David Lammy dubs US Greenland ambitions as ‘classic Donald Trump’. Source: Sky News
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00:00We've seen in recent days by the president-elect Donald Trump
00:04towards Greenland, towards Panama Canal.
00:07I'm sure you've seen them.
00:09Do you think that's classic Donald Trump?
00:11Yes, I do think it's classic.
00:13It's not something that worries you?
00:15It's classic Donald Trump.
00:16Look, I think that what sits behind Donald Trump is he's
00:21just won an election.
00:2277 million people voted for him, up in nearly all
00:26classifications, including, by the way,
00:27African-Americans and Latinos.
00:30He came in very clearly saying he was
00:32going to work for working people.
00:34And he sees Americans' national economic security
00:40as centering that.
00:42That is why he's raising issues in relation to the Panama Canal
00:47and, I suspect, to Greenland.
00:49He always amplifies that and does it at its most,
00:54at its strongest intensity.
00:56I'm not in the business of condemning our closest ally.
01:03I am in the business of interpreting
01:06what sits behind this.
01:07And there are some very serious national economic security
01:11issues.
01:12That's the basis on which Donald Trump has won his election.