JUST IN: Trump Tells U.S. Allies To Give Up Greenland or You'll Pay (Tariffs)

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Speaker 1: Hey there, folks, it is Saturday, January seventeenth, in a developing story. That story is the President just will not let this Greenland thing go. And now he has escalated this thing even more and he has threatened now allies support me or you are going to pay literally, And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ Ropes.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 1: Not much surprises us, but this is getting a little more gangster than we could even imagine. He is threatening everybody. I want Greenland and I'm gonna get it.

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Speaker 2: Am I being dramatic when it feels like world domination and it feels like the leverage that he's using, which are tariffs, are just holding people financially hostage so that he can bulldoze his way and his policy, not just here in America but across the world.

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Speaker 3: This is yes.

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Speaker 2: I continue to be surprised and rendered speechless in moments by his moves.

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Speaker 1: So, yes, folks, So here on this now Saturday afternoon, we're just hopping on because it's a short time ago. We got a message from President Trump, a message, of course he gives so often now through truth social A message, very long message, and I dare I say this is the longest one I have ever seen him ride up. There was another one. I can't remember that topic.

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Speaker 2: Well, when you said that was the longest, you said, the President has just put out a post, and I believe it's the longest one he's ever put up. And I actually was thinking to myself, Nah, it isn't possible. Then I looked at it. I think you're right.

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Speaker 3: You're right.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I yeah, I thought maybe you're just making a point. Actually, I do think it might be the longest. And he has many runners up.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And this thing is detailed, it was thought through, and he has put the world on notice. The just here, folks, is that he has told eight countries, including Denmark, if you do not go along with my plan of buying Greenland, then I'm gonna hit you with a ten percent tariff, and if you don't go along after that, I'm gonna hit you with a twenty five percent tariff. And he has specific dates and times for it in place, and the country's impacted robes includes the UK.

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Speaker 2: These are our When you said our allies, you ain't kidding. These are some of our, if not our closest allies.

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Speaker 3: So we are very friendly folks in.

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Speaker 2: This groups are via President Trump threatening friends and perhaps turning them into frenemies.

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Speaker 3: But starting February first, that's just around the corner of people. That's what two weeks away from now.

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Speaker 2: If they don't get in life and support his plan to purchase Greenland. Starting February first, there will be ten percent tariffs, that is significant, and by June first, there will be the twenty five percent tariffs.

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Speaker 3: And yes, let's give the list of.

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Speaker 2: The eight nations that we are now currently threatening and holding financial woes over.

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Speaker 1: You know, I mentioned the UK of course, really really close allies here, but these kind of our countries that don't bother nobody like present day, yes, yes, present all historically let's not started with Europe again. But you get what I'm saying. These aren't countries that are in the middle of conflicts usual.

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Speaker 2: These are autonomous, democratic, self sufficient nations. Yes, we're talking about Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland.

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Speaker 1: Are all about to get hit. And what he wants when he says, all all these folks need to do is get on board. You need to get on board my plan and essentially publicly support me taking greenland or else. That's I mean robes. That is bullying. Sure, you could say, but that's I mean you're taking something by force, you're taking it by economic force, You're taking it through threat. That threat is economic, But what if the threat was by a gun.

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Speaker 2: But we are threatening physical, physical, and actually military action if we aren't given permission of tariffs on the table. Yes, you mentioned bullying. This is absolute bullying. And it's also dare I say, an abusive power. Look, we are a world power, if not the world power financially, militarily we are.

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Speaker 3: We are the lead of the free world.

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Speaker 2: So to take that position and use it then to force an agenda on people and hijacking the way we want things to go based on our power. We're using our power, We're using our financial power, We're using our military power to threaten other countries to either fold to us and do what we tell them to do or else.

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Speaker 3: That is scary. You know.

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Speaker 1: The else is we're going to take your land. That's the else. I mean, where have we ever been on board with one autonomous sovereign region? When have we ever been on board with another country just taking it?

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Speaker 3: We haven't, And historically speaking, it doesn't usually.

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Speaker 1: End well, just take it. We're just going to just dominate. We have decided we're going to take land.

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Speaker 3: What are you going to do about it that benefits us?

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Speaker 2: Whether it's because it's oil rich, or it has an enviable.

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Speaker 3: Port or access, you know, whatever.

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Speaker 2: It is that's convenient for what we need for our whatever, either national security or you know what. You can put whatever label you want on it, but as long as it benefits us, we can just take what we want and we will tell you how much we'll pay for it, or we'll just take it and send in truths.

