President Donald Trump said that taking full 'ownership' over Greenland, rather than just upping the United States' military presence there, is 'psychologically important' to him during a lengthy sit-down interview with 'The New York Times'

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Trump also told the Times that he isn’t opposed to using nuclear force if he “needed it” to take over the Arctic island but that “it might upset NATO," since the island is a self-governing territory of NATO member country Denmark.

  • cjoll4@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    No, it wasn’t. It was during an interview with an Access Hollywood reporter as he was preparing for his guest appearance on the soap opera Days of Our Lives. He was joking about Arianne Zucker, an actress that he was about to meet.

    Still disgusting and inexcusable language.

    • Fedizen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 day ago

      “Them” is clearly referring to a general attitude toward women and girls here but people clocked it as about adults for exactly the reason you mentioned but its clear in the wider context of trump he meant far more than that.

      • cjoll4@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        24 hours ago

        Ah, I see. I had interpreted your original comment in the narrower context of the quote, but I see what you mean.