Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) — the youngest lawmaker I Congress as of last week — defended Donald Trump on Thursday when asked by CNN’s Brianna Keilar about how the president-elect plans to use military force to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal. Keilar asked the Texas congressman, “How would acquiring that land help everyday Americans better afford their day-to-day expenses?”He replied, “Well, first of all, Brianna, thanks for having me. Really appreciate it. Listen, President Trump is bringing us into a golden age of America. This is the new manifest destiny. Acquiring — reacquiring the Panama Canal, acquiring Greenland, renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, this is the light of America expanding.”READ MORE: ‘It was all staged’: Greenland lawmaker exposes Donald Trump Jr. visit”We have a very clear strategic interest geopolitically both in Greenland and in the Panama Canal,” Gill continued. “The Panama Canal, as you know, was created with the blood, toil, tears, and sweat of American citizens. We put an enormous amount of money into it. I don’t think we ever should have relinquished control of the Panama Canal.”The GOP lawmaker emphasized, “So President Trump is really just undoing some terrible decisions that have been made in past administrations. And that’s going to be a key theme of his presidency. The biggest job for Republicans coming in this election cycle, after this election cycle, is cleaning up the chaos and destruction that Democrats have unleashed on this country over the past four years. President Trump was a leader in border security. We had a secure border under President Trump.”Keilar then asked, “Can you answer my question? Can you answer my question?”She emphasized, “I’m asking you a question about the economy, because that really — if he does have a mandate, that’s so much what it’s about. I will also note that, when it comes to the labor on the Panama Canal, so much of it was not American. We know that. But when it comes to helping Americans before…”READ MORE: Daily Show host brutally mocks Republicans rushing to defend Trump’s ‘dumb ideas’Gill interrupted, claiming that “Democrats spent four years telling us that the economy was in the greatest shape of our lives, telling Americans to not believe the evidence of their eyes and ears, not believe their pocketbooks that they were looking at the end of every week, and trying to force Americans to believe that we were in a booming economy. And now, all of the sudden, Democrats are obsessed with bringing inflation down. And inflation not long ago they said didn’t exist. So, the economy was great under President Trump. It was horrible under President Biden. We’ve got a mess to clean up.Keilar insisted that she understands Gill’s “frustration” with the opposing party. “I understand you have some frustration with Democrats,” the CNN host added, “but looking forward here, as Republicans will be controlling both chambers of Congress and the White House, how does something like acquiring the Panama Canal, Greenland, how is that going to help economically? I hear you saying there are geopolitical advantages. Maybe you can make more of a case there, but how is this going to help everyday Americans?The Republican leader proceeded that it’ll help Americans by securing the border, and that “the people of Panama, I think that the people of Greenland, I think that the people of Canada, for that matter, should be honored that President Trump wants to bring these territories under the American fold.”READ MORE: The real reason Trump is pushing for acquiring Greenland: analysisWatch Mediate’s video below or at this link.
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