🚨MEIDAS Rushes to GREENLAND as Trump THREATENS INVASION!!

What this episode is about

President Trump's aggressive pursuit of control over Greenland has sparked outrage among European leaders, with Denmark’s prime minister emphasizing that Europe will not succumb to blackmail. The situation is further complicated by Trump's personal grievances, linking his ambitions for Greenland to feelings of being snubbed by the Nobel Peace Prize, raising questions about the true motivations behind the U.S. interest in the territory, which appears more tied to Trump's ego than genuine national security concerns.

Key takeaways

• Trump's Greenland obsession highlights insecurity, not strategy; national security is merely a convenient cover.
• Denmark's furious response shows Europe isn't meekly accepting American whims; sovereignty isn’t up for negotiation.
• Greenland’s strategic location is dwarfed by its icy reality; maps can’t camouflage geopolitical absurdity.
• Canada stands firm with Denmark, revealing Trump’s Greenland frenzy risks alienating critical allies.
• This ‘purchase’ amounts to a geopolitical tantrum, showcasing a leader more interested in ego than diplomacy.

Who speaks in this episode?

• Ken Harbaugh (Host) · 7 min speaking
• Malcolm Nance (Guest) · 5 min speaking
• Dean Blendell (Guest) · 5 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 3:00: Dean Blendell, Donald Trump, Malcolm Nance, Canada
2. 3:00 – 6:00: Canada, Malcolm Nance, Donald Trump, Mark Carney
3. 9:00 – 12:00: Donald Trump, Canada
4. 12:00 – 15:00: Donald Trump
5. 15:00 – 18:00: Canada

Notable quotes from "🚨MEIDAS Rushes to GREENLAND as Trump THREATENS INVASION!!"

• If this were a script for an episode of VEP, no one would buy it. The president of the United States wants to own Greenland because he didn't get a prize he wanted and because it looks really big on maps. As far as US national.

  about Donald Trump · at 0:42

• He's joining the trip to help us understand the stakes for Canada and NATO when the United States threatens to attack the very allies we're supposed to defend. Here's me, Malcolm Nance, and Dean Blendell.

  about Canada · at 2:15

• Mark Carney, the prime minister of Canada, said that the other day in no uncertain terms. We are standing right behind Denmark and Greenland. They get to decide their future. They get to.

  about Mark Carney · at 4:10

• That used to defend democracy is now their greatest threat to their existence for, nothing., Dean,, can, you, talk, about what the Danes and what NATO already offers the United States in terms of polar security, in terms of bases?

  about Dean Blendell · at 8:59

• Yeah,, absolutely., You, know,, when, I, was in Greenland last year and when I was in Denmark, I was on Denmark television and I was telling them, listen, the only way that you're going to get this to be.

  about Malcolm Nance · at 14:03

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Donald Trump — Person · Primary referenced political figure (subject of criticism) · 8 mentions · first at 0:02
  The discussion centers on Trump's stated/portrayed desire to acquire Greenland and the geopolitical fallout with Denmark, NATO allies, and Arctic security narratives.
• Malcolm Nance — Person · Main guest / referenced expert (intelligence & security) · 4 mentions · first at 1:49
  Presented as a career intelligence officer and disinformation expert; he provides on-the-ground and tactical context about Greenland's terrain, basing, and the plausibility of security claims.
• Dean Blendell — Person · Main guest / Canadian political commentator · 3 mentions · first at 1:49
  Provides a Canadian/NATO-allied perspective on U.S. rhetoric about Greenland, potential implications for Canada, and alliance cohesion; frames motivations as ego/oligarchic interests.
• Mark Carney — Person · Referenced political leader (Canada) used to support argument · 1 mention · first at 4:10
  Cited as articulating Canada's stance backing Denmark/Greenland; invoked to frame Canada’s role in Arctic/NATO security. (Note: transcript calls him 'prime minister of Canada,' which conflicts with widely known public record.)

Places & events

• Canada — Place · 6 mentions · first at 2:16

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 European leaders outraged this morning over President Trump's latest move in his bid for control of Greenland. Denmark's prime minister saying in response, quote, "Europe won't be blackmailed." And there's a new twist this morning with the Norwegian Prime Minister's office releasing a text message President Trump sent yesterday tying his moves on Greenland to his Nobel Peace Prize snub.

0:24 It's, Ken, Harbaugh, with, the, Midas, Touch Network. By this time next week, I'll be doing this show from Greenland. I'm headed there with a small group of people I trust whose names you'll probably recognize with the goal of showing just how insane our president's policy of acquiring Greenland has been. If this were a script for an episode of VEP, no one would buy it. The president of the United States wants to own Greenland because he didn't get a prize he wanted and because it looks really big on maps. As far as US national security is concerned, all the access we need is already being provided. We have military bases in Greenland. They've been there for decades. And Denmark, the NATO ally that controls Greenland.

