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Charlie Kirk
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Blake
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Jack
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Tyler
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Blake
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Tyler
What's up, guys? Charlie, how you doing?
Jack
Yo.
Charlie Kirk
I guess without even seeing. I gotta tell you, I'm getting better at this. I don't even know who I have. The reason I knew that Andrew wasn't on is I just got off the phone with him. So I was like, very unlikely. So, Jack, why don't we start with this? Jack pitched to the. We're doing two thought crimes this week. On Monday, Jack said, hey, why don't we do a thought crime on Greenland? I said, no, no, no, no, no. That'll be later in the week. Jack, open us up with our Manifest Destiny topic.
Jack
Yeah. So, Charlie. Yeah, we bring it up. And I was like, oh, you know, and. And it had been sort of kicking around. Keep in mind. So folks, understand the timeline here. This was before President Trump's press conference. So when he went like, all in on it, and we're all sitting around going like, hey, you know what, what topics do we want to get to? Because there's always a few things. We talked. We ended up talking about the gaycation instead on the last episode. And then I was like. I was like, oh, yeah, the whole American expansionism, Fortress America, the new theory. It's been, you know, President Trump's been talking about it. The media is really into it. Let's get to it. And Charlie's like, no, no, no, no, no, don't talk about it. That. We'll talk about it later. I'm like, why? He's like, trust me, we'll talk about it later.
Blake
It was so great because the time where I'm a producer on Charlie's radio show, and I learned that Charlie was going to Greenland when he sent us the photo of him in Greenland. And I believe that's when Andrew learned about it. I believe that's when everyone learned about it. So Charlie just went and he just absconded on us. And then they're like, andrew, you're hosting the show. It was. It was a lot of fun. It was very entertaining.
Charlie Kirk
To my credit, though, I was sworn to secrecy. I could have leaked it and all that. It drives me nuts when people do that. So you guys understand, you got to take that stuff seriously. It's nothing personal. You just, you know, it's. There's a lot going into this stuff, and you tell three people, who then tell 10 people, and then next thing you know, the New York Times is calling you. So there's some footage of me in Greenland. It was really remarkable, I gotta be honest. First of all, this is kind of a unfair question. Has anyone here been to Greenland? Jack actually might have been to Greenland because of his time in the Navy.
Jack
Jack, have you or not? I have been to Alaska, and I've been all the way up in the north of Alaska on the Arctic Circle. But, no, I've not been to Greenland in Iceland.
Charlie Kirk
So it is objectively one of the most beautiful places I've ever been. It reminds me of, like, deep interior Alaska, like, untouched, wild, where you come in contact with God's creation with no filter. A place where there is a town and then there's no connection to modernity from that point forward. I mean, there's polar bears that just walk through downtown, which is the largest town in Greenland. That is a great word for it. It is a frontier, country, country territory. We'll get into all the details there. So. So just kind of some backstory. Don Jr called me up and he said, hey, do you want to pop on Trump Force One and fly with me to Greenland? I'm like, yeah, I'll do that. So we took off at 2am local standard time in Palm Beach. I did one of the things I hate most which is to fly a red eye flight. Pretty easy to fly red eye flight on Trump Force one. Might I add those. So landed in Greenland as the sun was rising at 11am local time. Got off the plane, we were greeted by hundreds of people in MAGA hats. We went to some of their sacred sites. We went to the top of this hill and took those pictures as the sun was rising. We had an amazing meal with a bunch of local Greenlanders. We went to the local cultural museum and ended the day at one of their top kind of bar hangout, Cheers if you will restaurants. I learned a lot. Number one, the people of Greenland, they hate, hate the Danes. They hate Denmark. They say that they are mistreated by Denmark. They say that Denmark has lied to them and has really abused them. Number two, there is so much untapped potential in Greenland. There was a young man that came up to me and he said Charlie, I follow you on TikTok. Let me show you this picture. And it was a picture of him. He said in my local village we find these all the time. They are rubies the size of baseballs, guys. I mean the nickel, the aluminum, the lithium, the rubies, the gold, the natural resources, I mean it is one of the most abundant natural resource banks or reservoirs. What do you want to say on the planet? The final thing is this is they love America. They are the, the power of, the power of American culture. MAGA is a worldwide movement. It is transcending borders largely thanks to social media. So it was a wonderful time in Nuuk. That is how you say it, not Nuk. It is Nuuk and honored to have been included in something that very well might have made history. It wasn't a government trip. We didn't meet with government officials. We came as tourists come to just learn, report back to the people of America of what we saw and heard. Honored to be included and would welcome your guys thoughts.
Jack
You know that's not the only, it's not the only nuke in, in Greenland. Of course something that you know a lot of people don't realize that during the Cold War that's this actually was the forward, one of the forward strategic bases for US WMDs regarding the Soviet, the threat of the Soviet Union and really that in any type of strategic intercontinental ballistic missile exchange between the US and Russia or the US and China it would most, most likely be over the top. See people have this view we're so used to and, and this is where like I, I, I totally went like full schizo Navy officer like on, on the show this week and I had like all the charts out. I was explaining like, we live on a globe. People need to stop thinking in two dimensions. Yeah, there's the map. Like, like all of this stuff goes over the top. It is so shorter to travel those distances. The maritime routes, this was the whole reason, by the way, for the endless search for the Northwest Passage, which potentially might be opening up due to advances in icebreaker technology, which of course the US Is totally lagging behind China and Russia in and new routes that may be opening up in the Labrador Sea and others, which by the way, would take maritime shipping in a completely new direction where, guess what, the Suez Canal and the Houthis and the Straits of Malacca and all the nonsense might be completely obsolete within the next 10 to 15 years, not to mention the baseball sized rubies and all the other natural resources up there. So, I mean it's, it's pretty clear that over the next century the rates for the Arctic is going to be absolutely massive. And it's just incredible that President Trump is, is focusing on it the way that he has. And of course we, you know, the United States has maintained military presence there since, since World War II.
Blake
So this is something I discovered. Like, so obviously, as you mentioned, the big US Base in far northern Greenland, we called it Thule Air Force Base because that's like the old.
Jack
Excuse me, it is Thule Air Force.
