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The Chris Cuomo Project

What Trump Is Really Doing With Greenland

The Chris Cuomo Project

Chris Cuomo

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.53.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Chris Cuomo breaks down what’s actually behind Trump’s sudden push around Greenland — and why it fits a familiar pattern in how power and pressure are used. Cuomo explains how disruption is often deployed as leverage, not something meant to fully play out, and why markets, institutions, and allies are rarely allowed to absorb the consequences people are told to expect. The rapid shift from tariff threats to talks with NATO reinforces the idea that escalation is part of the maneuver, not the destination. Placing the Greenland move in historical context, Cuomo points to moments like the Great Depression and the Great Recession to show why “let whatever happens happen” has never been true. Whether it’s markets, trade, or geopolitics, he argues that chaos is frequently the tool, not the endgame — and that recognizing this pattern matters far more than reacting to the headline of the week. Follow and subscribe to The Chris Cuomo Project on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube for new episodes every Tuesday and Thursday: https://linktr.ee/cuomoproject Join Chris Ad-Free On Substack: http://thechriscuomoproject.substack.com Support our sponsors: Protect your family with life insurance from Ethos—get up to $3 million in coverage in as little as 10 minutes at https://ethos.com/CUOMO. Application times and rates may vary. Reverse hair loss with @iRestorelaser and get exclusive savings on the iRestore Elite, use code CUOMO at https://irestore.com/cuomo! #irestorepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I never thought I would say this, but Greenland is everything, and I can explain.

0:13.5

Chris Cuomo here. Welcome to the Chris Cuomo Project. So how can Greenland be everything when I've

0:20.8

continuously, constantly told you that Greenland is nothing?

0:26.3

It is the distraction of all distractions.

0:28.2

Well, I'll tell you.

0:29.5

Here's what's changed the calculus.

0:32.5

You have the leader of Canada, a country known for not being known, right, for really not distinguishing

0:40.5

itself in any way, certainly not offensively, okay? Right now, at a world forum, the head of Canada

0:49.1

is biting into the ass of the United States like it was a chew toy, okay?

0:56.4

Why?

0:57.9

Just a quick review on my phone when I was alerted to this fact

1:01.6

shows that they have become an echo of geopolitical outrage

1:08.4

that has been, for all of the antics, the border, Russia, China, shithole

1:16.1

countries, everything that has happened through the filter of Trumpism, Greenland, it turns out,

1:24.1

was the straw that broke the world's back.

1:28.2

And then on the heels of our understanding about our compadre, Canada, going bad on us,

1:36.2

which only the most malignant of minds could come to that conclusion.

1:40.5

They're going bad on us.

1:41.8

The people least likely to be offended by anything

1:46.0

have become outraged by us, but it's their fault. The head of France sends a text to the American

1:55.1

president that he decides to share where he says, I don't get what you're doing with the Greenland thing.

2:03.6

Greenland is everything.

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