Michael McFaul Says Trump Sanctions Over Greenland Are a Contradiction, NATO’s Whole Purpose Is to Defend

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McFAUL: "Yeah, that’s a hard question. I don’t know the answer exactly, because President Trump’s rather erratic when it comes to these coercive things. He threatens things. He brings tariffs. And then he plays a game of chicken from time to time, like he did with the Chinese. And he backs down. But I would say a couple of things. First of all, there’s a paradox here that Trump is sanctioned in these countries for sending soldiers to Greenland. I thought the whole purpose was we’re supposed to defend Greenland with NATO soldiers, right? So there’s a real contradiction there. Secondly, I hope that there can be a long, drawn out process. You know, he they pledged to set up a working group. I hope that working group meets for years and years and years. And then eventually the clock runs out. And the third thing I hope is on our side, I hope every presidential candidate, especially in the Democratic Party, makes clear today that if this goes forward in some manner, either through a coercive way or not, they will reverse it. And I think the world needs to know that just because President Trump wants to do something today doesn’t mean that it will be permanent. And I think that would be very useful because the polling is really clear. The American people don’t support this by a 4 to 1 margin. They don’t support this at all. They want the president to go back to what he promised him as a candidate. The price of eggs are more important to the American people not seizing Greenland. And I just want to point out this will be costly for us, even if it’s done as a as a contract, we’re going to have to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to take Greenland when we could be using that money for other things right here at home."