Blake
Base, but the Biden administration renamed it to something stupid because they wanted to like, I think it was like the local indigenous people's name for the area, which, okay, they can call it whatever they want. We call it Thule because Ultima Thule is, you know, a cool ancient Greek concept for the ultra far north. So that's one of the many bases we should probably change the name back to which this ties into. We were, when we were talking about topics, obviously we want to talk about Greenland, but President Trump, he's, he's sort of creating this conversation about all sorts of foreign policy stuff, both actual expansionism and like, I don't know, rhetorical offensive. So he was saying we should, should rename the Gulf of Mexico. Do. Should we rename the Gulf of Mexico, guys?
Jack
Yes.
Charlie Kirk
And it turns out America, I've known about that one for quite a while and I haven't leaked that one either. So proud of myself.
Jack
It, it turns out that one, I think one of the f, I was looking at this last year and my one of the first posts I was able to find of that was from my brother, like all the way back in like April of 2024. And he was out on a wave runner and he was like, he was like, just cruising the Gulf of America, its new name come 2025. And I was like, did you. I was like, kevin, did somebody like, tip you off? He's like, no, I just, I just thought it should be called.
Tyler
Well, and it makes perfect sense too, because I mean, realistically, most of the Gulf is completely dependent. It's either United States border or completely dependent on the United States for everything.
Blake
Well, if we are going to name things because they're dependent on the US we should rename Europe America.
Tyler
Well, I mean, I'll just say this, this is why I went on a rampage, talking about how Baja California needs to be 100% within our control and everybody's up in arms because they're like, well, we don't want to make it a state, but it's, you know, Baja California has like, literally outside of the border towns, has no populations like Greenland.
Blake
Yeah, it's a big bummer, actually, because I was reading about this. So in the Mexican War, we actually Polk wanted to take all of Baja California, like all of California, because there's Aalto and Baja. And then he wanted like Chihuahua Center. He wanted like the states that are south of Arizona bordering us. And at the time, those places were entirely empty. So they could have just been, you know, settled by Americans. They would have been great. And I guess might have been a downer for Phoenix, that whatever Phoenix's equivalent would probably be down in Chihuahua or something.
Tyler
But no, I mean, no, there's only two cities. It's Tijuana and Mexicali. Yeah. Well, wait, but this goes back to the goal. The goal. Mexico deserves nothing.
Jack
This is my question for you though, that because we talked about this prior to. I know we talked about this on a prior episode talking about Arizona. And since you're Mr. Arizona, I got to ask. Wasn't there. I'm not looking it up. I don't know. He knows in front of me. But wasn't at the end, like, you're talking about the Mexican War, U.S. mexican War, that Arizona was originally supposed to get coastline. It was supposed to connect all the way down there. And then for some reason we just, we just didn't take it. Now what was the whole piece?
Blake
The whole problem with like State Department diplomats who just as it were, cuck out Literally what happened is the diplomat we sent to negotiate in Mexico was opposed to the war and didn't want to take more Mexico. So he just. He sided with the Mexicans. Is like, I'm giving you a way better deal. It's the very end of President Polk's term. So he's just like, I want it done. Let's get out. All they did.
Tyler
All they did was minimize. So they minimized themselves. The US Border to where they wanted to put the train.
Charlie Kirk
Yeah.
Tyler
So forever.
Blake
And then we still had to buy it. We had to buy Gadsden later.
Tyler
Well, that's what I mean. So we're Gadsden. So the first treaty at the end of Polk, they gave away Baja California. But then even in the Gadsden purchase, all they cared about was just getting the train done. Just getting the train done.
Blake
It's heartbreaking. It actually is sort of heartbreaking, because when you think about it, zoom out at a big level, how much better would it be for the world just if those territories were in an awesome country like America instead of the most permanently dysfunctional country on earth, Mexico, which who's, like, sheer amount of mess that it is, is only made worse by the fact that they have the biggest advantage a country could possibly have, which is sharing a border with America.
Jack
Well, so, Blake, so. So here's. Let's. Let's zoom out a little bit, because I've been getting people, and I've seen this. The chatter online. I'm sure we all have. They're saying, wait a minute. You guys were America first five minutes ago, and now all of a sudden, you're talking about territorial acquisition, and you're talking about Greenland, and the.
Charlie Kirk
Greenland is not part of America. So, of course I'm America.
Jack
We have it. Right, Right. But. But no, I wanted. Obviously. But what I wanted Blake to do, if we should zoom out here for a second, is none of us view any inherent contradictions between those. So what's the difference between. And this really a question for Blake? I guess what's the difference?
Charlie Kirk
It's a good. It's a thoughtful question.
Jack
America first versus, like, neo conservatism.
Blake
Well, I think actually a genuinely valid thing is. So, first of all, neoconservatism always wants us to get involved in places that, like, truly are not our business and also have a lot of baggage that comes into play as soon as you decide to stick yourself in. So. Oh, yeah, oh, it'll be easy to knock out Saddam and, you know, we'll just fix it when Iraq is literally had. Has had written history for 5,000 years at this point. And all these tribes that all hate each other. And infamously we went in and Bush didn't know there were Sunnis and Shias as separate things when we invaded Iraq. Greenland, let's be real, Greenland has 50,000 people. It has fewer people. It has half the population of like Tempe. And so it's not a lot of people. We literally, like, if you wanted to, we could literally just like put every single person who lives in Greenland on like welfare for the rest of their lives and it would not be the end of the world. We have plenty of people on welfare already.
Tyler
Well, we did that with, with some places.
Blake
Yeah, yeah, we all. And we already do that with effectively, Denmark by paying for their national defense. And so, like, it is a place that is hugely, potentially useful to us, but it doesn't require sticking ourselves in something that actually has an ancient history and a lot of like grievance based, you know, that would have valid grievances if we were to administer it. It's just not like that. It actually is a largely empty place that we could unlock the potential of, and Denmark doesn't want to unlock the potential of it.
Tyler
I want to make it super clear and kick back to Charlie because we've hijacked this away from Charlie for too long here. But we'll kick back Charlie.
Charlie Kirk
No, this is great. I'm enjoying this.
Tyler
We went into Iraq and Afghanistan. Got nothing out of it.
Blake
Anti. Anything out of it. We only set Billy on fire.
Tyler
No, but got nothing out of it. We're talking about. It's not. Not even nearly the same thing. We're talking about going into and. And really via treaty. Not this. This wouldn't happen over. Right. We have so many pressures that we can put on Mexico, for example, to change names of things and to get more land out of Baja California to get Greenland and. And all that. Especially what Charlie just mentioned.
Jack
They mean Baja America.
