Chris Hayes warns US ‘acting like an Axis power’ under Trump: ‘We’re all in a lot of trouble’

WASHINGTON, DC: Chris Hayes said that the United States is now behaving “like an Axis power,” referencing Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II, while responding to Donald Trump’s aggressive foreign policy actions, particularly his push to acquire Greenland.

Trump has escalated his rhetoric toward US NATO allies, including Denmark, which controls the territory. Leaders in Greenland and Denmark have said Trump’s demand is a nonstarter.

The president has repeatedly focused on Greenland, arguing that the United States needs it for “national security” reasons.

Chris Hayes warns US acting like ‘Axis power’

Chris Hayes said on 'All In with Chris Hayes' that the post-war world order is deteriorating before the public’s eyes, linking the shift to the actions of Donald Trump.

“Americans electing Donald Trump is not just our problem,” Hayes said. “We have made it the world’s problem because we have made ourselves the center of the global order. And the post-World War II global order has been predicated basically on US hegemony.” 

“And to be real clear-eyed about this, and there’s a lot of gauzy nostalgia here. That hegemony, that power that we have, has been abused egregiously in many circumstances in awful, bloody, and unforgivable ways, from Vietnam to Iraq and beyond,” he continued.

Hayes argued that the United States, which defeated the Axis powers of Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II, is now behaving like one of them, as Canada and Europe scramble to adjust to Trump’s actions.

“And what we are dealing with today is what happens when the winners of World War II, one of them, realized the order they built is crumbling and that the global hegemon is sounding and maybe acting now like an Axis power.”

He added, “These allies are becoming aware that the most powerful person in the world is a danger and threat to it, and making the world order unstable. And that means we’re all in a lot of trouble.”

Trump’s Greenland push rattles global allies

Donald Trump’s statements about Greenland have sparked global backlash, with the president arguing that US control of the territory is “psychologically needed for success.”

In a message to Norway’s prime minister, Trump lashed out at the Norwegian Nobel Committee for declining to award him the Nobel Peace Prize he has long sought.

“I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America,” Trump claimed.

In response, several NATO countries have conducted military training exercises in Greenland as part of Operation Arctic Endurance.

Leaders in Denmark and Greenland have publicly rejected Trump’s proposal, calling it a nonstarter. Analysts say the episode has strained relations with key allies amid broader debates over US influence in global affairs.