A Democratic lawmaker Thursday shot down President Donald Trump's push to take over Greenland.
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) had a stern response to Trump's threats to take the island nation and Danish territory, despite the country's foreign minister and Danish foreign minister pushing back and saying Trump lied in his main claim about why the United States should seize the country.
Gallego was asked in an interview with MS NOW if there was a way to address Trump's security concerns without handing over Greenland — and he didn't hold back.
"No, because this has nothing to do with actual security concerns. This is the president being an idiot, and he is really excited about the idea of taking this big piece of land that's on a map, and he's using any excuse to actually cover up his idiotic idea," Gallego said.
Gallego accused Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio — whom he referred to as "court jesters" — of green-lighting the move without understanding the real repercussions the move could have on the country's relationship with other nations.
"And then you have people like, you know, JD Vance and Marco Rubio, they're coming up with all these weird excuses. 'We have access to Greenland, we have a base in Greenland. The kingdom of Denmark has said you could expand all the bases you want. They have they have agreed to to work with us on economic issues. They've agreed to any type of economic treaty that to secure mineral rights,' whatever it is, they'll do anything because they certainly don't want to work," Gallego argued. "But this is just a fit of fancy this president is having. And then all his court jesters around him are coming up with an excuse, because the real excuse is because the real reason is really dumb."
Gallego added what he really thought of the ordeal, which experts have said could signal the end of NATO if the U.S. were to attack a key ally.
"It's just the president is an idiot, and we're all trying to come up with excuses. But the fact is, at the core base, this president is an idiot," he said. "And now he's putting that foreign policy into effect, which is going to negatively affect us and the long run in terms of our national security."
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