Tyler
Most of these people. Yeah, Baja California. Baja.
Jack
I think we should call Arizona.
Tyler
We'll call it Baja California.
Blake
You guys, I want to.
Tyler
I want to. I wanted to say, I want to rename the Gulf of California the Gulf of Arizona, but that's a whole different thing.
Blake
We should think about that because you know where 100 comes from? It comes from like the word caliph. So it's literally like a Muslim.
Jack
Yeah, Caliphate. It's like the caliph. Yeah, yeah, this is that.
Charlie Kirk
Right? I did not know that.
Tyler
Yeah.
Charlie Kirk
It's fascinating.
Jack
The word admiral is also an Arabic word like admiral. But yeah, yeah, it goes through like it was from. Because remember, prior to expanding to the United States. Who was, who were, who was the Spanish empire mainly fighting? They were fighting the Moors, they were fighting North Africa. So, you know, the, the Caliph was someone that was always their, their like enemy. So this was something they constantly were talking about.
Tyler
Well, and so, I mean, we should get something out of this, right? We should get. I mean, they're already dependent. Most of the people probably in Baja California want to be Americans. Tijuana, Mexicali are completely. They're extensions of San Diego and extensions of. Just right over the border. Mexico, I think, is right next to Blythe. That's over there. It's not far at all. And Yuma, it's like, why don't we just have this and actually take monetary advantage of this and monetize the entire place. We'll probably ease off California. California will become less blue. You know, we don't even have to make it a state. Don't make it a state. Make it a territory.
Blake
Or we could make it a state and unstate California.
Jack
Yeah.
Tyler
Okay.
Jack
Or we could break up California. Break up.
Tyler
Yeah, I would say.
Jack
I would say break California feels like four states. There's. There's no way that you should be able to fly in a plane for that many hours and then land in the same state. I'm sorry. No, it's just wrong.
Tyler
Well, interestingly enough, Baja California is two states. So you have Baja California and then sewer. Baja California or Baja California sewer. So, I mean, yeah, I mean, that does open the door, I think, to break up California.
Blake
Yeah. So while we're talking about the various things. So Trump has talked about renaming the Gulf. He's talked about taking the Panama Canal Zone back. He's talked about taking Greenland. He's also talked about annexing Canada. And I do think maybe this is, this is cocky of me. I think I've got to draw the.
Charlie Kirk
Line that one yet.
Blake
I do not want to absorb Canada.
Jack
Wait, no, but you don't. That's not a cocky. Maybe Alberta, because it's, it's that, it's Charlie, it's. The debt to earnings ratio is just not there for Canada. I'm sorry. It's not there, man. Like the, the baggage is too high look, you know.
Charlie Kirk
Yeah.
Jack
Alberta, Natural Resources, the Yukon. We can certainly make all of those conversations as well as defense of the Arctic, military, you know, military usage and, and all those passage rates, which obviously, like, like Canada is like the, it's like the Belarus of America. All right? Like we're going to use our military up There however we see fit. And no, I can say that because I married to one. And. And. And it look, it's. It's basically like, yeah, we're gonna get the resources. And Pierre with, you know, eating his little apple, like, sure, fine. Like, you could be in charge now, but, you know, you're going to be in charge of like. Like, look at the population of Canada. You ever looked at a population density map of them? It's like all of the Canadians are hugging the US border as closely as they possibly can. Like, there's massive swaths of. Just the same as like, Charlie was talking about in Greenland. There's massive swaths of territory that are completely unused until they will be used by us.
Blake
That would. Maybe that's the way you go about it. Just try to look.
Charlie Kirk
No, no, please continue.
Blake
I was like, if we could take Yukon, take the Northwest Territory, take like Nunavut and then take Greenland, and you could just like, fold it into Alaska and make this, like, extremely sweeping, epic. Call it like Northlandia or something, or Thule, whatever you want.
Jack
Think about Umbria.
Blake
Huge it would be. And how cool it would be. And that. That's another thing where we misfired. After World War II, we owned all those islands in the Pacific. Like, we kicked out the Japanese. All the other colony pals, we owned, like, Palau, Marshall Islands. Those were all just held by the.
Jack
U.S. well, we had the Philippines after the Spanish, and we had Philippines.
Blake
Whether we give away the Philippines or not, that's its own dramatic thing. But all those Pacific islands, we should. I think even now, all their citizens can just come to America and be citizens if they want. They're basically fake countries in a lot of ways.
Jack
I think their main purposes, the Chamorros, are are you as citizens.
Blake
The main purpose of a lot of those islands is so that we have other countries to vote with us on Taiwan stuff and on Israel stuff in the un. It's great. But other than that, like, we should have really just kept them, merge it with Guam, merge it with the Marianas, and have, like, a Pacifica state. How cool would it be if the US had Pacifica State just spanning the entire Pacific Ocean and they had Northlandia spanning the north? It would be amazing. We would be the biggest country in the world. We'd be way more cool than everyone else.
Jack
Wait, wait, wait, Blake. But. But remember, when you give an area statehood, they get two senators and a governor, so. No, I'm not interested in giving all of these places statehood. Greenland. Yes, of course. But. But all of them. I don't know. And keep in mind, like, you know, Charlie and Tyler, you know, who's the next Greenland Murkowski going to be? You know, I mean, there's. There's still there. Just because it's a, you know, it's a hearty area which I think we all realize would probably. We all sort of get. Would. Would generally be conservative. I don't know that necessarily means that we get the best. The best representative.
Blake
Charlie can comment on this. The people there. It's overwhelmingly Inuit. Eskimo, right?
Jack
It's like 95%.
Charlie Kirk
That's correct. So it's 85%. 85% Inuit and then 15% Dane of just people that have come over and they help run businesses or whatever. Now.
Blake
It's.
Charlie Kirk
It's an amazing thing. So we went to the cultural museum, which I wish I could have spent more time. It was really well set up. And they have these. They have these drawings of the people of Greenland that were there like 800 years ago. And it makes you think, like, these people survived in negative 10 degree weather with insanely harsh winds and a very unforgiving climate like 800 years ago. I mean, these are tough, tough people. And I know that's not the only culture like that. Alaska has something similar. Northern Canada has something similar. Siberia has something similar. But it was just really amazing. I got a little insight into how tough the people of Greenland actually are. And I did try the local cuisine. I had whale.
Tyler
Wow.
Charlie Kirk
And a seal.
