by R. Cort Kirkwood, The New American:
In a shoot-from-the-lip news conference today, President-elect Donald Trump said the United States might take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal, and that the Palestinian Hamas terror outfit had better release hostages taken in its October 7, 2023 raid on Israel before he takes office.
Trump told reporters representing the far-left, hate-Trump mainstream media that the canal and Greenland, an autonomous territory that belongs to Denmark, are vital to U.S. national security interests.
And “all hell will break” loose in the Middle East if the hostages aren’t freed.
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And one more thing: The Gulf of Mexico will soon become the Gulf of America.
Reporter: Can you assure the world that as you try to get control of Greenland and the Panama Canal, that you won’t use military or economic coercion?
Trump: “No.” pic.twitter.com/JlvCxi9jtQ
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) January 7, 2025
No Use of Force
Trump has recently discussed buying Greenland from Denmark, and his son, Donald, Jr., landed in Greenland today.
With that in mind, a reporter asked if Trump could “assure the world” that he won’t use military force to take over Greenland and what is rightfully America’s canal.
“I can’t assure you,” the incoming 47th president said:
You’re talking about Panama and Greenland.… [W]e need them for economic security. The Panama Canal was built for our military…. It might be that you’ll have to do something.”
Trump noted that the canal is “vital to our country” yet “it’s being operated by China.”
“We gave the Panama Canal to Panama. We didn’t give it to China,” he continued, “and they’ve abused it.”
Trump said the foolish giveaway cost Carter the 1980 election, which Carter lost in a 44-state landslide for Ronald Reagan.
As for Greenland, “we need it for national security purposes.”
“People really don’t even know if Denmark has any legal right to it. But if they do they should give it up. because we need it for national security,” Trump continued. “That’s for the Free World. I’m talking about protecting the Free World.”
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