If you are of the mind that because of its constant bad ratings and hemorrhaging viewership, CNN is going to change its stripes soon and become more of a reliable, trustworthy, and sane news network, you should disabuse yourself of that notion, as anchor Dana Bash proved on Tuesday. During a segment covering President-elect Donald Trump’s news conference from his home at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, in which he mused over some unconventional foreign policies, Bash made a wild and wholly unsubstantiated claim about how Trump planned to enact them.
“Some new information about what he intends to do, or at the very least is not ruling out,” Bash remarked on-air, pausing before continuing, “including a military invasion to conquer Greenland, the Panama Canal, and perhaps the annexation of the country of Canada.” We can talk about hysteria, which appears to be a prerequisite to become a host at CNN, but what Bash said borders on insanity; not once has Trump ever floated the idea of using the military to enact these policies, nor will he, nor would Congress go along with it, nor the vast majority of the American people. But we digress.
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Listen to this moron @DanaBashCNN actually claim Trump would invade Panama, Canada, and Greenland.
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This isn’t the first time Trump has raised the idea of acquiring Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory. In 2019, he referred to it as “strategically valuable real estate,” which caused a diplomatic uproar. Denmark dismissed the notion as absurd, but Trump insisted it was worth considering. While Bash appeared skeptical, Trump embraced the moment, delivering his remarks with his characteristic bravado during the conference. And oh, by the way, Donald Trump Jr. landed in Greenland earlier on Tuesday with a Trump delegation to, you know, discuss acquiring at least rights to Greenland. That comes after Greenland itself has called for independence from the Dutch. No military intervention is necessary, Dana.
Rather, Trump, during his news conference, covered a myriad of topics but also announced a $20 billion investment from DAMAC Properties, led by Emirati billionaire Hussain Sajwani, to develop data centers across the United States, with a focus on the Midwest and Sun Belt regions spanning seven states. This comes after Japanese financial firm SoftBank announced a $100 billion investment in America — again, without being under the threat of a military ‘invasion’ by Trump. And lest we not forget to mention these multibillion-dollar investments are happening not during the horridly anti-business-friendly Biden-Harris regime but after Trump was elected. Indeed, the announcements are coming before the man is even inaugurated.
As for the Panama Canal, that’s a bit of a different subject. Clearly, the canal — which the U.S. built at great cost in treasure and lives in the 1930s and which the feckless now-late President Jimmy Carter practically gave away (for a dollar) in the 1970s — is of national security and strategic interest to the U.S. What’s more, Panama is essentially allowing China to control the function of the canal while charging the U.S. out the rear end to use it, all in violation of the agreement made between the two countries during Carter’s administration, according to the president-elect.
Trump shouldn’t rule out using force here; he’d have to if the Panamanians and Chinese ever attempted to shut American vessels out of using the canal because it is that important to our security and our economy. But Bash didn’t differentiate at all. By Trump saying he wouldn’t rule out force to keep the canal accessible, she conflated that to mean he’d also invade Greenland (Population 66,000) and militarily annex Canada.
That’s not hyperbole; that’s just plain crazy. And it’s 100 percent CNN, which explains the network’s continued poor viewership and proves anew that its executives and hosts haven’t learned a single lesson from the 2024 election. But here’s the thing: It’s not the 2016 election cycle all over again. Trump was elected to a second term with a clear mandate, a national majority, and an electoral landslide. So we’ll make a prediction: There will be a lot more ‘cutbacks’ and ‘layoffs’ at the network, as well as a major shifting of on-air talent if the current crop of shameless propagandists refuse to treat their Trump Derangement Syndrome.
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