Blake
Was whale.
Jack
Was it a baby seal? Did you club it to death?
Blake
That's a Canada thing.
Charlie Kirk
So, no, I did not actually.
Jack
Oh.
Charlie Kirk
I did not kill any of the animals that I ate. We didn't have time. Was, however, whale. Someone says, what does whale taste like? It's like really chewy steak. That's what it tastes like. So Don Jr. Who's a unbelievable outdoorsman, like, legit, like. No, no, like, no, no, He's. He said this whale in Greenland was. Yeah, he said the whale that he had in Greenland was way better than the whale that he had in Alaska. So for whatever that's worth, the whale in Greenland is quite good. So we tried all the, all the local fare and was really kind of impressed by the. The people of Greenland. I will also say, though, I mean, this is just a side note. You think about how far does social media reach? There were young people coming up, hundreds of them, asking for selfies from Don and I saying, we follow you on TikTok. We follow you on TikTok. I mean, It's a, it is a worldwide phenomenon, guys. So let me ask a question. Blake, Jack and Tyler, knowing what you know, and I'm going to kind of just listen because I have my own thoughts, obviously, being on the ground and listening to things. How do you think Donald Trump should go about brokering this deal?
Jack
So I threw out on social media yesterday, just sort of an opening bid. We all know that President Trump has stated pretty forcefully even in his first term that he. One of the things that he seeks to do with the NATO alliance, which, where, you know, Blake just mentioned that we basically put the bill for all of Europe's defense. And in return, President Trump has been really pounding the table. And of course, there's that famous picture of him with Angela Merkel and the great Shinzo Abe, the late, great Shinzo Abe, you know, crossing his arms and staring at her because he's demanding that the NATO member states up their, up their GDP expenditure on defense to 5%. And I say, well, just give, just give Denmark a break on that for, I don't know, a period of five years, five to 10 years, call it, whatever it is, Boom. All that savings goes right back into your economy. And then in return we get green then, so we don't have to put, put any cash down on it. And then all. And in return they get the full defensive weight of NATO and the US Military defending them.
Charlie Kirk
Simple.
Blake
The other idea I've seen is we put tariffs on, on Ozempic.
Jack
Well, if they're. Wait, Ozempic. Is Ozempic Danish?
Blake
Yeah, I believe Ozempica I. One of the. It's.
Tyler
What's the Nova Nordisk?
Charlie Kirk
It is Norva. Nortsk is a Danish company.
Tyler
It's, it's Nova Nordic Nordisk, I think is what it is.
Blake
Right. I want to double check this to get it.
Charlie Kirk
That's right. It is a, it is a, it is a Danish. I am 100%.
Jack
It is a Danish.
Charlie Kirk
Yeah.
Blake
And it's like, it's like it's a huge share of their economy now. It's cartoonish because the company's so valuable now.
Charlie Kirk
It's a multi trillion dollar company.
Blake
Denmark ain't a multi trillion dollar like economy for the most part. So it's just like, oh, this little Danish pharmaceutical company there.
Charlie Kirk
Let me get, let me get this straight. We have the greatest fighting force in the history of the planet. Nuclear weapons, F35s, drones, marines, Navy SEALs. They have Ozempic.
Tyler
Yeah.
Jack
Hold on, hold on.
Tyler
They also have.
Jack
Hold on.
Tyler
Interestingly enough to, I think I Think you pronounce it. Maersk is the big shipping company. Is their largest.
Jack
Yeah, the shipping company.
Tyler
So that's the danger.
Jack
Always had been the best at shipping.
Tyler
Yeah. But I mean the tariff problem for them is much bigger than just Denmark. So I would suspect that you wouldn't.
Jack
Want to put tariffs on shipping because that would directly.
Tyler
No, I'm just saying tariffs in general probably impact their business worldwide more than anybody else. So you take off the table, you start talking about tariffs, you start talking about taking off the table or adding tariffs to Ozempic like you mentioned, you know, maybe you could get a deal done real quick for Ezra.
Jack
I just looked up the biggest brands out of, out of Denmark and yeah, Maersk is there. There's also of course Pandora. So Pandora Jewelry, that's, that's based out.
Blake
Of Denmark when you think about it.
Jack
Carlsberg Group. Carlsberg Group. And here's the biggest one. Guys, this is gonna, this is gonna hurt. It's gonna hurt, hurt them a lot more than it hurts us. Legos, Legos are.
Tyler
Oh yeah, I forgot. Legos are Danish.
Jack
Oh yeah. Oh yeah, sorry, sorry. Lego, sorry to Legoland. Tariffs on all of it.
Blake
That's every. We. If we invaded them, they might like put Legos like on the carpet and if we, our guys stepped on them, that would really hurt. That hurts a lot.
Jack
That's exactly how. That's exactly what happens at my house pretty much every single morning.
Blake
Exactly.
Tyler
Nova Nordisk though has a 372 billion dollar market cap. That's crazy.
Charlie Kirk
Wow.
Jack
What's bigger?
Charlie Kirk
Yeah, I thought it was more than that. I think that if it gets. Oh, that, that's right. If it gets on the Medicaid schedule here in America, it will be a trillion dollar company. That is correct. So by the way, what a great negotiation tool that we have. Yes, yes. No, no, it's. It's a huge thing by the way. It's, it's being debated right now actually. What? No, no, no, Jack, you look for children. Look up Ozembic, Medicaid, Congress. It's a huge debate right now. What a great negotiation tool that Trump has. Like, oh, it'd be a shame if Ozembic was banned in America. It'd be a shame if Ozembic wasn't allowed to be sold here. I mean, you guys want Greenland that bad or do you want to be able to sell your weight loss drug in the United States of America?
Blake
And when you think about it, it could be a great.
Charlie Kirk
So let me ask for, let me.
Blake
Ask Blake if Greenland Loses all of that heavy territory, like Greenland loses 80% of its body mass. It's like an ad for it.
Charlie Kirk
So let me ask Blake. So some people. President Trump has not dismissed the possibility of using military force. Blake, what is your thoughts on Donald Trump? Just saying. Take it.
Blake
Okay. You're doing this to make me the bad guy, Charlie. Like, okay, it's fun. I genuinely think I'm not.
Charlie Kirk
I'm not necessarily supportive of it. I think that it comes with huge risks to NATO country. But walk us through it. I mean, okay, so don't hate, like, analytically go through it.
