March 30, 2025

Trump's Foreign Policy MELTDOWN: Gutfield Exposes President's Bizarre Diplomacy with Russia, Iran, and Greenland

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Podcasting's sharpest political comic delivers a savage takedown of Trump's contradictory foreign policy moves. Watch as Patrick Gutfield brilliantly skewers the president's hot-and-cold relationship with Putin ("Trump is simultaneously furious while maintaining their beautiful friendship") and his bizarre obsession with acquiring Greenland ("Nothing says 'reasonable foreign policy' like coveting an autonomous territory that's repeatedly said, 'No thanks!'"). The segment reaches peak comedy when Gutfield describes Vice President Vance's Arctic adventure: "Who would expect a place with 'GREEN' in its name to be covered in ice? It's false advertising!" Don't miss this hilarious dissection of presidential diplomacy that seems more like "casually threatening multiple countries over the phone like ordering takeout.

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Kalaruka Shark media from Washington, d C. Where Trump is

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gonna get Greenland someday. This is ballad, that's.

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Right, just like how I'm gonna get Cindy Sweeney one day.

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Let's hit this.

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President Trump is absolutely fuming at Putin. In a recent

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NBC News interview, our commander in chief declared he was

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very angry and pissed off at the Russian leader. Why

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because Putin had the audacity to suggest replacing Ukrainian President

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Zelensky with a transitional government. Trump, who just last week

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was calling Zelensky sick and incorrectly labeling him a dictator,

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is now suddenly Ukraine's biggest defender. The President threatened Russia

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with secondary tariffs. If they don't play nice, there will

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be a twenty five percent tariff on all oil, a

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twenty five to fifty point tariff on all oil, Trump declared,

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presumably while pacing around in his bathrobe during this early

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morning phone call. Now, for those who don't speak Trump tariff,

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that means if you buy Russian oil, you can't do

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business in America. It's his signature move, Like when your

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dad threatens to turn this car around. Right now, If

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everyone doesn't behave. But here's the kicker. Trump then casually

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mentioned that despite being furious with Putin, they still have

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a very good relationship and the anger dissipates.

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Quickly, and just try.

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When you thought the tough talk couldn't get tougher, Trump

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pivoted to Iran, threatening bombing the likes of which they

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have never seen before if they don't make a nuclear deal,

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because nothing says skilled negotiation like threatening to bomb someone

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into the Stone Age during a weekend phone interview. Meanwhile,

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Iranian President Poseskian has already rejected direct negotiations, probably because

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receiving a letter.

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From Trump is terrifying enough.

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I imagine it was written in sharpie with lots of

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exclamation points and random capitalization.

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So there you have it.

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Our president is simultaneously furious at Putin while maintaining their

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beautiful friendship, all while casually threatening multiple countries over the

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phone like he's ordering takeout. And they say American diplomacy

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is dead. So President Trump has decided he really really

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wants Greenland. When NBC News asked if he'd had conversations

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about annexing it, Trump responded with his signature restraint, we'll

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get Greenland. Yeah, one hundred percent, because nothing says reasonable

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foreign policy like coveting an autonomous territory that's repeatedly said

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no thanks. Vice President Vance visited a US military base

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there Friday and essentially told Denmark their terrible landlords who've

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been neglecting Greenland's security. He basically encouraged Greenland to break

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up with Denmark so America could swoop in with its

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best pickup lines. It's like watching your friend hit on

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someone at a bar by insulting their current partner bold strategy.

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When asked if military force was on the table, Trump

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said no, I never take military force off the table,

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but I think there's a good possibility that we could

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do it without military force. That's reassuring, like telling someone

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I probably won't punch you in the face. But I'm

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definitely keeping that option open. Trump explained his reasoning, we

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need Greenland very importantly for international security.

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We have to have Greenland.

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I haven't heard someone this desperate for real estate since

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my neighbor's three hour homeowners association rant about getting.

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The community gazebo.

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Denmark's foreign minister responded by saying, this is not how

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you speak to your close allies, which might be the

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most polite way possible of saying what the actual heck. Meanwhile,

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Greenland's new prime minister said the comments showed a lack

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of respect you think.

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When NBC asked what message.

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Acquiring Greenland would send to Russia, which has been expanding

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its own territory, Trump responded with remarkable candor, I don't

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really think about that. I don't really care, because why

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consider global implications when you can just collect es like

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they're monopoly properties. In other news, Trump still has confidence

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in his national security team, despite Signal Gate, where his

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national security advisor accidentally included a journalist in a tex

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chain discussing a military strike, because nothing says top notch

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security like accidentally adding a reporter to your bombing Yemen

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group chat. And lastly, Trump couldn't care less if automakers

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raise prices because of his twenty five percent tariff on imports.

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His solution, people are going to buy American made cars.

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Problem solved, just like how I solve my coffee addiction

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by switching to energy drinks. Vice President JD. Vance boldly

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ventured to Greenland last week, where he discovered two shocking facts.

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It's ridiculously cold, and nobody there wants America to own

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their country. Who could have seen that coming? Our brave

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Vice President arrived at the tough space base wearing jeans

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and a parka, but plot twist, no hatter, gloves and

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minus three degree weather.

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Nobody told me if he.

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Explained to laughing troops, I mean, who would expect a

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place with green in its name to be covered in ice?

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It's false advertising.

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Greenland's officials made a crystal clear the Americans weren't welcome

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for a visit. The White House had to cancel Usha

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Vance's planned goodwill tour involving dog sled races and chats

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with locals. Nothing says we come in peace like being

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rejected from attending a dog sled race confined to the

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American base. Vance delivered a scathing critique of Denmark, claiming

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they have not done a good job by the people

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of Greenland and have underinvested in security. It's like breaking

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into your neighbor's house to tell them their furniture arrangement

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is terrible. Vance added, they expect to cut a deal

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Donald Trump's style with Greenland, because if there's one thing

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that inspires confidence in international diplomacy.

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It's to phrase Trump style.

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Negotiation of today's program were made with the help of Putin,

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which always helps our Russian download numbers. Jd Vance, who

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does not an ai