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Speaker 1: What happens on the buying it? What if the negotiation they say nope, we're not going to accept that price. Now is he going to force them to accept a price? How do you how are you going to negotiate a price? I don't think about that. Roades. Yeah, I don't know what we're gonna do here. But here, let's let's let you hear exactly what the President said this was, and we'll do it in sections here. And it is a lot, but we'll give it to you president word for word. He starts off, we have subsidized Denmark and all the countries of the European Union and others for many years by not charging them tariffs or any other forms of remuneration. Now, after centuries, it's time for Denmark to give back. World peace is at stake. China and Russia want Greenland and there is not a thing that Denmark can do about it. Oh, he almost made it sound like they could take it, So why can't we?

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Speaker 2: That's one of the things I've been curious about, because he said that, He's floated that several times that if we don't take it, China.

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Speaker 3: And Russia will, or China or Russia will is.

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Speaker 2: There has there ever been any indication, any inquiry, any interest, I.

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Speaker 3: Don't know by China or Russia.

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Speaker 2: I certainly haven't seen headlines or stories written at all about either one of those countries gunning for Greenland.

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Speaker 3: But maybe I don't. Maybe I'm just out of it, and I don't know.

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Speaker 1: You haven't been getting the high level security briefings I've been getting.

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Speaker 2: All right, So look, he said it before, but the only person I've ever heard talk about that is President Trump.

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Speaker 3: Never heard anyone else say that about China and Russia. All right, we will continue.

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Speaker 2: This is the second paragraph of President Trump's truth social post. They currently have two dog sleds as protection. One added recently, only the United States of America under in all caps President Donald J. Trump can play in this game, and very successfully. At that exclamation point, nobody will touch this sacred piece of land, especially since the national security of the United States and the world at large is at stake on top of everything else. Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Finland have journeyed to Greenland for purposes unknown.

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Speaker 1: He's now just a vague accusation that they're up to something.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean they have sent troops there with word that we might send ours.

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Speaker 3: Yes, that is true. But he's acting as if there's some evil.

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Speaker 2: Purpose behind their intrusion into Greenland for purposes unknown.

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Speaker 1: We really do need to go back and watch the first Greenland. I think the second one came out this weekend.

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Speaker 3: Yes, I wonder how well the movie's gonna do, given Greenland being.

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Speaker 1: In the news the way it is, because Gona is gonna do better because it was not on my radar. Now I'm like, oh, we gotta go watch.

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Speaker 2: I should watch the first one after we finish this episode and then go and watch the movie in the theaters tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: The President continues, they currently have ah, excuse me that with your Dog's land one, this one is next. This is a very dangerous situation for the safety, security, and survival of our planet. These countries who are playing this very dangerous game have put a level of risk in play that is not tenable or sustainable. Therefore, it is imperative that in order to protect the global peace and security, strong measures be taken so that there's potentially perilous situation in quickly and without.

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Speaker 2: Question, potentially perilous situation, a very dangerous game.

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Speaker 1: Where is the day like the Hunt for Red October?

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Speaker 3: Like, what is he talking about?

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Speaker 1: Well, I mean he's he is putting it on our radar and making This is how it works, right, it's public opinion. You're trying to get people to believe that, yes, there is some current threat. There is a threat right there, and we need.

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Speaker 2: It because look, obviously neither one of us have security readings. We don't understand threats or security.

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Speaker 3: Things that are going on behind the scenes.

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Speaker 2: But I'm just saying this is the first I have ever heard of there being some threat from any other country via Greenland. Like this is just it's all now being built up to some big, huge storyline of peril and danger, and I just feel like it's all being created.

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Speaker 1: Who knew Greenland? Those pesky Greenlanders.

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Speaker 3: All fifty seven thousand of them with their two dog sleds and fully armed. My goodness, all right, he continues.

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Speaker 2: Starting on February first, twenty twenty six, all of the above mentioned countries Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland will be charged a ten percent tariff on any and all goods sent to the United States of America. On June first, twenty twenty six, the tariff will be increased to twenty five percent. This tariff will be due and payable until such time as a deal is reached for the complete and total purchase of Greenland.

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Speaker 1: Wow, we're going to tax you until I get my so I get Greenland.

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Speaker 3: I'm just gonna squeeze you financially until you do what I say.

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Speaker 1: I still wonder how do you negotiate the deal? How do you negotiate the price? Say? Okay, fine, we'll sell it to you. We want seventeen trillion dollars. I don't know, then, I don't know how they go for He says, nope, I'll give you fifty thousand. Like, what is the number? How can you He gets to decide what he buys and how much he pays for it. What a marketplace it it? Look?

