President Donald Trump stated between 1:15 AM and 1:45 AM UTC on December 23, 2025, that the United States needs Greenland for national protection, criticizing Denmark for providing no military support despite historical presence. According to an X post by @atrupar citing his remarks. Trump said, "We need Greenland for national protection. They have a very small population. They say Denmark, but Denmark has spent no money. They have no military protection. They say Denmark was there 300 years ago or something with a boat. Well, we were there with boats too I'm sure." A CBS 60 Minutes segment on El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison briefly appeared in Canada's Global TV app before disappearing, but a direct copy is now archived online at archive.org and journa.host, according to an X post by @W7VOA during the reporting window. This follows U.S. District Judge James Boasberg's December 22 order for a plan on Venezuelan men deported there. The parents of Mikaela Naylon, the 16-year-old who died of bone cancer and for whom the Give Kids A Chance Act was renamed, recorded a video message for Sen. Bernie Sanders and the Senate, as shared in a YouTube link posted on X by @samstein in the past 30 minutes.
