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Trump LOSES IT as Greenland REBUKES HIM

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This is the full, timestamped transcript of "Trump LOSES IT as Greenland REBUKES HIM", an episode of MeidasTouch published January 30, 2026 (16 min, about 2,605 words). It mentions 11 people, works and ideas, including Jim Harbaugh, Denmark, Donald Trump, Greenland, Yakob Karpo.

What this episode is about

The removal of Danish flags by the US embassy in Copenhagen, which honored 44 Danish soldiers who died in Afghanistan, has sparked outrage in Denmark. Maya Stol, a reserveist in the Danish army, criticizes this act and highlights the disrespect it shows toward Danish veterans, especially in light of Donald Trump's dismissive comments about NATO allies' contributions in conflict.

Key takeaways

  • Danish flags honored fallen soldiers; their removal by the US embassy is a painful diplomatic blunder.
  • Trump's NATO dismissals show he misreads historical camaraderie; Denmark isn't just a friendly neighbor.
  • Over 1,000 NATO troops sacrificed in Afghanistan—dismissive comments disrespect their families and legacies.
  • Veterans like Neil understand sacrifice; Trump's disrespect stings deeply, creating a rift in long-standing alliances.
  • Generational trust with Denmark is wilting; American values are at stake when honoring joint sacrifices.

Who speaks in this episode?

What is discussed, and when

  1. – 3:00: Denmark, Donald Trump, Jim Harbaugh, Greenland
  2. – 6:00: Denmark, Donald Trump
  3. – 9:00: Greenland, American Giant
  4. – 12:00: American Giant, Battle Buddies, Jim Harbaugh, Denver Wgleman
  5. – 15:00: Greenland, Denmark
  6. – 15:49: Denmark, Copenhagen, Denver Wgleman

Notable quotes from "Trump LOSES IT as Greenland REBUKES HIM"

  • NATO troops from countries outside the US paid the ultimate sacrifice. Despite that, in Davos last week, Donald Trump said this about the US's NATO allies.
    about Donald Trump · at
  • Moment for my country as Trump's state department disparages loyal friends who gave the last full measure. I am in Greenland right now, a protectorate of Denmark. Yesterday I…
    about Greenland · at
  • Yakob, thanks so much for speaking with us. I understand you were a member of the Danish Intelligence Service and also that you served alongside Americans in combat theaters in Iraq. you were part of the American J2 in Baghdad. As.
    about Yakob Karpo · at
  • Has had its problems with some of our Europe European allies. But when I've traveled to Denmark, it's one of the few European countries where I see American flags side by side with Danish flags.
    about Denmark · at
  • Going to live in it, not just wear it a few times and move on. And it's built to last a lifetime. Slate magazine famously called it the greatest hoodie ever made.
    about American Giant · at
  • Code Ken. It's Ken Harbaugh with a quick break to tell you about something new.
    about Jim Harbaugh · at
  • Denver and I are actually headed to Denmark tomorrow to join a procession of Danish veterans conducting a silent protest in front of the US embassy in Copenhagen. I'll check in from there.
    about Denver Wgleman · at

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

  • Jim Harbaugh — Person · Host / main narrator · 3 mentions · first at
    He narrates the report-style segment, frames the critique of Trump’s treatment of Denmark/Greenland, and conducts the on-camera conversations with Yakob Karpo and Denver Wgleman.
  • Donald Trump — Person · Referenced political figure (subject of criticism) · 4 mentions · first at
    His Davos remarks about NATO allies and the broader ‘Trump regime’ framing are presented as the catalyst for Danish/Greenlandic anger and the episode’s central critique about alliance damage.
  • Yakob Karpo — Person · Interviewed expert / referenced veteran · 1 mention · first at
    Presented as a former Danish intelligence officer and Greenland defense expert who served alongside Americans; he provides firsthand perspective on why Trump’s claims are offensive and strategically damaging.
  • Denver Wgleman — Person · On-location companion / interview participant · 3 mentions · first at
    Introduced as a former Congressman traveling with Harbaugh; he reinforces the ‘shame’ theme and describes how Greenlanders perceive U.S. power and threats as real, not rhetorical.
  • Maya Stol — Person · Referenced individual / news subject · 2 mentions · first at
    Her action—replacing Danish flags removed near the U.S. embassy—anchors the emotional opening and symbolizes Danish sacrifice in Afghanistan and perceived U.S. disrespect.
    Could say they might as well apologize to the British because they didn't deserve this either. Stole is upset that embassy officials removed 44 flags, each bearing the name of…
  • Neil Yesperson — Person · Referenced veteran / quoted witness · 1 mention · first at
    Cited as a Danish veteran who fought on the front lines and received medals; his quote directly rebuts Trump’s claim that allies stayed ‘back’ from combat.
    We fought and bled alongside our American brothers in arms. So, it's it's sad to hear these words. It's Ken Harbaugh with the Midas Touch Network.