1:09 Danish soldiers bled and died alongside Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan. Imagine how their families feel, how their whole country feels when our president says they haven't done enough. If taking over Greenland is so critical to America's security, why is it not mentioned at all in the administration's most recent national security strategy which was published last November? Which is why we know it's not about national security. It's about one man's fragile ego and his desperate need to distract Americans from his manifest failures as a president and as a person. Two of the people joining me on this trip to Greenland are Malcolm Nance and Dean Blendell. Malcolm is a career intelligence officer and one of America's leading experts on disinformation and great power competition. He brings decades of frontline experience from the Arctic to Ukraine as we prepare to head out. Dean is a Canadian political commentator who

2:09 brings the perspective of one of America's most critical allies especially when it comes to the Arctic. He's joining the trip to help us understand the stakes for Canada and NATO when the United States threatens to attack the very allies we're supposed to defend. Here's me, Malcolm Nance, and Dean Blendell.

2:29 Malcolm, Dean,, welcome, to, the, show., Uh, do you guys have your cold weather gear? You ready for this?

2:35 Yeah., Yeah., Well,, I'm, borrowing, mine from Malcolm. Yeah, my, Arctic, gear, is, is, literally, still packed from last year's trip.

2:45 And, I, was, planning, to, go, caribou, and muskox hunting this winter because it's better to hunt in winter. And now I'm hunting for democracy and saving people. I don't know what's going on here.

2:56 We, just, found, the, topper, for, the, show. That is the mission. Uh Dean, can you tell us what we're going there for? And I would love your perspective as our friendly neighbor to the north.

3:10 Do, our, allies, think, we've, just, lost, our freaking minds? What's the sentiment among Canadians and our NATO allies in Europe about this this latest rant from the president?

3:22 Yeah,, I, think, yeah,, it's, a, great question. Um I I think the purpose of the trip, you know, Malcolm went for a last year, Mission Greenland. If anybody hasn't watched it, it's an incredible YouTube feature. Go to his YouTube to watch it. It's it's it's time to put our lives and our bodies where our mouths have been for the past year, you know um in terms of the delegation and the people. I think we're representing pretty much every country that has something to lose with the rhetoric of this fascist president, you know, uh not just protecting Greenland, standing in front of Donald Trump and the United States for Greenland and the Danish people and their sovereignty. There's a real contingent of better America that's coming with yourself, with Malcolm, with the Save America movement. Uh, and Canada has a role to play. You know, not only is is Canada where and how the United States resupplies, we have a job

4:08 to do to be able to protect our allies. Mark Carney, the prime minister of Canada, said that the other day in no uncertain terms. We are standing right behind Denmark and Greenland. They get to decide their future. They get to decide their sovereignty. And you know Malcolm and I, we've had several conversations. I've had conversations with people in Carney's orbit. Greenland, is it a beta test for what they want to do to Canada, what they want to do to Canadians? And so, you know, this area of the world is a hot spot. And to lock arms with real patriots and better Americans like yourself, like Malcolm, like the folks at the Save America movement, like our friend Jacob Carzbo, Danish intelligence, former UN Security Council member, um, isn't just a privilege, it is our duty, as stated by NATO, as stated by our centuries old relationship. So, the purpose of this trip is to offer a line of sight for

4:55 Danish and Greenlanders to be able to tell them that we are with you. All of us are with you. And to save America that really has to start in Greenland. And I truly believe that. As does our advanced team or away team or whatever you want to call it. I'm not a military guy. I'm just happy to be going with two of America's finest.

5:14 Well,, Malcolm,, you, are, a, military, guy. You've got a sense of the tactical picture. I I know what Greenland looks like on a map, but can you give us a sense of what it looks like from the ground? This is a tough piece of real estate to defend. I I mean, the challenge here is enormous and it's going to have to be all about deterrence, unless I'm mistaken. Right.

5:37 Yeah,, absolutely., Look,, when, you, look, at Greenland on a map, what do you see? What color do you see?

5:42 White. White., Right. White. Right., That's, Greenland. Okay. The terrain that you're looking at, what almost 2,000 miles is literally 80% of ice. And when I say ice, I mean a sheet of ice one mile deep. Okay? Ice from the ice age is visible in this place. This is why we have uh station north up up there pulling ice cores out to find the history of the climate in in the history of the world in station north. So when I explain that to people they go, "Well, I can't quite grasp that." Now, I want you to think about this. I want you to think about that sheet of ice and way down in the southwest corner is a strip of fjords.