Blake
For sure, sure, sure, sure. So, genuinely, I think it would be good for us to have Greenland for all the reasons we've discussed. I do think you need to convince the Danes to play ball. I don't think it's a good idea for the US to, like, essentially just bully countries out of their territory because, for one, think about our overall geopolitical situation of us as a global power. To the extent that we get people to like us rather than China, I think a lot of it is that we are, to some, like, at least a little bit nicer than China. We aren't just taking territories from people. Well, Trump is very firm. We should stop getting ripped off. And I think the Panama Canal is a good example where we gave, like, we built it, we gave it to Panama for free under an understanding like, you wouldn't let the Chinese get this huge influence in it. And, like, that's not proving to be true. Like, I would be willing to play some pretty decent hardball there on a canal we built. But like Greenland, we have never actually owned Greenland. We occupied it for a bit during World War II, but we did give it back. It would probably, essentially, I think it would greatly damage our relationship. Greenland invaded and took a country's territory.
Jack
Greenland was right of conquest because Denmark, in what, 1940, whatever, was occupied by the Nazis and the deposed in exile prime minister of Greenland then signed the mutual defense treaty of Greenland with us so that the Nazis wouldn't be able to use Greenland and as a launching platform for the United States or anything like that. So that's when we put our military there. That's called right of conquest. It would not exist. Neither would Denmark exist at this point without the United States of America. So, no, absolutely not. Now, of course, look for the Panama Canal. There's no question, like, here's how this is going to go. We're going to park an aircraft carrier on one end and an aircraft carrier on the other end and we're going to say sign the new treaty and it's going to be pretty simple there. But for, for Greenland, I would argue that the United States has been providing military defense to Greenland for far longer than a lot of people are pointing out and in a way that does actually grant us certain rights to it.
Blake
So what I will say is let's say Denmark just says they don't want to play ball. They're not going to sell it. I think the way you go about it, rather than just kick in the door, which I think is a can of worms, at least that would probably not be great. You could just say we're going to support like we back, you know, Dana, or not Danish Greenland separatists because as Charlie says, you met a lot of people there who don't like the Danes and wish that they could go their own way. Especially if you say we support Greenland's right to self determination. And if Greenland were to become independent or break away, we would have an offer for them to join the United States on these generous terms and we would be happy to welcome them in as a U.S. territory. And if you do that, we'll give you these rights to economic development. We'll give you this, this, this, this, this. And if you wanted to, you know, become a state, maybe we could even say, if you want to become a state, we'll let you become a state. So I think that's how you go about it. And then you basically, you create the impetus for Greenland to decide that it wants to do this. And if the Greenland people are saying 60% of them, 75% of them say we'd rather go with America, the Danes are, they're ultimately Scandinavian. Scandinavian people kind of like classic, you know, democracy, that sort of, they're very collectivist. I think it would be very difficult for Denmark to just maintain that they won't let Greenland do it. If a very large number of them want to do it, I think that's how you go about it. Rather than just say we're taking this and if you don't like it, we'll, we'll shoot you. I think that would be a bad way to behave with a country that, let's be real. I don't think Denmark has any big problems with us. They aren't the Swedes. They don't. They're even. They're like the one European country that has real immigration laws. We should, we should encourage them in that venture.
Jack
Yeah, they've actually been. Isn't Denmark one of the only countries that since 2015 that's actually been participating in some re migration.
Blake
Yeah, they encourage like one. They're very clear that people who come here, we actually have to integrate. They've passed laws to like break up so that you don't have migrant ghettos, for example. Like, you can't have all the people living in one neighborhood where they don't assimilate to Danish norms. And they're paying people to go back. They've been aggressive. And what's really interesting is they've done that without having a right wing government. Like, you'd have to have, like, the Danes are the one place where we've said this before. If the left figures this out, we could be in trouble. They're the one place where the left figured out, if we just become anti immigration, we'll win lots of elections. And so it's the left wing party in Denmark just said, okay, we're going to cut immigration and they win their elections and they do just fine. And Denmark will continue to exist as a country as a result.
Charlie Kirk
So we all agree. We're getting Greenland.
Blake
We're getting Greenland. Let's go.
Charlie Kirk
Let's now move to the de. Let's go to DEI Fire now. In some ways, the Charlie Kirk show today was a little bit thought crimey. I mean, here's how you know that you are over the target when you say stuff on the Charlie Kirk show that otherwise should be said on Thought Crime. And not one Media Matters article is written up. Blake sent me one of the most. I cannot believe this has not gotten more coverage. For the record, I don't know why this particular thing is so bothering to me. Bothersome Los Angeles. Who's burning right now? Dear friend of mine, Stacey, friend of ours, her house burned down. It's awful. We know so many people have. Los Angeles has three police chiefs that are all named Kristen and they're all lesbian. There's a fourth who's also lesbian, but she's not named Kristen or whatever. Fire Chief Blake, is this true? Is this some sort of a troll?
Blake
Yeah, so it literally is. Let me bring it up here because we have to get the thread here, see? All right. Yeah. So what it is is basically to rise high in the LA Fire Department, you basically have to be a lesbian named some variant of Kristen. So first of all, we have Kristen Crowley. So she is the first LGBTQ fire chief of definitely la, maybe of any large American city. I don't know. I don't track that. And she says one of our top missions is to create systemic equity and inclusion across the lafd. She created a new DEI bureau within the LA Fire Department. So great, great use of money. There, there. There was a great, A great meme I saw the other day. It's the. Have you guys seen that meme? That's like the guy sitting standing in the corner at the party that's like, they don't know that I'm. And she's like, they don't know that I'm a lesbian. But then the room is on fire. And I was like, ah, I'm on fire. Ah, that's. One second, we have Christine Larson. So she's the first Equity bureau chief of the. Okay, that's. Whoops, I read him out of order. That's Christina Kepner, who's on screen. She is just a assistant chief. So she's. She's lower tier, but she is named Christina, which is important. What's going on with her?
Tyler
What's going on with her hair?
Blake
Oh, what's going on with her hair? Is she like buzzed it? What's going on with her eye is she was involved in a domestic violence dispute. She apparently made murderous threats towards her spouse or partner or whatever. Alleged. Alleged, I should say. So there was a domestic violence spat between this beautiful, diverse person at the lafd. She has a certificate. I'm not making this up. I checked the LinkedIn. She has a certificate from the Harvard Kennedy School for managing diverse organizations, which is a certificate you can get.
