EVENING. "THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW" STARTS
NOW.
NOW. >> ON THAT LAST POINT THAT JAY
INSLEE WAS DISCUSSING WITH ALI
VELSHI ON THE IDEA THAT DONALD
TRUMP IS GOING TO BUY GREENLAND
AND TURN IT INTO A GOLF COURSE
NOW THAT ALL THE ICE IS MELTING,
I JUST -- I AM NOT PLANNING ON
SPENDING A LOT OF TIME THIS
EVENING TALKING ABOUT THAT.
I MEAN THIS IS NEWS IN "THE WALL
STREET JOURNAL" TONIGHT THAT THE
PRESIDENT HAS BEEN INQUIRING
ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF BUYING
GREENLAND.
GREENLAND. I MEAN YOU’VE HEARD DISCUSSION
ABOUT THIS ALREADY TONIGHT ON
MSNBC, PRESUMABLY YOU’VE HEARD
SOME BUZZ ABOUT THIS SINCE THIS
BROKE, SINCE "THE WALL STREET
JOURNAL" PUBLISHED THIS.
I’M ALREADY SORT OF AGAINST MY
BETTER JUDGMENT THAT I’M TALKING
ABOUT IT AT ALL.
THE REASON I DON’T WANT TO SPEND
TOO MUCH TIME ON THIS IS BECAUSE
I FEEL LIKE THIS IS KIND OF
MEAN.
MEAN. I FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY IS -- NOT
MEAN TO GREENLAND, I MEAN, MEAN
TO THE PRESIDENT.
I FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY IS PLAYING
A JOKE ON THE PRESIDENT AND HE
DOESN’T KNOW IT.
I FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY IS TRYING
TO MAKE HIM LOOK DUMB, RIGHT?
SO US TALKING ABOUT IT, I FEEL A
LITTLE BIT LIKE WE’RE BEING
COMPLICIT IN THAT OTHER PERSON’S
MEAN TRICK.
MEAN TRICK. NOW, WE DON’T KNOW WHO THAT
OTHER PERSON IS WHO’S PLAYING
THIS JOKE ON PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THE WAY THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
DESCRIBES IT AS SUCH.
AT A DINNER WITH ASSOCIATES LAST
SPRING, MR. TRUMP SAID SOMEONE
HAD TOLD HIM AT A ROUNDTABLE
THAT DENMARK WAS HAVING
FINANCIAL TROUBLE OVER ITS
ASSISTANCE TO GREENLAND.
THAT PERSON SUGGESTED HE SHOULD
CONSIDER BUYING THE ISLAND.
WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT
THAT, THE PRESIDENT ASKED THE
ROOM?
ROOM? DO YOU THINK IT WOULD WORK?
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT IS A
MEAN THING TO DO TO A GULLIBLE
PERSON.
PERSON. I MEAN TO SAY TO THEM LIKE IN
ALL SERIOUSNESS TOTALLY DEADPAN,
HEY, YOU KNOW, BIG GUY, YOU
COULD BUY GREENLAND.
BUT ACCORDING TO "THE WALL
STREET JOURNAL" THE JOKE STILL
DOESN’T QUITE MAKE SENSE TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
PRESIDENT TRUMP. HE MAY NOT HAVE GRASPED EXACTLY
WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THAT
MOMENT.
MOMENT. I MEAN ACCORDING TO PEOPLE
FAMILIAR WITH THE DISCUSSIONS,
"THE WALL STREET JOURNAL" SAYS
MR. TRUMP HAS REPEATEDLY SINCE
THEN EXPRESSED INTEREST, SINCE
WHOEVER THIS WAS FIRST SUGGESTED
TO HIM, HEY, BIG GUY, MAYBE BUY
GREENLAND.
GREENLAND. HE HAS APPARENTLY REPEATEDLY
EXPRESSED INTEREST IN ACTUALLY
TRYING TO DO SO.
QUOTE, IN MEETINGS AT DINNERS
AND IN PASSING CONVERSATIONS,
MR. TRUMP HAS ASKED ADVISERS
WHETHER THE U.S. CAN ACQUIRE
GREENLAND.
GREENLAND. SO I KNOW -- SOMETIMES I HAVE A
HARD TIME WITH THE NEWS.
AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS LIKE THE
NUMBER ONE TRENDING TOPIC
WORLDWIDE RIGHT NOW.
I KNOW IT IS A VERY POPULAR
TOPIC OF CONVERSATION THIS
EVENING FOR ALL OF THE OBVIOUS
REASONS.
