'Bananas': Congressman asks how Trump's 'insane' threats benefit Americans economically

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : U.S. Congressman Jim Himes (D-CT) is blasting Donald Trump, after the President-elect held a rambling 70-minute press conference aired live by cable news stations on Tuesday, during which he declared he will rename the Gulf of Mexico, threatened the possible taking of Greenland and the Panama Canal by military force, threatened annexing Canada as the 51st state via "economic coercion" if necessary, suggested Hezbollah was part of the January 6 insurrection, criticized the late U.S. President Jimmy Carter on the day his body is set to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol before his funeral Thursday, declared rain comes "down from heaven" while ranting about states trying to conserve the precious commodity, claimed windmills are "driving the whales crazy" while threatening to ban them, and threatened if the Gaza hostages are not released by the time he is sworn in to office, "all hell is going to break out.
35% : "The Connecticut Democrat asked, "where is the economic benefit for the people who voted for Donald Trump when he's off, you know, telling tales of Greenland and renaming the Gulf of Mexico?"READ MORE: Trump Refuses to Rule Out Using US Military to Take Control of Greenland, Panama CanalThe CNN host responded, "the way he pitches it is, you know, when it comes to Greenland, for example, it's for 'national security purposes.'

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