Tyler
Very useful.
Blake
And then now the third one, we have Christine Larson. She is the first Equity lesbian Equity Bureau chief. She is the co founder of the group Equity on Fire, which is a great organization name that originality to come up with. That is probably why she's paid $400,000 a year. And she basically, like, would get in the news saying, like, there is a big racism and sexism problem at the Los Angeles Fire Department. So they were like, okay, we'll make you the Equity bureau chief. Get paid 400k. And I think we have this clip. Angela, what's the number on it where she's saying. Where she's talking about rescuing someone from a fire. She has this great take on. Oh, yeah. People say women aren't as strong, they're not as capable of, say, fighting the fire or pulling a person out of the fire. What's the number on that clip? 141. Let's play it.
Charlie Kirk
You want to see somebody that responds.
Blake
To your house, your emergency, whether it's a medical call or a fire call that looks like you.
Charlie Kirk
It gives that person a little bit.
Blake
More ease knowing that somebody might understand their situation better. Is she strong enough to do this or.
Charlie Kirk
You couldn't carry my husband out of a fire.
Blake
Which my response is he got himself.
Charlie Kirk
In the wrong place.
Blake
If I have to carry him out.
Tyler
Of a fire, that's exactly what I want to hear from it.
Blake
It reminds me of in Houston.
Tyler
Help me, help me. Wait, you got yourself in the wrong place.
Blake
Yeah, yeah, Houston, ah, I'm on fire. Ain't nobody got time.
Charlie Kirk
Are they like trolling victims?
Tyler
Yeah, geez. Well, when you type into Google right now, D, E, I, F, the first things that come up, DEI fire chief, DEI fire, DI, Fire chief, Los Angeles, DEI Fire Department, DEI fire, California. I mean this is not just trending, this is like taking over everything DEI related is. Now if you just type in DEI now it's DEI fire, DEI chief. I mean this is everywhere.
Blake
It's truly mind boggling to like see this happen because you, I feel like a lot of us warned about this for ages, like how this goes. It's not you just like, you know, hit a light switch and everything's bad. What's so bad about DEI is it's this corrosive rot that's super easy to just miss as long as nothing really bad is happening. And you know, most of the time we've gotten better at fighting fires, buildings are more fireproof, our techniques have improved and there's just not always a really bad fire. So you can go years where you have a fake fire department and you're not going to notice a big problem. And it only comes out now when finally there is the sort of crisis you only get every, you know, five years, 10 years, 50 years hitting Los Angeles. And you need to have those strong institutions in place. And instead you have a fake fire department. You have a fire department that exists to give astonishingly well paid jobs and astonishingly well funded pensions to these like freaks who can't do the job and get angry if you tell them to do the job and give you a political lecture. And they just exist to soak up public money in this sick way. And we're seeing this and as I was saying, it's the rot that happens in every little spot. So I've talked to people who say what, what caused this to happen? And it's not that there is one cause it's. For decades Los Angeles has had a set of values that made it so everything there is a little bit worse. So, you know, go throughout the process. This is probably a fire started by arson? Well, a lot of fires are started by homeless bums, either because they're crazy or because they have illegal campsites. And a lot are also started by illegal immigrants. A surprising number of fires. Illegal immigrants just start them. And so what place is the most pro bomb and pro illegal immigrant in the country? California. So that's you're more likely to have randos start fires there then you have, okay, how well are you able to respond? Like, how good are people at spotting the fire, calling it in? How quickly does the fire department respond? That's where the rot in the actual fire department comes in. They're just not as on the ball at responding to the fire, containing the fire. And then you have, well, okay, what do we fight it with? Well, we need water and well, we have assets that they sent to Ukraine. We have budget cuts that they reallocated towards DEI, both in terms of they cut the LAFD's budget and they moved budget within the LAFD to their new DEI bureau. And then they also just made it illegal to collect water in California. They have literally disassembled dams that existed to make reservoirs. They have let rainwater wash out into the Pacific Ocean uselessly because they say it helps like a delta smelt or whatever the heck the names of these fish are. It's every step of the way California has done a thing that makes them 1 or 2% more likely for this to happen. And now as a result, we're just going to burn down the nicest neighborhood in Los Angeles. Good job, everyone.
Charlie Kirk
Do you think that people are going to move out? Jack, go ahead.
Jack
Oh, no, I was just gonna bring up that all of this just reminds me and we on, on human events today. We were getting into the movie Chinatown, which I don't know if people know about, but it's this old Jack Nicholson movie, just incredible film. And the whole thing is about the Los Angeles, California water wars.
Charlie Kirk
It's a great film.
Jack
And we've, we've got this clip on it where it basically it's talking about how the water supply is used by the elites in California and of course, you know, and highly stylized in this murder plot in order to, in order to increase, well, decrease property values so that the developers can come in and purchase all of it and then increase it when they put the water to it. So let's play clip one for two.
Charlie Kirk
Going to be a lot of irate.
Jack
Citizens when they find out that they're paying for water that they're not going to get.
Charlie Kirk
Well, that's all taken care.
Blake
See, Mr. Gibbs, either you bring the.
Jack
Water to LA or you bring LA to the water.
Tyler
Go home, Jake.
Jack
I'm doing you a favor.
Tyler
Come on, Jake.
Jack
Forget it, Jake.
Tyler
It's Chinatown.
Jack
So good.
Blake
Forget it, Jack. It's DEI town.
Tyler
Ah.
Jack
And for. For long standing thought crime viewers, you might also recognize that the villain there is played by John Huston, who he himself is the father of Danny Huston, who also plays the developer who is the main antagonist of Yellowstone. So you see it, it all comes full circle, folks. The yellowstoning, the hicklibs, the California water wars, it's all indelibly tied together. It's this really cool way to look at basically understanding how our world works through the understanding of Hollywood propaganda and the deconstruction of it.
Charlie Kirk
I know this is kind of a very simple question and kind of cliche. Do you think this will result in any political changes? Tyler, you're the political guy. Is this going to result in any political changes in California?
Tyler
Yeah. I saw something really interesting that someone mentioned today, which was. Oh, I think somebody sent it over. I think it was, gosh, what's his name? Radio show host in California that used to. That was best friends with Jimmy Kimmel. What am I spacing right now? Adam Carolla.
Jack
Adam Carollo.