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Speaker 2: People have said it's anywhere from I mean a lot of people have said seven hundred billion, But I have seen one trillion. And okay, how's he paying for that?

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Speaker 3: We're already in debt? My god, how are we paying for that? Who's who's? How are we purchasing another man a massive land for seven hundred billion dollars?

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Speaker 1: Oh? My goodness? All right, Well, well no.

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Speaker 3: I'm saying, do we do? We keep reading? He's got two more paragraphs.

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Speaker 2: The United States has been trying to do this transaction for over one hundred and fifty years, have we? Many presidents have tried, and for good reason, but Denmark has always refused. Now, because of the Golden Dome and modern day weapons systems, both offensive and defensive, the need to acquire is especially important. Hundreds of billions of dollars are currently being spent on security programs having to do with the Dome, including for the possible protection of Canada. And this very brilliant but highly complex system can only work at its maximum potential and efficiency because of angles, meats, and bounds if this land is included in it. The United States of America is immediately open to negotiation with Denmark and or any of these countries that have put so much at risk despite all that we have done for them, including maximum protection over so many decades.

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Speaker 3: Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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Speaker 1: And there it is your move. How do you push? How do you press that we're about to tax goods from eight allies indefinitely until he gets Greenland at a price yet to be determined. Well, folks, we will remind you. Stay here, will remind you where Denmark and Greenland are on this thing, because they had two of their representatives' top representatives at the White House this week, one of them left in tears. Stay here, all right, We continue to here on this Saturday developing story. This afternoon, President Trump has let the world know he wants Greenland. He is for real, and he is willing to punish allies to get it. He has put out a list of eight countries, says he will hit them with tariff starting at ten percent, then will go up to twenty five percent until such time as the United States has successfully negotiated to purchase Greenland rogues. Their two foreign ministers were at the White House this week for a meeting with some pretty big dogs on our side. It seemed like nothing came of that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the JD Vance and Marco Rubio met with Greenland's foreign minister, her name was Vivian Mottsville and the Danish foreign minister Lars low Ki Rasmussen.

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Speaker 3: And look, the.

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Speaker 2: Danish foreign minister came out and he's the one who used the words. What was his phrase? Oh that it ended in fundamental disagreement. So it was like, basically, yes, the politest way to say, we got nowhere. We're completely on opposite ends of things and we have nowhere to go from here. It's interesting because then there were many headlines because Greenland's foreign minister, Vivian Mottsfeldt, was doing an interview with a national broadcaster and she broke down.

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Speaker 3: She really did. She had to stop, She got choked up, she got emotional.

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Speaker 2: She said, I would not normally like to say these words, but I will say that we are very strong. We are doing our utmost, but the last days naturally, and then she broke off and actually started choking back tears, and she had to say, oh, I am getting emotional. I am overwhelmed. The last days have been tough. Our preparations and the increasing pressure that has been intense. So yeah, she left the meeting at the White House with President well, not with President Trump, with Vice President Jade Vans and Marco Rubio. She got on television to talk to her fellow countrymen and women, and she broke down because of the pressure.

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Speaker 1: You know, I bet i'll we see her putting on a good public face. We don't know what was happening in that meeting. We don't know what messages are being passed along. But you can only imagine. You hear sometimes how they speak to people in public, and you imagine maybe privately they are getting some harsh words, maybe they are getting some intense pressure, maybe they are being threatened in some way. But the way you describe her breaking down, it seems like she has been beaten down.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it was one of those things.

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Speaker 2: When you watched the video, she wasn't boohooing, tears, weren't streaming down her face.

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Speaker 3: But there was such deep emotion.

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Speaker 2: It was in her body and it had to come out because of all the stress and pressure.

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Speaker 3: But she You know, they're trying to put on a brave face.

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Speaker 2: They're using words like strength, and we are strong, and we promise the Greenlandic people that they will feel safe and live securely. So they feel this huge amount of responsibility. And then they've got this, you know, President Trump, who's saying, my way or the highway, and here are your choices.

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Speaker 3: We pay you or we invade you.

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Speaker 2: Your choice, and if you don't like it, Europe, you're going to suffer financially.

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Speaker 1: Man man, man, man, Well, folks, that is not the updates we were expecting today, but that's the one we just got from President Trump. We will hop back on at any point news does jump out, but yeah, we just wanted to give you that update. Is always top right corner of your Apple podcast app on our show page. It's a little button that says follow Click that and you can make sure all of our updates will come straight to you. But for now, I am TJ. Holmes and on behalf of my dear Amy Robot. We will talk to yell Yah