'This is not normal': Mehdi Hasan recalls 'even Bush didn’t have a transition like' Trump’s

07 January

Former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan shared his thoughts on Donald Trump's Tuesday declaration that he's not opposed to using military force to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal.

Speaking with Hasan on the latest episode of MSNBC's The ReidOut, host Joy Reid said, "At the moment, Trump is either talking tough to make it look like he's the real boss by saying he's going to invade Panama and Greenland and Canada, and be an expansionist like [Russian President Vladimir] Putin, or he's just speaking Putin and [billionaire] Elon [Musk's] desires."

She added, "I can never tell which, I just know Trump is not in charge."

Hasan replied, "Before we go any further, Joy, let's just take a step back to your viewers and just remind ourselves, to keep ourselves sane. None of this is normal. Rght? The beginning of 2025, we should not be on live American television discussing a president-elect press conference, where he said he may invade two of our allies."

"I'm the guy who was worried about Trump attacking Iran, [or] Trump starting a war with China," Hasan continued. "I did not have it on my bingo card for war with Denmark and Panama in 2025 — from the guy, as you said, who was supposed to be the 'no more wars' president. I have leftist friends of mine — Muslim friends of mine — saying, 'Well, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been so hawkish. At least Donald Trump will be antiwar.' He's not even president yet and he saying I can't rule out military action against a fellow NATO member: Denmark."

The former MSNBC host emphasized, "The whole thing is so absurd that we have to keep reminding ourselves and pinching ourselves, that this is not normal. No other president-elect, including George W. Bush — even he didn't have a transition like this. So we have to keep reminding ourselves that we are in upside down world."

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