Tyler
Adam Carola. Yeah. Adam Carolla made a good point that people are going to want to rebuild that area very quickly. And there's a lot of libs that live in there that are, you know, touchy feely libs, you know, that are down on the coast that are in that area and they're going to be. There are really.
Blake
They're going to weaponize like the California permitting.
Tyler
Well, they're going to. Yeah, they're going to have to go through that process with all the local permitting everything and by natural, the organic, natural episode that's going to happen is that all these woke libraries feel good. You know, coastal Californians are going to get so mad at the government with what they're gonna have to do to rebuild that all. It's gonna make them hardcore right wingers.
Blake
I mean, it is really crazy. When you read about. Have you heard of the California Coastal Commission?
Jack
Yep.
Blake
It's like, it's almost like the comparison that comes to mind is actually like the Federal Reserve in a weird way, because Federal Reserve is not, you know, is independent and they kind of just do their own thing. And even the president currently sort of just has to look and be like, okay, the Fed, you know, you know, Trump will go on Twitter and Nag the chairman of the Fed to do something because it's an independent agency. And Trump wants to change that, of course, but that's the way it is currently. And it's like the same thing I believe with the ccc. They're basically this rogue entity that has legal imprimatur to essentially make whatever law they want over anything concerning California's thousand mile coastline. And so they've just gone out and they're like, oh yeah, we're just gonna ban, you know, building anything in this entire area.
Tyler
And to make the comparison Char Charlie to Hawaii, there's not that many people that live where the Lahaina incident happened in Maui. There's a ton of people who live within that immediate geography of where this has happened. And so you're going to have a lot more vocal, a lot more angry, a lot of wealthy people who have a lot to lose, generational type wealth that's been basically cemented into that part of the country that they're going to be in all out war with the government. And just like you're mentioning Blake, like this is like we're talking about made up, fictitious type type California style government that's down the coastline and we're joking about Baja California and everything else. But like this is going to be something that I think is going to be a real big break in politics in Southern California that's going to force not just from the. And don't forget the coastline is where it's the deepest blue. Yeah, you have the deepest blue, the wokest, the most, you know, like put.
Charlie Kirk
That up on screen. Put up the precinct map.
Tyler
Oh yeah, the most.
Charlie Kirk
Keep going Tyler.
Tyler
The saddest, you know, the saddest, you know, feeling bad about being white type, you know, a lot of, a lot of Jewish heritage that's there, a lot of money that's there that they're already. We're on the verge of flipping. We saw a lot of these areas go tremendously, right, tremendously pro Trump this last election. This may be the straw that breaks the camel's back that sends Southern California into a 20, 30 year slide. That may be where people don't forget this for a long time between COVID policies and then this where you might win back big chunks of Southern California that we've lost for the last 20 years.
Blake
So just to get back on that, specifically the California Coastal Commission, this is something, this, because all news ends up going back to the same person. They're actually in a feud with Elon Musk right now because the US Government wanted to launch more satellites from Vandenberg Air Space Force Base in Southern California to put up satellites for Starlink. And, you know, it's good for us to launch satellites into space. And the California Coastal Commission shut this down because apparently they just have the power to do this. And they issue statements. The commissioners just come out and say, yeah, we don't want them launching it because we don't like Elon Musk. I'm not making this up. This is an actual statement. Like commissioner, Commission Chair Carol Hart said, this is why we're dealing with a company the head of which has aggressively injected himself into the presidential race. And then we have Mike Wilson, also a commissioner. This company is owned by the richest person in the world with direct control of what could be the most expansive communication system on the planet. And this man has talked about political retribution. So we have these political lunatics who just took over this independent commission, and they basically just have decided they have veto power over doing anything or building anything within, you know, through like, 3,000ft or something, or like three miles, something like that of California's coastline. And yeah, you're right. They're probably going to try to do. Even if they aren't right now, there will be people who will try to manipulate this process. California is one of the worst states in the country for, you know, clogging things up with lawsuits. Even if California tries to open the way, there will be some environmental group that will say, oh, yeah, there were grandfathered things where, like, you were allowed to do this because your house was 100 years old. Nope, doesn't apply anymore. We're not going to let you build this. There's an endangered, you know, Newt that grows on the side of this mountain. Well, it's going to be crazy.
Tyler
And, Charlie, we talked about this this morning. We talked about the trifecta that California has been in with Democrats for so long. This California Coastal Commission could very well end up being at the epicenter. But it's not just that. It's so far beyond that with the Senate, the Assembly that they have there, the governor, who, by the way, has political aspirations to be president. The California Coastal Commission is made up of people who are appointed by the governor and the Senate and the state and the Assembly. That's who makes it up. And they've been run by Democrats. So those people take direct orders. Everything you just said is basically the voice box of Gavin Newsom. Because they take direct orders from these people. They don't hop, skip, or jump without running it by the Senate. The assembly because they could get yanked or replaced probably pretty quickly. This is going to be a huge. I mean, I think that this disaster is probably going to be one of the most costly disasters that we see in the modern times by the time this thing is done. And and you're going to the impact that's on Gavin Newsom is insane. He can't run for president now.
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Blake
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The Charlie Kirk Show: THOUGHTCRIME Ep. 69 — The Gulf of America? Greenland Joining the USA? DEI Firefighters?
Release Date: January 11, 2025
In this episode of The Charlie Kirk Show, host Charlie Kirk engages in a robust discussion with his panelists Jack, Blake, and Tyler, delving into two primary topics: the potential annexation of Greenland by the United States and the impact of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives within the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD). The conversation is marked by fervent debates, strategic proposals, and critical insights into current geopolitical and domestic issues.
a. Charlie’s Expedition to Greenland
Charlie Kirk begins by recounting his recent trip to Greenland aboard Trump Force One with Donald Trump Jr. (00:27). He describes Greenland as one of the most beautiful and untouched places he has ever visited, drawing parallels to deep interior Alaska. "It reminds me of, like, deep interior Alaska, like, untouched, wild, where you come in contact with God's creation with no filter," Charlie explains (03:03).
b. Local Sentiment and Untapped Resources
During his visit, Charlie observes a strong anti-Danish sentiment among the Greenlandic population. He notes their frustration with Denmark, emphasizing their desire for greater autonomy and economic opportunities. "The people of Greenland, they hate, hate the Danes. They hate Denmark. They say that Denmark has lied to them and has really abused them," Charlie states (05:12). Additionally, he highlights Greenland's abundant natural resources, including lithium, rubies, and gold, positioning Greenland as a valuable asset for the United States.
