Meet the Press NOW — January 9

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🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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President Trump meets with top oil executives as he looks to convince them to make major investments to rebuild Venezuela’s oil and energy infrastructure. New cellphone video shows the deadly moment of the ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis. Anti-government protests in Iran are growing as President Trump doubles down on his promise to intervene if demonstrators are harmed.

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0:00.0	Good day to you. You have been watching President Trump taking reporters questions as he meets with oil executives who are poised to potentially help rebuild the oil infrastructure of Venezuela.
0:16.2	This is Meet the Press now and the president taking questions on a range of different topics.
0:22.6	NBC News White House correspondent Monica Alba standing by to help me sort through it.
0:25.9	I'll just tick through some of the headlines.
0:27.8	The president asked if Minnesota officials should be involved in the investigation into that
0:32.9	deadly shooting by an ICE official there.
0:35.4	The president saying no, because they are very corrupt people.
0:41.5	And it comes as he falsely claimed that he won Minnesota three times. Of course, it's worth
0:45.8	noting that former President Biden did win Minnesota in 2020. The president also asked if what he
0:54.0	wants out of Venezuela is stability or democracy.
0:57.4	The president saying, we want stability, but we do want democracy.
1:02.6	That when asked by our own NBC's Garrett Hake there, he was also pressed on revelations
1:09.6	that he's very serious about the United States taking over Greenland.
1:13.2	In fact, in a phone conversation with me earlier this week, the president reiterating just how
1:17.6	serious he was.
1:19.1	The president asked about that today.
1:20.9	He said, we're going to do something with Greenland, either the nice way or the more
1:25.4	difficult way.
1:26.5	He has not taken military action off of the table.
1:30.4	The president saying, if we don't do it, China or Russia will, a notable comment there.
1:36.3	He was also asked if he needs to provide a backstop to those oil companies who are prepared to get engaged in Venezuela.
1:42.8	The president's saying, I hope I don't have to.
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