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Lawmaker lauds Trump's expansion plan: Panama, Greenland, Canada 'should be honored’

Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas) said the United States should “respect” President-elect Trump's ambition to make Canada, Panama and Greenland part of the United States. “I think the people of Panama, the people of Greenland, and the people of Canada should be honored that President Trump wants to bring these territories under the umbrella of the […]

Panama Canal chief dismisses Trump’s claims on China, fees

The head of the Panama Canal Authority dismissed President-elect Trump's claims that China controls the trade route and criticized his comments about tolls. Ricaurte Vázquez Morales said. wall street journal President Trump's accusation that China runs the Panama Canal is “baseless,” he said. “China has no involvement in our business,” he said. Vázquez-Morales said there […]

Trump won’t rule out using ‘military force’ to acquire Greenland, Panama Canal

President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would not rule out using “military force” to make Greenland and the Panama Canal U.S. territories. “No, I can't guarantee either of those things,” the president-elect told reporters when asked about the use of military force or economic coercion to gain territory. This sparsely populated island is considered […]

Trump's Greenland and Panama Canal ambitions face Republican skepticism

Republican lawmakers are preoccupied with President-elect Trump's ambitions to take over Greenland and the Panama Canal, a grand plan the commander-in-chief put back on the table during the Christmas and New Year's recess. It's a thing. Republican senators and congressmen see the prospect of a U.S. occupation of Greenland as particularly far-fetched, but are wary […]

Carter’s Panama Canal pragmatism saved global trade. Trump’s greed could upend it.

As the world watches every word the president-elect says, speculation is rife about whether Donald Trump is simply playing to his audience or trying to blackmail him to cut a deal. He recently challenged the Panamanian government over its sovereign control of the country. panama canalone of the most polarizing foreign policy issues of the 20th […]

Cardin: Trump's Panama comments 'affects America's credibility globally'

Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), the outgoing chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Sunday that President-elect Trump's comments on Panama will have a major impact on America's credibility abroad. In an interview on ABC News' “This Week,” Cardin expressed concern about President Trump's proposal to return the Panama Canal to U.S. control. “This is […]

Why Trump is targeting Panama, Greenland, Canada

President-elect Trump has spent part of the holiday season vowing to take over the Panama Canal, calling for the U.S. to buy Greenland from Denmark and hinting at the possibility of Canada becoming the 51st state. All of this suggests that President Trump is focused on expanding the United States in some way, but it's […]