c. Historical Context: Thule Air Force Base
The panel provides historical context regarding the U.S. military presence in Greenland. Jack references the Thule Air Force Base, established during World War II under the right of conquest. "Greenland was occupied by the Nazis, and the deposed in-exile prime minister of Greenland then signed the mutual defense treaty of Greenland with us so that the Nazis wouldn't be able to use Greenland and as a launching platform for the United States or anything like that," Jack explains (29:53). This historical alliance, according to Jack, provides a foundation for potential future claims over Greenland.
d. Strategic Proposals for Annexation
The discussion shifts to strategies for bringing Greenland into the U.S. fold. Blake suggests supporting Greenlandic self-determination movements, thereby encouraging Greenland to seek annexation voluntarily. "If Greenland were to become independent or break away, we would have an offer for them to join the United States on these generous terms and we would be happy to welcome them in as a U.S. territory," Blake proposes (31:25). This approach aims to avoid direct confrontation with Denmark and foster a mutually beneficial relationship.
e. Challenges and Geopolitical Implications
Blake also addresses the geopolitical ramifications of annexing Greenland, acknowledging the potential strain on NATO alliances and U.S.-Denmark relations. "I think you need to convince the Danes to play ball. I don't think it's a good idea for the US to, like, essentially just bully countries out of their territory," he cautions (30:52). The panel debates the balance between strategic interests and diplomatic relations, considering how aggressive expansion could affect America's global standing.
The conversation transitions to President Trump's proposal to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America (09:19). Jack reveals that this idea has been circulating since April 2024, initially proposed informally by Trump's brother during a personal outing. "He was out on a wave runner and he was like, just cruising the Gulf of America, its new name come 2025," Jack shares (09:25).
a. Rationale Behind the Renaming
Tyler supports the renaming by emphasizing America's dominant role in the region. "Most of the Gulf is completely United States border or completely dependent on the United States for everything," Tyler argues (09:20). This change is seen as a symbolic assertion of U.S. sovereignty and influence over surrounding territories.
b. Potential Impact and Broader Expansionism
The panel links this proposal to broader expansionist strategies, suggesting that renaming could pave the way for territorial acquisitions. Blake humorously adds, "If we are going to name things because they're dependent on the US we should rename Europe America" (10:03), highlighting the hyperbolic extension of their proposals.
a. Annexing Baja California
The panel explores the idea of annexing Baja California, proposing it be incorporated as a U.S. state or territory. Jack posits that Baja California, with its sparse population outside major border towns like Tijuana and Mexicali, presents a low-resistance opportunity for expansion. "Most of Baja California has literally outside of the border towns... it's just not like that," he notes (10:31).
b. Breaking Up California and Other Territories
Tyler suggests breaking California into smaller states to dilute Democratic influence. "There’s no way that you should be able to fly in a plane for that many hours and then land in the same state. I'm sorry. No, it's just wrong," Tyler insists (17:20). Additionally, the panel discusses the potential annexation of Canadian territories like Alberta, emphasizing the abundance of natural resources and low population density as key factors.
c. Pacific Islands and Historical Corporate Territories
Blake and Jack debate the annexation of Pacific Islands currently under U.S. control, such as the Marshall Islands and Palau. They suggest merging these into larger states or creating entirely new states like "Pacifica and Northlandia" to maximize territorial gain without significant administrative burdens.
Shifting focus to domestic issues, the panel critically examines the introduction of DEI initiatives within the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD).
a. Critique of DEI Initiatives
Blake confronts the reality that recent fires in Los Angeles are being attributed to DEI policies, particularly highlighting the appointment of LGBTQ+ individuals to key positions within the LAFD. "To rise high in the LA Fire Department, you basically have to be a lesbian named some variant of Kristen," Blake asserts (35:47). This claim is supported by examples of fire chiefs who are openly lesbian and the creation of DEI bureaus aimed at promoting systemic equity.
b. Impact on LAFD Performance
The panel argues that DEI initiatives have compromised the effectiveness of the fire department. Tyler elaborates, "DEI Fire Department exists to give astonishingly well-paid jobs and astonishingly well-funded pensions to these like freaks who can't do the job," (37:51) suggesting that such policies detract from the department’s primary mission of firefighting and emergency response.
c. Cultural References and Metaphors
Using the film Chinatown as a metaphor, Jack connects Hollywood propaganda to the current dysfunction within LAFD. "The California water wars, it's all indelibly tied together," he remarks (42:34), drawing parallels between fictional corruption and real-world policy failures.
d. Broader Implications for California Politics
Tyler predicts significant political backlash in California as a result of these DEI-driven issues. "This may be the straw that breaks the camel's back that sends Southern California into a 20, 30 year slide," Tyler warns (43:35). The implication is that public frustration with DEI policies could lead to a resurgence of conservative movements and political realignment in the region.
Charlie Kirk wraps up the episode by urging listeners to engage with Turning Point USA and become involved in grassroots activism. The discussions highlight a growing sentiment of dissatisfaction with both international and domestic policies, advocating for strategic expansionism and a rollback of DEI initiatives perceived as detrimental to American institutions.
Notable Quotes:
Charlie Kirk: "It reminds me of, like, deep interior Alaska, like, untouched, wild, where you come in contact with God's creation with no filter." (03:03)
Blake: "If Greenland were to become independent or break away, we would have an offer for them to join the United States on these generous terms and we would be happy to welcome them in as a U.S. territory." (31:25)
Tyler: "GOAL: Mexico deserves nothing." (10:11)
Jack: "Greenland was occupied by the Nazis, and the deposed in-exile prime minister of Greenland then signed the mutual defense treaty of Greenland with us so that the Nazis wouldn't be able to use Greenland and as a launching platform for the United States or anything like that." (29:53)
Blake: "We should rename the Gulf of California the Gulf of Arizona, but that's a whole different thing." (15:55)
Tyler: "DEI Fire Department exists to give astonishingly well-paid jobs and astonishingly well-funded pensions to these like freaks who can't do the job." (37:51)
Jack: "The California water wars, it's all indelibly tied together." (42:34)
This episode of The Charlie Kirk Show presents a fervent critique of current geopolitical and domestic policies from a conservative perspective, emphasizing strategic expansion and a rejection of DEI initiatives as pathways to restoring American strength and efficacy both internationally and within key domestic institutions.