"We urgently need it" – Trump hints at military strike against Greenland

Merkur "We urgently need it" – Trump hints at military strike against Greenland Daniel Dillmann • 3 hours • 3 minutes read Memorable Interview On NBC, Trump discusses a third term, US tariff policy, and Greenland. The president's hints sound gloomy. Washington, DC – Amid an escalating trade conflict between the US and the world, Donald Trump appears unfazed by rising prices in his country. In an interview with NBC, the US president downplayed the impact of his tariff policy on Americans' daily lives. Kirsten Welker, the moderator, quickly turned the conversation to the topic of inflation. Trump declared, "That's peanuts compared to energy," adding, "Energy accounts for 60 percent of the cost." He emphasized the importance of gasoline prices in Americans' everyday lives and illustrated this with an unusual analogy: "When you tell me the price of strollers is going up, what do you mean? I say the price of gasoline is going down. Gasoline is a thousand times more important than a stroller anywhere." Trump discusses his tariff policy and future plans in an NBC interview In addition to tariff policy, Trump also discussed his future plans. In the past, he and his supporters had repeatedly speculated about a possible third term. However, Trump clarified in the interview: "You can't do that." He reiterated: "I'm going to be president for two terms." This statement seemed to put an end to the speculation. Nevertheless, Trump had previously floated the idea of ​​a third term on NBC, emphasizing: "I'm not joking." There was speculation that he might run for vice president in a Republican duo in the US election, which is not prohibited by the Constitution. "So he would come into office with a president who then resigns, and Trump would get his third term," constitutional lawyer Lawrence Lessig described this scenario to Stern magazine. Trump indirectly threatens Greenland with military force When the topic of Greenland came up, Trump really got going. Since his first term, he has dreamed of annexing the world's largest island. Since his victory in the US election, Trump has repeatedly emphasized his plans for Greenland. In an interview with NBC, Trump initially admitted that he did not want to use military force against Canada. "Something could happen to Greenland," he added. When asked whether that meant he would not rule out taking the island militarily, Trump answered unequivocally: "I'm not ruling it out. I'm not saying we'll do it, but I'm not ruling it out." The US needs control of Greenland. "We desperately need it. For national and international security." Donald Trump is apparently unsure about constitutional issues. During his conversation with Welker, Trump was also asked about adherence to constitutional principles. The NBC anchor asked, "Your Secretary of State [Marco Rubio] says that everyone who's here, citizens and non-citizens, deserves due process. Do you agree with that, Mr. President?" Trump evasively replied, "I don't know. I'm not a lawyer. I don't know." Welker countered, "Well, the Fifth Amendment says exactly that." Trump argued that the deportation of criminal immigrants needed to be expedited because compliance with legal standards was taking too long. He said, "Then we'd have to have a million or two million or three million trials. We have thousands of people who are murderers, drug traffickers, and some of the worst people in the world. Some of the worst and most dangerous people in the world. And I was elected to get them out of here, and the courts are preventing me from doing that." Trump in NBC Interview: Host Remains Unwavering The NBC host persisted, asking, "As president, don't you have to uphold the Constitution of the United States?" Trump again responded uncertainly, "I don't know," and referred to his "brilliant lawyers." The fact that a president like Trump leaves it unclear whether the Constitution is binding on him raises more questions than his statements about a third term clarify.