'Aren't We Supposed to Be the Good Guys Here?'
Senator Mark Kelly says that taking Greenland “would probably be the biggest mistake any president has made in the history of this country.”
January 8, 2026
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Episode 164 · January 8, 2026
'Aren't We Supposed to Be the Good Guys Here?'
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Summary
President Donald Trump likely won’t listen to this podcast, but Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona has a warning for him: Any attempt to take Greenland using military force will probably go down as the biggest mistake made by a president in all of U.S. history.
In this conversation with Kelly, we discuss the impact of the censure letter against him sent by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the legality of U.S. military strikes in the Caribbean, the future of the Democratic Party, and his family’s response to political violence.
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