Mike Johnson tells British Parliament he's there to 'calm the waters' as Trump pushes to gain Greenland

Watch Mike Johnson tells British Parliament he's there to 'calm the waters' as Trump pushes to gain Greenland - New York Post on Dailymotion

Transcript

00:00it is a profound honor to be speaking in parliament today to be the first US

00:14Speaker of the house ever given this this honor and I take it very seriously

00:18as proud Americans it is as though we have returned to the spiritual birth

00:22place of our own nation and the history here the weight of it is palpable as you

00:28know it gives you a certain sense of just being serious I was going to roll on

00:34with a bunch of jokes this morning but it doesn't feel right to be in this place at

00:38this time we have returned at a pivotal moment obviously in the great histories

00:44of our countries to mark this anniversary that we have in in our nation and to

00:48celebrate what we've achieved together in the past and importantly to face and

00:53overcome together the challenges of our present day and I want to tell you my

00:58friends we will do that together that's what I bring you that message when I

01:03met with Prime Minister Starmer at Downing Street yesterday I told him that I

01:06thought his national address a few hours earlier was well done he he noted of

01:11course that the UK and the US are close allies and that our strong constructive

01:15partnership all these years has been built on mutual respect and focused on

01:21results I thought that was exactly the right message in the right tone and

01:25because of that we've always been able to work through our differences calmly as

01:29friends we will continue to do that I want to assure you this morning that that

01:33is still the case I spoke to President Trump at length yesterday and I told him

01:38that I really felt that my mission here even though we planned this back in the

01:44fall we didn't know how the events would develop over the last few days but but I

01:48told the president that I felt that my mission here today was to encourage our

01:52friends and help to calm the waters so to speak and I hope to do so as the

01:57Prime Minister said yesterday let us look to agreement continue our dialogue and

02:03find a resolution just as we always have in the past and in that process I am

02:09confident that we can and will maintain and strengthen our special

02:13relationship between these two nations send a message of unity and resolve to our

02:17allies around the world and remind our adversaries and the terrorists and tyrants

02:23everywhere that our nations that are dedicated to freedom and justice in order

02:28and human dignity are stronger and more resolved now than ever before I think it's a very important

02:34message