Why does Trump want Greenland?
James O'Brien - The Whole Show
Global
4.3 • 914 Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2026
⏱️ 158 minutes
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This is a catch-up version of James O'Brien's live, daily show on LBC Radio. To join the conversation call: 0345 60 60 973
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| 1:08.4 | day before that. I mean, there were times, weren't there, |
| 1:15.8 | during Brexit, and I suppose most obviously during COVID, where it felt as if there was only really one story in town, one thing worthy of our attention. But I'm just going to run something |
| 1:21.1 | by you, if I may. And it only, I mean, it literally occurred to me five and a half minutes ago |
| 1:26.5 | while I was in the production |
| 1:30.3 | office, just chewing the fat. And it literally occurred to me in that moment that we've entered, |
| 1:38.1 | well, no, maybe we haven't, but we could enter the don't look up phase. I don't know if you remember the call yesterday. I don't know if |
| 1:46.4 | you were listening to a caller who brought the five stages of grief into the conversation, of which |
| 1:53.1 | of course denial is a crucial part. And it is still there, a denial of the gravity of the |
| 1:58.8 | situation that we're currently facing as Donald Trump essentially leads America out of the post-world order. |
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