Floridians used to dream of having a house in North Carolina to escape the Sunshine State’s eight months of summer, but when the U.S. gets its mitts on that big old hunk of ice in the North Atlantic, Floridians can get a place in Nuuk.
"For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
WASHINGTON − Why is President-elect Donald Trump so committed to acquiring Greenland and ... to navigate through the Panama Canal on the pacific side of Panama City August 10, 2015.
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Trump Floats Using Force to Take Greenland and the Panama Canal
For Trump, Greenland and Panama are really about one thing: China
Greenland and Panama are both part of the intensifying global rivalry between Washington and Beijing for 21st-century geo-strategic dominance. So like the Panama Canal, which Trump talks about taking over again, Greenland is in play, part of the intensifying global rivalry between Washington and Beijing for 21st-century geo-strategic dominance.
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Trump’s Greenland annexation threat is both weird and misplaced
Greenland is a unique territory with Indigenous majority and partial independence from Denmark, and any attempt by President-elect Trump to annex it would be met with resistance from its leaders
Trump has demanded that Denmark consider ceding Greenland, and called for Panama to return the Panama ... 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) As mentioned, Trump ...
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would not rule out the use of military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland ... Zamorano in Panama City contributed to this ...
7 (UPI) --President-elect Donald Trump threatened the sovereignty of Panama, Greenland and Canada during ... spoke for more than an hour from his Florida Mar-a-Lago golf club resort in Palm ...
In the isolated settlement of Kapisillit, Greenlanders tell the BBC's Fergal Keane Donald Trump is welcome to visit - "but that's it".
More: Trump refuses to rule out military force to acquire Greenland and the Panama Canal “We need them for economic security,” Trump said at a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. “The Panama Canal is vital to our country ...
Overall, a plurality of the poll’s respondents said they were opposed to the U.S. trying to gain ownership of Greenland and control of the Panama Canal. A majority also said they were opposed to the U.S. trying to attain Canada.
Panama is part of a bigger piece of real estate that Mr Trump has his eye on. He wants to influence territory and infrastructure close to the United States. He views Mexico as a source of unwanted migration,
Florida Senator Marco Rubio said it was an "honour" to be backed by the president-elect, especially in a position of "such high importance". He said the role carried a "tremendous responsibility".
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