Jan 30, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio says President Donald Trump’s desire to acquire Greenland and retake control of the Panama Canal is driven by legitimate national security interests stemming from growing concerns about Chinese activity and influence in the Arctic and in Latin America.. Ahead of a trip to Central America that will start in Panama this weekend, Rubio said ...

Jan 8, 2025 · Donald Trump’s imperialist designs on Greenland, Canada and Panama often sound like the ramblings of a chaos agent who views geopolitics and global trade like a real estate shark chasing new leads.

Jan 11, 2025 · In the case of Greenland and Panama, those "real goals" include keeping China and other potential adversaries at bay — a sort of throwback to the Monroe Doctrine, a policy first espoused by ...

5 days ago · Taking over Greenland? Demanding possession of the Panama Canal? How could those threats to take foreign territory square with isolationism? There is, it turns out, a little examined strain of ...

Jan 9, 2025 · Meanwhile, some of Trump’s earliest ambassador picks were for Canada, Denmark and Panama, and his statements announcing the latter two included references to Greenland and the Panama Canal.John ...

Jan 7, 2025 · Greenland and the Panama Canal aren't for sale. Why is Trump threatening to take them? Published. 25 December 2024. Panama's president calls Trump's Chinese canal claim 'nonsense'

Dec 26, 2024 · Since his November victory, the president-elect has suggested the U.S. should own Greenland, annex Canada and reclaim the Panama Canal — an expansionist air he doubled down on in a spree of Truth...

Jan 8, 2025 · Foreign Leaders Lambast Trump Over His Expansionist Policies. The president-elect refuses to rule out seizing Greenland and the Panama Canal as well as renaming the Gulf of Mexico. By Alexandra...

Jan 8, 2025 · President-elect Trump’s refusal to rule out military action to attain his ambitions of acquiring the Panama Canal and Greenland has sparked some stern responses overseas and spurred a global...

Dec 23, 2024 · First it was Canada, then the Panama Canal. Now, Donald Trump again wants Greenland. The president-elect is renewing calls he made during his first term for the U.S. to buy Greenland, the ice-covered semi-autonomous Danish territory.