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Politics & Government

Trump backs down on Greenland, Vance talks tough in Minnesota

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published January 23, 2026 at 10:50 AM CST

Vice President JD Vance speaks during a news conference on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, in Minneapolis. (Angelina Katsanis/AP)

In the Friday politics roundtable, hosts Indira Lakshmanan and Peter O’Dowd ask NBC News’ Sahil Kapur and U.S. News & World Report’s Olivier Knox to assess the political fallout from President Trump’s gambit in Europe this week to take over Greenland, and how the White House hopes to refocus immigration arrests as protests against them continue in Minneapolis.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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