingwith Greenland, except he isn't
just firing a shot.
He's using tariffs to beatpeople up and to say, give me
Trump, give it to me under myconditions or else.
This is the Trump doctrine, oras they call it now, the Donro
doctrine.
That Donald Trump has decidedthat he is going to manipulate
world order for himself.
(15:56):
This isn't, yeah, I understandyou're talking about decades
down the road.
Right.
But what you're ignoring,Stuart, is the fact that the
next leader, whether it's a JVVance, who's a hardcore
isolationist, is going to changethe policy for Trump.
If it's the Democrats, they'regoing to change the policy.
It's all, you know, the wholething that you're that's being
(16:18):
created here is for the Don.
Now, I don't think that I agreethat Greenland and NATO and the
European Union have done anexceptionally poor job of
keeping up the defense to keepChina and Russia at bay.
Horrific, this horrific moves.
Okay?
And the US has had to do a lot.
And it's fallen behind underObama and Biden and even under
(16:40):
Trump's Trump V1.
But you've fallen behind in 20years because the European Union
didn't do everything andeverybody just wanted a world
peace.
And in walks in Donald Trump andsays, I'm buying Greenland, and
if you don't give it to me, I'mgonna punish you.
Now, what if the what if thepower whoa whoa whoa you do you
(17:02):
do no you're doing it again?
You don't, no, no, you need tostop.
You went 10 minutes by readingyour script.
You gotta listen now becauseyou're just sitting here giving
America first reasons.
Oh, yeah, listen, it's for oureconomy, it's for our defense,
it's for this, for that.
We bought Florida, we boughtTexas, we bought Alaska, we're
gonna buy Greenland.
Yeah, but it's different, it'snot the same.
(17:22):
The world today is not what itwas in the 19th and 18th
centuries.
And to sit here and to compareand to say we're gonna do it,
treat it, we're just gonna buyGreenland.
If Denmark doesn't want to sellGreenland, what are you gonna
do?
Invade right now.
You've got European and Canadiansoldiers in Greenland.
Are you gonna start a war withEurope just to get Greenland?
(17:44):
Then you're no different thanPutin.
So what and you're no differentthan G.
You are you just listen to whatyou're saying here.
I understand the structure, Iunderstand the strategic, I
understand Stuart.
I understand.
Even though you insulted me, Ihave an under, I have a brain
and I understand the strategicvalue of the minerals and the
(18:04):
positioning.
I totally get it.
What I'm opposed to is to go toan ally and say, give it to me,
or else you didn't like you wentinto Venezuela, you fucked up
Venezuela right now because youdidn't put in the you didn't put
in the power in there.
You put in your own, you haveyour own puppet in there, that's
good.
You're telling me you're gonnafix Iran, you haven't.
Yeah, you're telling me you'regonna fix Gaza, you're fucking
(18:26):
it up even more.
You're not doing it.
This world order that this chaosthat Trump has created isn't
creating world order, it'screating new chaos.
And I would appreciate and I'lltell I'll pass this bum to you.
If trump if Greenland andDenmark, the European Union say
no, who's firing the firstshots, Dor?
SPEAKER_01 (18:48):
You know, I I want to just let's let's backtrack,
you know.
SPEAKER_00 (18:52):
By the way, we're over time here, so let's let's
make it short, buddy, becauseyou'd like to cut me off at 15.
Let's go.
SPEAKER_01 (18:58):
You know, you know, you know, so when when when you
come out swinging with thisinformation, this fact what what
opinion-based give me facts whenpeople when people don't have a
response.
SPEAKER_00 (19:13):
Give me a fact give me a fact I was wrong with.
Give me one fact.
You haven't, you you know, it'sinteresting.
You're you're a liberal.
That's a liberal argument.
Liberal argument.
You're a liberal argument.
Give me the what word, what factdid I put up not put on the
table?
Did he deter Iran?
No.
Iran's still going strong bykilling its people.
Did he deter Gaza?
No, he actually breached his ownprogram when he said that he had
(19:36):
to return all of the hostagesand disarm Hamas to go to phase
one.
Can I just Venezuela?
He said he was gonna put in anew like you do tell me right
now.
All right, I'm gonna shut youdown where you misstep.
SPEAKER_01 (19:53):
Oh let's let's just stop, David.
You're wrong, and let me proveto you why.
Let's talk about facts.
SPEAKER_00 (20:01):
Greenland has nothing to do with the EU.
I asked, no, excuse me.
Denmark?
Who I'm 1985, you smarty pants.
It left the EU to gainself-control.
SPEAKER_01 (20:15):
So I'm sorry, Greenland is no longer a part of
the EU.
SPEAKER_00 (20:18):
Hold on a second.
So why is so why is why isDonald Trump threatening?
SPEAKER_01 (20:24):
I will let the EU into why, David, if you'd rather
talk less and listen more,insult, ladies and gentlemen.
SPEAKER_00 (20:32):
Stewart's up with the insults on Martin Luther
King Day on a peaceful day.
He's coming out of swing.
SPEAKER_01 (20:37):
If you would listen more, you would understand.
SPEAKER_00 (20:40):
Oh once again, I don't understand.
SPEAKER_01 (20:44):
Under the I am trying to explain to you.
I'm trying to explain the policeside history, man.
Come on, that's a great meme.
Okay, okay, okay.
Take a pill, take a pill.
EU left.
Sorry, Greenland left the EU.
Why is Donald Trump forcingpressure on the EU?
(21:05):
Would be the intelligentquestion to ask.
And I will explain it verysimply.
The countries that would opposewould likely be EU, even though
that they have no regulatorycontrol or any negotiating power
with Greenland.
Any law.
That being a fact, the pressureon Europe is mind your affairs,
(21:30):
you have no input.
And if you try to make this yourissue, we're going to put
pressure on you to stay out ofit.
SPEAKER_00 (21:38):
So I understand.
So if I understand correctly, ifAmerica flexes its muscle, no
one should say anything.
I got it.
I got it.
That's it.
That's it.
Ladies and gentlemen, we wewe're we're in we're well into
overtime.
We'll probably need a part twoon Wednesday because Stuart has
got to go home and figure outwhat the hell, what the hell?
No, Stuart, you're listening.
(21:59):
You're right that the EU hasreally shouldn't be saying
anything, and Canada shouldn'tbe saying anything.
Right.
We should just stay quietbecause when a peaceful nation
is being told, listen, I don'tunderstand the United States can
issue policy on any country itdesires, but if somebody opposes
(22:19):
the United States, it'spunished.
Just listen to what you justsaid.
What you're telling us is theAmerican empire will make the
call, and the rest of you justhave to follow suit.
No one is allowed, no one isallowed to oppose the Don.
Is that my understanding thatcorrectly?
SPEAKER_01 (22:38):
No, but you're sounding like a ridiculous and a
liberal today.
SPEAKER_00 (22:43):
Is that what you're telling me?
All right, ladies and gentlemen,that's it.
We're done.
We're done.
I'm cutting them off.
We're done.
Have yourself a wonderful day,guys.
unknown (22:49):
Martin Luther King.
SPEAKER_00 (22:54):
Let's remember Martin Luther King's uh memory,
folks.
It was it's really importantthat we all do so.
And I know uh Stuart and I willcontinue to tear each other
apart because we're good friendsfor so many years.
It's it's all in good spirit andall in good fun, and we still
love each other and we're stillgonna keep on talking and still
have these rants.
Ladies and gentlemen, that'swhat peace is all about, and
that's all what MLK ever wanteddialogue, open communication,
(23:16):
and understanding.
And with that on his memory, wewish you a great Monday.
We'll see you Wednesday.
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