Places & events

  • Denmark — Place · Setting · 7 mentions · first at
    Central to the discussion about NATO allies and the disrespect shown by the US embassy in Copenhagen.
  • Greenland — Place · Setting · 5 mentions · first at
    Discussed as a protectorate of Denmark with strategic importance and a population wary of US intentions.
  • Copenhagen — Place · Setting · 2 mentions · first at
    Mentioned as the location of the US embassy where Danish flags were removed, sparking controversy.
    Denver and I are actually headed to Denmark tomorrow to join a procession of Danish veterans conducting a silent protest in front of the US embassy in Copenhagen. I'll check in from there.

Sponsors

  • American Giant — Product · Sponsor · 3 mentions · first at
    Promoted as a high-quality, durable hoodie made in the USA, with a discount code provided.
  • Battle Buddies — Product · Sponsor · 2 mentions · first at
    Promoted as a new weekly show featuring civil conversations between veterans with differing political views.
    Battle Buddies is my latest weekly show where I try to find common ground with a conservative who I consider a true friend, David Bella, the only surviving Medal of Honor recipient from the war in.

Full transcript with timestamps

Maya Stol is a reserveist in the Danish army. She's replacing dozens of Danish flags that were taken down by the US embassy in Copenhagen. Flags meant to draw attention to the 44 Danish soldiers killed in Afghanistan.

To begin with, they can start by offering a proper apology and then you could say they might as well apologize to the British because they didn't deserve this either. Stole is upset that embassy officials removed 44 flags, each bearing the name of a Danish soldier killed in battle. Starting in 2001, the Danes were part of a NATO force that struck Afghanistan following the September 11th attacks. More than 1,000 NATO troops from countries outside the US paid the ultimate sacrifice. Despite that, in Davos last week, Donald Trump said this about the US's NATO allies.

We've never needed them. We have never really asked anything of them. You know, they'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan or this or that and they did. They stayed a little back little off the front lines. It was a false claim that stung for Danish veterans of the war like Neil's Yesperson who fought on the front lines and received medals for his service.

We fought and bled alongside our American brothers in arms. So, it's it's sad to hear these words. It's Ken Harbaugh with the Midas Touch Network. This is a video of a security guard working for the US embassy in Denmark, removing on the orders of the embassy, Danish flags planted across the street. They were placed there to honor Danish service members who died serving alongside Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan. When we talk about the damage that the Trump regime is doing to America's alliances, we often distill the conversation into almost academic language. But there is nothing academic about how offensive this kind of thing is to the families of those who gave their lives because America asked them to join our fight. And there is nothing academic about the shame I feel in this moment for my country as Trump's state department disparages loyal friends who gave the last full measure. I am in

Greenland right now, a protectorate of Denmark. Yesterday I visited a remote fishing village where former Congressman Denver WLman and I were given the opportunity to perform the folding ceremony for a Greenlandic flag. This is how you show respect to a friend and ally.

I've spoken with many Greenlanders and Danes who are baffled by the disrespect shown to them by President Trump. I spoke with Yakob Karpo, a former Danish intelligence officer and an expert on Greenland's defense about the damage being done by the Trump regime to the historic alliance between the US, Greenland, and Denmark. Yakob, thanks so much for uh speaking with us. I understand you were a member of the Danish Intelligence Service and also that you served alongside Americans in combat theaters in Iraq. you were part of the American J2 in Baghdad. As someone with that experience, with that background, how does it feel when our president says that Danes have not done enough? That they have not been standing alongside the US when when we've needed you when I'm sure you've seen the same images I have. Maybe you've been there as those flag draped Danish service members are rolled off of the

plane on their last trip home. Yeah, it's it's hard to describe because you're you're really lost for words that anyone would say stuff like that. you know, it goes right, you know, through my nerve system and uh yeah, it's infuriating, but also, you know, you you shake inside. You feel like, what what is going on? What what is what's happening here? I you know, I've not been I've not been injured in combat. I have friends that were severely injured in combat that came this close to to to dying that have survived fortunately and for them to be spoken about like that and some of them have done the really hard combat not only in Iraq in southern Iraq against the pro-Iranian militias but also in in Helmond in in southern Afghanistan where some of the hardest fighting was taking place and then you then you listen to stuff like that uh these years later and it's just you know yeah we have a we have a big

demonstration in in uh in Denmark amongst the veteran community this coming Sunday

and the title is no words because we're lost for words of all of the countries in Europe to antagonize this way look I know America has had its problems with some of our Europe European allies. But when I've traveled to Denmark, it's one of the few European countries where I see American flags side by side with Danish flags. That that history isn't just transactional. It's not just about security. It's about values. There is generational trust that President Trump is squandering.

Yeah. Yeah. These days when I warned Danes about what's happening in the Trump administration, I have to explain to people that I've served alongside American troops. I have a son that was born in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Wow. I have friends in the US and it hurts my guts, but this is what we're up against. And this is about democracy. This is about values. This is about human dignity. And it's yeah,

one of the things we're hearing again and again from Greenlanders, mostly behind closed doors, we've had had a few who will say it out in the open,

but they're telling us as Americans that they're willing to fight for their land. They're willing to fight for their homes.

Yeah. How do you respond to that? It's a restive population. you know, they've survived this environment here for hundreds of years.

And they know, you know, it's it's the toughest place on earth, I would almost say.

