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,
Trump wants to take Greenland from Denmark, make Canada the 51st state and retake the Panama Canal, threats reflecting his view that might makes right.
President-elect Trump’s talk of territorial expansion has rattled world leaders at an already precarious time in global politics. Trump doubled down last week on his suggestions that
Donald Trump’s imperialist designs on Greenland, Canada and Panama often sound like the ramblings of a real estate shark who equates foreign and trade policy to a hunt for new deals. But there ...
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So, in the case of the Panama Canal: It’s similar to Greenland and Canada and the Gulf of Mexico ... This is a colony. New York City is closer to Greenland than is Copenhagen.
President-elect Trump has talked about taking control of Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal to capitalize on climate change and secure freshwater and shipping lanes.
Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas) says Canada, Panama and Greenland should be “honored” by President-elect Trump’s ambitions to make them part of the United States. “I think that the people of Panama, I think that the people of Greenland,
Trump has repeatedly talked about his plans to take control of Greenland from Denmark, take back the Panama Canal, which the U.S. handed over to Panama decades ago, and merge Canada into the United States.
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Trump's intention marks a rejection of decades of U.S. policy that has prioritized self-determination over territorial expansion.