6:36 Every inch of that island is surrounded by fjords like in Norway, only they're not developed. They are insane to get through. Uh, and there are tiny tiny tiny little settlements going up and down those places. This time of year most of those those settlements are frozen in. There is no ferry traffic to them, which is their principal way of getting around the country. other and you have to either fly in or you're there because there are no roads in the country other than within the settlements themselves. Excuse me. So that every inch of that coast is those fjords with mountains along them and they're all covered with thousands and thousands of tons of ice.

7:30 I mean, it's just incredible. The only time you can really get there and appreciate the beauty that's under some of that ice is from June to September. That's when it gets a little warmer. It gets green. That's where Eric the Red uh did his settlement in the south down near Cortto uh and Naruak. And it's great, but the rest of the country is still 80% ice. Where our base is in Pufik, way up in the northeast right, near a a tiny village called Kanak. And there is a village called Pufik. That place is 982.5 miles from the capital of Nook. So, it's really far away. And did I mention it's over a onemile deep sheet of ice with no runways in between A and B? So it is a brutal environment which uh you know whatever they're they're after in terms of minerals. It's almost inaccessible.

8:39 The entire country totals 57,000 people. 17,000 are in the capital of Nook. Uh it's not even a city. It's a town you can look across from end to end and uh they have a wonderful existence and now they are upset that America a country that used to defend democracy is now their greatest threat to their existence

9:05 for, nothing., Dean,, can, you, talk, about what the Danes and what NATO already offers the United States in terms of polar security, in terms of bases?

9:17 I, mean,, what, the, president, is, asking, for if if it's to be believed is already being provided. We have this alliance. We have this access. We have the bases that Malcolm referred to.

9:30 Everything's, already, available. Why are we doing this? Um, literally uh, ego. Uh, that's why you're doing this. This is got nothing to do. It's about ego. It's about the broligarchy. It's about, you know, pardon my language, big [ __ ] everybody in the NATO alliance. It's for Trump to, you know, somehow somehow somehow try to prove to everybody that he can do the impossible. He's the king of dealm. But it's bigger than that. You know, there are so many different interests and none of them are domestic that are demanding that Donald Trump follow through with his takeover and invasion of Greenland.

10:04 Now why? A lot of people ask and there are several reasons why. Natural resources absolutely I think there's 26 million tons of zirconia. There are math of massive lithium deposits. Uh there are natural gas deposits. there are um you know just a horde of of of cooling and data ability to be able to cool data centers just because of the size and the water and where it is and the geography you know and and and that speaks to the freedom city broligarch dream and the practis community which we'll get into when we get there of of literally Donald Trump delivering this this this this island to you know a matter of seven or eight different oligarchs to have freedom cities where they're allowed to live this future you futuristic lifestyle and nobody gets to tell them what to do or how to do it.

10:51 You know, there there's that aspect to it. But but really what this comes down to for Donald Trump is this multipolar push. You know, the reason that he's supporting Vladimir Putin in Ukraine by abating his responsibility to NATO and to the free people of Ukraine is Greenland, is shipping lanes. Same thing with Xi in China. you know, with climate change and with what we know climate change to be, and we know the Arctic Passage being what it is. There are very few countries that have a toll hold into the Arctic that have claims into the Arctic. Canada, one of the biggest. Um China says they want a claim to the Arctic. They don't have one, you know.

11:28 And so when we talk about uh the the the rugging or the perception that Donald Trump wants all of us to have is that there's Russian ships and Chinese ships running around Greenland. Malcolm can attest. Not only is that not [ __ ] true, there's one oligarch boat that takes you calls them ski Nazis skiing all winter and summer, but that's it. Like nothing that Donald Trump, all the rhetoric that he comes up with is a lie. And if you believe any of it, I've got a letter to the prime minister of Norway that he put out this morning that said "Hey, boy. Hey, bud. Listen, uh, you didn't give me the Nobel Peace Prize, so I'm no longer interested in peace, and that's why I'm going to invade Greenland." So, you know, dealer's choice as to, you know, what [ __ ] up excuse he wants to give, you know, his allies NATO long-standing centuries generations long partnerships with different, countries,, uh,, and, and and

12:21 different defense alliances. But Donald Trump is literally trying to break NATO in half. That is his goal. It's Ken Harbaugh with a quick break to tell you about something new. Battle Buddies is my latest weekly show where I try to find common ground with a conservative who I consider a true friend, David Bellia, the only surviving Medal of Honor recipient from the war in Iraq. A Navy vet, an Army vet from opposite ends of the political spectrum engaging in a civil conversation like we used to have. From the ICE immigration crackdowns to Trump's takeover of Venezuela, David and I take on the toughest issues of the day with genuine respect for each other in spite of our very different perspectives. They're not always easy conversations, but they're always important. And that's something we need more of. Respectful dialogue between people who disagree, but who have figured out how to stay friends.