And u the first thing that happened to me uh when I got here on Friday, I was taken around town by a cab driver. And when I left, he pulled me aside and he said, "Explain to your friends that we have 35,000 long rifles in this country." And right from the age of 13, 14, we go out in boats.

Mhm. And we can shoot little seals that are about the size of of my hand from from 100, 200 uh yards distance.

Yeah. Always remember that. And I think that's a message. And you know how many people we spoke to yesterday, let's say behind closed doors,

we have our rifles and we're talking about being prepared. So, you know, it's it's going to be a terrible uh mess and lot of death for we hope it doesn't come to that. We hope deterrence works, but uh people need to be on their toes and be prepared. Thank you. Yak.

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lots of adventures. Uh, I don't know that we've ever been on the ground in a NATO ally talking about a potential American invasion with one of the airfields right behind us land right there.

It is surreal as beautiful as the setting in the context is is ominous. And I don't know if you felt this as an American here, but um most places I have been certainly during my time in the Navy, I didn't carry a sense of shame with me, but that is the new normal in Trump's America.

I think you just picked the right word. You know, me and you were talking about is it embarrassment? Is it right? Are we, you know, nervous? I think it's shame. And when we're talking to people here in Greenland who've talked about us being their number one ally, their best friend. Yeah.

The fact that no matter what trouble they were in, they knew that the United States would come to their aid. And now, as me and you talked about, what was it the night before they had the power outage and they thought the Americans were coming.

Yeah. And they were even talking about what did they say that a lot of the teenage um children here, a lot of the teenagers here like, "Oh my god, the Americans are coming." And they were very affected by it. And to me, it was so overwhelming to listen to that, Ken. I I don't really know how to get my arms around it.

Yeah. Well, I I know you were just talking to some of those uh some of those kids. We're not gonna put them on camera, of course.

Um but it's it's not a game here. It feels like a game to the Trump administration. It feels like um content creation, right? Clickbait for their MAGA audience. But when your boots on the ground, when you're talking to the people who have to bear the brunt of that kind of bullying and intimidation, um I can't remember if you were part of this conversation, but the night that the power was cut, calls to the suicide hotline here spiked. It has real consequences, even if it's just performative bluster by our president.

I think we're so used to living in the United States, we don't understand how we're viewed from outside. Fortunately, me and you have been on the adventures to Ukraine, right? We've been all around the world together. And when you talk to people that look at the United States, we have a trillion dollar military. They see the news. They see that we're unstoppable. We're huge, right? How do we stop the Americans if they were to come here? And when you have Trump playing around or the administration saying it's just a block of ice or they want to build these weird future cities here, it's bizarre. But for the Greenlanders, it's real because they've already seen our projection of power.

They know that we're part of NATO. They're part of NATO. So your question is so spot on, your statement is so spot on, Ken, is we don't understand how the United States is portrayed because we're so insular over there. How many Americans have actually been to Greenland? Yes.

Or been to Denmark for that matter or been anywhere in the Scandinavian countries. And I think that's what's incredible about being here is being boots on the ground talking to people who are affected by the president and his minions who are saying things that are completely out of line and really verge on madness.

Yeah. We've been asking every Greenlander we've spoken to what their message for the American people is. What is your message for the Greenlanders as we

Oh, you know your your easy questions, Ken. They're so amazing. No. Um I actually think this is the toughest question because I think they treated us with such respect.

Yeah. But I do think some of the Greenlanders have had a tough time separating the American government from Americans. And the fact that we're here, I think we're allowing them to do that. But they're showing us such grace. But I think the message is is they've always been our friends and they want that trust to be regained.

Yeah. That's what I've heard. They don't trust us right now. And it's hard to believe that a NATO country doesn't trust their own ally based on the ridiculousness coming out of the administration is please stop. We want to trust you again. You are been of our our friends for generations. Why are you doing this?

Generations. Yeah. Thanks, Denver. Thanks, buddy. Denver and I are actually headed to Denmark tomorrow to join a procession of Danish veterans conducting a silent protest in front of the US embassy in Copenhagen. I'll check in from there. Thanks. Love this video. Support independent media and unlock exclusive content. Add free videos and custom emojis by becoming a paid member of our YouTube channel today. You can also gift memberships to others. Let's keep growing together.

Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "Trump LOSES IT as Greenland REBUKES HIM"?

Ken Harbaugh (Host), Yakob Karpo (Guest), Denver Wgleman (Guest).

What is "Trump LOSES IT as Greenland REBUKES HIM" about?

The removal of Danish flags by the US embassy in Copenhagen, which honored 44 Danish soldiers who died in Afghanistan, has sparked outrage in Denmark. Maya Stol, a reserveist in the Danish army, criticizes this act and highlights the disrespect it shows toward Danish veterans, especially in light of Donald Trump's dismissive comments about NATO allies' contributions in conflict.

What is mentioned in this MeidasTouch episode?

11 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Jim Harbaugh, Denmark, Donald Trump, Greenland, Yakob Karpo, Denver Wgleman. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Trump LOSES IT as Greenland REBUKES HIM"?

The episode runs 16 min; the transcript is about 2,605 words in 39 timestamped sections.

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