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Congressional Dish

CD314: Greenland

Congressional Dish

Jennifer Briney

News, Congress, Government, Politics, Corporations

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

President Trump keeps saying the United States needs to "have Greenland," but why? In this episode, listen to testimony to Congress about the idea of the United States taking ownership of Greenland, which is not being laughed out of the room. Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Contribute monthly or a lump sum via Support Congressional Dish via (donations per episode) Send Zelle payments to: [email protected] Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or [email protected] Use your bank’s online bill pay function to mail contributions to: Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media!

Transcript

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0:00.0

What an amazing coincidence that Trump's new obsession, the desire to have Greenland, could make him loads of money.

0:08.0

And so between the war motivations and the money motivations, money motivations that enrich Trump's key constituencies of fossil fuel corporations, tech douchebags, and himself, I think we have to take this one seriously.

0:22.0

I think Trump might actually try to take Greenland.

0:25.2

I am so damn tired of being lied to.

0:33.3

I don't think I can't deny it anymore.

0:41.3

You can't stick to your story if you think it flies.

0:49.7

But I'm not going to buy it anymore.

0:55.8

Hello, my friend, and thank you for listening to the 300 and I think 14th episode of Congressional Dish.

1:01.2

I'm your host Jennifer Briney.

1:03.0

And today's episode is going to be about Greenland.

1:06.6

Because President Trump keeps saying that he wants the United States to have Greenland.

1:12.3

And so I was wondering, is this like a weird Trump thing, or is there something to the idea?

1:18.0

And I got some answers, because congressional Republicans at least are taking the idea seriously enough to have had a hearing about it.

1:25.0

And so today I want you to hear highlights of the conversation

1:27.8

that is being had in Congress.

1:30.2

Specifically, you'll hear conversations

1:32.3

about how Greenland is desirable for its war fighting location

1:35.6

and natural resources.

1:37.6

Basically, it all boils down to they want Greenland

1:40.3

because of war and money.

1:42.3

And really, what foreign policy issue

1:44.1

doesn't boil down to war and money. And really, what foreign policy issue doesn't boil down to war and money

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