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S8 Ep346: SEGMENT 3: EUROPEAN FRUSTRATION WITH TRUMP'S RETURN Guest: Judy Dempsey (Carnegie Berlin), Co-Host: Thaddeus McCotter Dempsey assesses European anxiety as Trump begins his second term. Discussion covers EU economic stagnation, Germany's struggling industr

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 21 January 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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SEGMENT 3: EUROPEAN FRUSTRATION WITH TRUMP'S RETURN Guest: Judy Dempsey (Carnegie Berlin), Co-Host: Thaddeus McCotter Dempsey assesses European anxiety as Trump begins his second term. Discussion covers EU economic stagnation, Germany's struggling industrial base, and widespread frustration among European leaders unprepared for renewed American pressure on trade, defense spending, and NATO commitments. McCotter joins from Detroit offering domestic political perspective.

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I'm John Batchel and I welcome my good colleagues, Judy Dempsey, of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

1:01.4

He's been Berlin and Thaddeus McCutter of American greatness.

1:04.4

He's in a suburb of Detroit and the great state of Michigan.

1:08.0

We begin with a headline that is hard to make up, but there it is.

1:12.0

Dollar falls sharply in Wall Street stock set for losses over Greenland crisis. What? Subhead, U.S. President insists, quote, there can be no going back

1:18.4

on demand for Ireland. I see in other headlines that we're looking at the major powers in the

1:26.2

EU and NATO, both weighing in on this,

1:29.0

finding it unacceptable that the U.S. is moving on a part of the sovereign state of Denmark,

1:35.4

a member of NATO.

1:37.3

Greenland has been a colony of Denmark for two centuries or more.

1:42.8

There's a debate as to whether Denmark is adequate for the people of Greenland,

1:48.1

but there's no doubt that it's indicated on the map.

1:52.6

This is Danish territory and not loose to be grabbed by any power.

2:00.7

Judy, I note that Mr. Merritt, along with Mr. McCrone, Mr. Starrmer, have all voiced their opinion

2:09.3

that this is unacceptable conduct by the United States.

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