The Takeout with Major Garrett, 1/21/26
The Takeout with Major Garrett
CBS News
4.6 • 586 Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Major is back in the anchor chair. Ed O’Keefe continues covering the President at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He interviews North Carolina Republican Senator Thom Tillis and 2028 presidential hopeful, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear about the President’s speech and his “framework” for a potential deal over Greenland. Jan Crawford joins Major on-set about the Supreme Court’s arguments on whether President Trump can fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook. Plus, Nicole Sganga joins from St. Paul, Minnesota to discuss her interview with the state’s commissioner, who disputes claims from the Department of Homeland Security that local government is not cooperating with them. Listen to the full episode here!
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| 0:30.0 | At the Davos J.K. Cafe, that will be one Greenland Taco to go. |
| 0:36.1 | Yes, we will explain. The Supreme Court sounds skeptical about |
| 0:40.4 | Trump efforts to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. Some heavyweight spectators watched. |
| 0:45.8 | We will let you know who. Davos attracts industrialists and political leaders and climbers |
| 0:52.2 | in both worlds. Our Ed O'Keefe talks with one of them, Kentucky Governor Andy Bashir. |
| 1:06.9 | Hello, everyone, I'm Major Garrett in Washington. |
| 1:08.9 | Let me welcome you to the takeout. |
| 1:18.6 | Sometime after the dawn of text messaging, you know, way back when the kids came up with a shorthand for just kidding. J.K. |
| 1:19.6 | Much more recently, and by that I mean the spring of last year, financiers came up with a shorthand for President Trump when he comes face to face with a market-rattling |
| 1:28.6 | tariff confrontation of his own making. That shorthand, Taco, stands for Trump always chickens out. |
| 1:37.2 | Well, today, JK and Taco merged in Davos. After days of vague and not so vague military threats to overtake Greenland, |
| 1:47.3 | President Trump told a captive and quite anxious audience at the World Economic Forum, |
| 1:52.7 | J.K. |
| 1:54.3 | I don't have to use force. |
| 1:55.7 | I don't want to use force. |
| 1:56.6 | I won't use force. |
| 1:58.7 | All the United States is asking for is a place called Greenland, where we already had it, as a trustee, |
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