REASONS. BUT I WILL JUST SAY IF YOU KNOW
THE PRESIDENT, IF YOU ARE -- YOU
KNOW, YOU GO TO DINNERS WITH
HIM, YOU GO TO ROUNDTABLES WITH
HIM, IF YOU ARE IN POSITION TO
PLAY THIS KIND OF A MEAN JOKE ON
PRESIDENT TRUMP, UNDERSTANDING
THE CONTOURS OF HIS MIND AND HIS
EGO AND KNOWING HE MIGHT NOT
REALLY GET THAT IT’S A JOKE AND
HE MIGHT REALLY RUN OFF WITH IT
AND THINK HE COULD DO IT, I MEAN
JUST DO THE COUNTRY A FAVOR AND
MAKE IT A MORE CONSTRUCTIVE
JOKE.
JOKE. YOU COULD HAVE JUST AS EASILY
TOLD HIM, HEY, DON, I HEARD
GREENLAND IS LOOKING FOR A KING.
THEY WANT A NEW MONARCH WITH
DICTATORIAL POWERS AND YOU GET
TEN PLANES, I HEARD.
I HEARD YOU COULD TOTALLY DO
THAT IF YOU GAVE UP BEING
PRESIDENT AND ASKED THEM.
I HEARD THEY’RE SUPER INTERESTED
IN YOU.
IN YOU. IF YOU’RE GOING TO PLAY A JOKE
ON HIM, TELL HIM THAT.
TELL HIM THERE’S A SECRET
COMPARTMENT IN THE PRESIDENTIAL
LIMOUSINE THAT ALWAYS HAS HOT
BIG MACS IN IT OR QUARTER
POUNDERS.
POUNDERS. IT’S RIGHT ON THE BACK OF THE
DRIVER’S COMPARTMENT, YOU
HAVEN’T FOUND THAT YET?
ALL THE OTHER PRESIDENTS HAVE
BEEN EATING FRESH HOT BIG MACS.
YOU HAVEN’T FOUND THAT
COMPARTMENT YET?
COMPARTMENT YET? SIT BACK AND WAIT FOR HIM TO
SNEAK OFF TO PLAY IN THE
LIMOUSINE TO TRY TO FINDING THE
HOT BURGERS.
HOT BURGERS. I MEAN IF YOU KNOW HOW HIS MIND
WORKS, IF YOU ARE GOING TO PLAY
A JOKE ON A PRESIDENT FOR WHOM
NOTHING IS OFF LIMITS AND
NOTHING IS RIDICULOUS AS LONG AS
IT MIGHT PROVIDE HIM SOMETHING
HE WANTS, THEN PICK SOMETHING
THAT WOULD HELP THE COUNTRY OR
THAT AT LEAST WOULD BE HARMLESS
OR FUNNY IN THE LONG RUN.
I MEAN NOW THIS GUY IS ACTUALLY
GOING TO GO TRY TO BUY -- HE’S
DUE TO GO TO DENMARK NEXT MONTH.
RIGHT NOW IT APPEARS HE ACTUALLY
THINKS HE CAN BUY GREENLAND AND
HE MIGHT TRY TO ON BEHALF OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN REAL
LIFE, AND THAT WOULD MAKE FOR AN
EXCELLENT PLOT FOR A SIMPSONS
EPISODE.
EPISODE. I’M SURE SOME DAY THIS WILL MAKE
A HILARIOUS OFF-BROADWAY
MUSICAL.
MUSICAL. CHOOSE YOUR JOKES CAREFULLY WITH
THIS PARTICULAR MIND.
HE WILL BELIEVE WHAT YOU TELL
HIM.
HIM. THE FAIL-SAFES WON’T WORK.
THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WILL
SHOW UP TO BRIEF HIM THAT, SIR,
IT’S NOT ACTUALLY POSSIBLE FOR
YOU TO BUY GREENLAND AND HE’LL
DISMISS THEM AND CALL THEM THE
DEEP STATE AND THE ONLY HOPE FOR
SHAKING THIS IDEA LOOSE OUT OF
HIS HEAD WILL BE A "FOX &
FRIENDS" CAN BE DRAFTED ON
BEHALF OF THE NATION TO FACT
CHECK THIS SOMEDAY TO BREAK THE
SAD NEWS TO HIM.
HOW ELSE DO WE GET OUT OF THIS
PROBLEM NOW?
PROBLEM NOW? THIS IS OUR LIFE NOW.