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The Big Ben Show

Trump’s Greenland Gambit & ICE Efforts

The Big Ben Show

Fox News Radio

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.5576 Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of The Big Ben Show, Ben Domenech breaks down President Trump’s renewed push to “acquire” Greenland, framing it as a high-stakes Arctic security play amid China and Russia interest and a potential stress test for NATO. Next, he is joined by DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin for a wide-ranging interview on ICE operations, clashes with sanctuary jurisdictions, officer safety, detention standards, and the administration’s push to change how immigration enforcement is covered and understood. Finally, the episode also features an in-studio conversation with Brad Wilcox on the growing “dumb phone” movement, smartphone addiction, teen mental health, and school phone restrictions. 🎙️ Listen and SUBSCRIBE for more candid conversations on speech, culture, media power and politics. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3fRPRZRNC9O7S8u40CSk2D Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-big-ben-show/id1556479134 Follow The Big Ben Show on all social platforms: X: https://x.com/BigBenShowFox Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bigbenshowfox/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I want to start today with the conversation around Greenland, one that has taken over the

1:01.6

meeting of all the worst people in the world, which is held annually at Davos, the World Economic

1:07.2

Forum, and where Donald Trump was greeted there by a display on the mountain

1:13.6

nearby that had been created by skiers, saying no kings. Something that's a little bit

1:20.3

awkward for those members of the delegations from around the world, and particularly from

1:25.3

Europe, who still have kings, notably our allies in the UK and of course elsewhere.

1:31.2

This is a situation that is brought upon us by the president's machinations toward Greenland, ones that he has been very clear about and that has led to meetings between J.D. Vance, Marco Rubio, and other officials representing Greenland and representing Denmark in recent weeks.

1:49.4

It's one where the president has been willing to even, you know, rattle the saber a little bit, potentially talk about the fact that the military could very easily take Greenland.

1:58.7

Greenland is of enormous importance to us strategically and has been for the long time,

2:03.6

but it's getting only more so in an environment where you can't have a lot of confidence in the

2:08.7

Europeans to do anything more than engage in theatrics.

2:12.5

They sent various groups of military presences in the last week as a kind of show of force, even though it was a very

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