13:14 Check out Battle Buddies today. Two vets, two views, One Nation. Find us on the Valor Media Network. the links below. Thanks. Trump seems to be acting more like Putin every day. And I think it's tied to how much weaker and how much more insecure he's become in his presidency. But Malcolm, you know this better than anybody. when dealing with an an insecure bullying autocrat, if you stand up to them, they tend to back down. And it's a weird thing to be saying as someone who wore the nation's cloth, but I feel like we're at the point now where we need to encourage our allies to stand up to our own country. Is that how you see it?

14:03 Yeah,, absolutely., You, know,, when, I, was in Greenland last year and when I was in Denmark, uh I was on Denmark television and I was telling them, listen, the only way that you're going to get this to be diffused is you're going to have to put forces in Greenland. Call their bluff. They say that there's no security in Greenland. Provide some security to Greenland. That is apparently not worked. They did put troops and fighter jets in Greenland last year. And Trump has now got it into his head. He must own that territory. By the way, with regards to mining, it's nearly impossible to mine there. The Canadians recently got a concession, but it is deep under ice and it is hard. If it was easy to get to, people would have been mining there for the last 80 years when with US presence and other countries presence. Very hard. There's one gold mine, I believe, down in the south and uh and some lithium that they're they're

15:01 looking for. Yes, there are deposits but you can't get to it, right? So, that being said, Trump's mindset is about the acquisition of ter of terrain. He wants the land, and he's using this ridiculous excuse of Chinese and Russian ships. There are no Chinese and Russian ships around Greenland. Canada controls the Northwest Passage. Canada, you got to go through Canadian waters. Uh, and I recently saw a great show about uh, you know, the Canadians have about how they deliver food to the north, you know, the great north. And there was one episode where three Canadian Coast Guard ice breakers got frozen in with the ship they went to rescue. That place is not a viable passage, you know, as opposed to the Panama Canal or even, you know, the the the, southern, route., And, another question is he wants these navigation channels to go where to China to Vladivvastto.

16:05 I mean he wants to increase trade to it's not Korea and Japan that he wants the Northwest passage from because to go through I mean when you go through the DOS uh straight I mean it's it's very very narrow. We have a 2 and 1/2 mile wide border with Russia off of Alaska. So what is he talking about? He doesn't want to be neighbors with Russia. Also there ain't no Russian navy. You know the old days when we would have to monitor the Greenland, Iceland, UK gap doesn't exist there. That navy can barely get out of port to patrol its own waters. So whatever he's talking about is a fantasy in his head cuz intelligence doesn't support it whatsoever. He just wants that land. And to be quite honest, I gave this assessment when I was uh speaking to the um what is it? Uh the Times uh Globe and Mail last year. If he gets Greenland he's boxed Canada in. And you know, he has those aspirations of breaking

17:11 Canada. This is all madness. It's techb bro Silicon Valley. Let's take this land hipster stuff. Him and his his belief that he would be the president that would be the greatest expansionist president since uh the Louisiana purchase. It's mindboggling and it's crazy.

17:31 Well,, just, cuz, it's, crazy, doesn't, mean it's not happening. Uh, which, I, mean, the, alarm, bells, are going off. We're going to see it for ourselves in a couple of days. Gentlemen, dress warm. I'll see you in New Granland.

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Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "🚨MEIDAS Rushes to GREENLAND as Trump THREATENS INVASION!!"?

Ken Harbaugh (Host), Malcolm Nance (Guest), Dean Blendell (Guest).

What is "🚨MEIDAS Rushes to GREENLAND as Trump THREATENS INVASION!!" about?

President Trump's aggressive pursuit of control over Greenland has sparked outrage among European leaders, with Denmark’s prime minister emphasizing that Europe will not succumb to blackmail. The situation is further complicated by Trump's personal grievances, linking his ambitions for Greenland to feelings of being snubbed by the Nobel Peace Prize, raising questions about the true motivations…

What is mentioned in this MeidasTouch episode?

5 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Donald Trump, Canada, Malcolm Nance, Dean Blendell, Mark Carney. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "🚨MEIDAS Rushes to GREENLAND as Trump THREATENS INVASION!!"?

The episode runs 18 min; the transcript is about 3,013 words in 32 timestamped sections.

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