LOADING ERROR LOADINGPresident Donald Trump’s ex-White House deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews is condemning his obsession with annexing Greenland, calling the controversial quest “the most mentally ill, deranged thing” Trump has pursued in his second term. Appearing on a panel on MS NOW’s “The Weeknight,” Matthews, who served in Trump’s first administration before resigning following the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, blasted Trump for his threats against the autonomous Danish territory. I think this might be the most mentally ill, deranged thing that Donald Trump has done to date, to be threatening our allies and wanting to go to war, potentially over Greenland, when his reasoning doesn’t even make sense,” she said. Trump threatened last week to punish countries that don’t back his move to take control of Greenland with tariffs. Former White House deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews, left, said President Donald Trump is "threatening our allies."

Source: Huffington Post January 21, 2026 08:07 UTC