Gavin Newsom: “The President of the United States has openly declared his…”

“I speak today not as a partisan voice, not as a commentator hunting for headlines, but as an American who believes that power without principle is the most dangerous force on earth. And right now, our nation stands at the edge of a dangerous precedent. The President of the United States has openly declared his desire to acquire Greenland, territory belonging to a sovereign NATO ally. not through diplomacy, but not through treaty, but through pressure, coercion, and a worldview that treats land and people as assets on a balance sheet.” (00:18–00:26)

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