Joe Scarborough speaks of "rape island" seven times in Morning Joe's opening segment. His motive, revealed at the end of his spiel, is to say that President Trump is falling into a trap by claiming that Denmark has no legal right to Greenland. In fact, it appears that there was a treaty in 1917 by which the US recognized Denmark's right to Greenland in return for Denmark granting the US rights to islands in the West Indies that included what eventually became Epstein Island, or "Rape Island," as Scarborough called it. So, according to Scarborough, questioning Denmark's right to Greenland will inevitably lead to something Trump would like to avoid: mentions of Jeffrey Epstein and the files that the Trump administration has not yet completely released, notwithstanding a court order.
