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Jeffries: ‘Confused’ by Trump’s ‘obsession’ with Greenland

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08.01.2025

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) hammered President-elect Trump on Wednesday for what he characterized as an “obsession” with a U.S. takeover of Greenland, accusing Trump of fixating on an issue of no consequence for working-class Americans.

Addressing reporters in the Capitol, Jeffries noted that Trump’s election victory in November was largely a referendum on the high cost of certain consumer staples, not the annexation of Greenland or the Panama Canal, as Trump proposed earlier in the week.

"What about the November presidential election had anything to do with invading Greenland or seizing it by force? I'm confused by the obsession around these comments,” Jeffries said.

“For far too long, the size of the middle class in this country has gone down, but the cost of living has gone up. That's a problem,” he continued. “The........

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