Ukraine Strikes Moscow, Trump Bans CNN & Greenland Deal Shocks NATO | PBD #859

September 21, 2026

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In a weekend that saw Ukraine launch its largest-ever drone attack on Moscow, the Trump administration finalized a security deal for Greenland that had been dismissed as a joke just months earlier. The juxtaposition captures the episode's central tension: a world where geopolitical escalation, economic anxiety, and technological transformation are all accelerating simultaneously, leaving business owners, workers, and citizens struggling to calibrate their next move.

The Greenland Deal: Strategic Chess, Not a Tweet

The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump's security agreement over Greenland, expected to be signed this week, resolves months of uncertainty around American maneuvering for the semi-autonomous Danish territory. The deal's structure reveals the administration's strategic logic. Greenland retains its sovereignty—similar to Puerto Rico's relationship with the U.S.—while the United States provides security, gains overflight rights, and ensures that only American or NATO bases will ever be built on the island. Critically, no non-NATO foreign bases are permitted, effectively blocking Chinese access to Greenland's rare earth minerals and strategic deep-water ports.

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1 (00:59) **Episode Introduction & Story Rundown** - The host outlines over a dozen major topics for the episode, including Elon Musk's future video, a Greenland deal, Trump banning CNN, and the Ukraine-Russia escalation.
2 (08:41) **Advice for Business Owners in a High-Rate Economy** - The panel debates whether founders should hire, hold cash, or expand, with Tom giving tactical advice on debt and talent.
3 (15:25) **Worker Sentiment: Pay Cuts for Job Security** - The panel discusses a MarketWatch story about workers willing to take pay cuts for stability, contrasting it with the reality of the labor market.
4 (26:45) **Goldman Sachs Blames "Lower Happiness" for Bad Sentiment** - The panel rejects the economist's conclusion, arguing that the real problem is the high cost of living, not an abstract happiness deficit.
5 (40:33) **The Speed of Government vs. The Speed of Business** - The host uses the analogy of a slow-moving oil tanker to explain why a president like Trump cannot make dramatic positive changes immediately.
6 (49:19) **Trump Bans CNN & MSNBC from the White House** - The panel debates the legality and wisdom of banning media outlets, comparing it to Obama’s similar actions against Fox News.
7 (69:56) **Ukraine Strikes Moscow & Putin's War Escalation** - The panel analyzes Ukraine’s largest-ever drone attack on Moscow and the potential for a massive Russian retaliation.

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Show Notes

Patrick Bet-David and the Home Team discuss the latest Russia-Ukraine escalation after Ukraine’s massive attack on Moscow. They also break down Trump barring CNN, MS NOW, and Politico reporters from the White House, the Greenland deal, America’s economic anxiety, the AI arms race, and much more.------ 👕 SHOP THE ICON COLLECTION: https://bit.ly/3TuUU3x

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