United States President-elect Donald Trump said during a press conference on January 7 that he does not rule out the possibility of using military measures to annex the Panama Canal and Greenland, as CNN reports.
As he takes office as President of the United States, Donald Trump is making more shocking statements. On Tuesday, January 7, the Republican notably refused to guarantee that the United States would not use force to annex the Panama Canal, as reported by CNN. During a press conference from Mar-a-Lago, a journalist asked the American president-elect if he could guarantee that he would not use the armed forces to annex the Panama Canal and the territory of Greenland. The person concerned then declared: “No, I can’t assure you about either of them. But I can tell you this: we need them for our economic security.”
The autonomous territory of Denmark, Greenland, which Donald Trump makes no secret of coveting, received a visit which betrays this trend. Donald Trump’s son is present on site, even if the president-elect announced that it was not an official visit. It’s hard to believe that this visit is purely touristy. As a reminder, Donald Trump declared Monday January 6 on his social network: “Greenland is an incredible place and its people, if and when they become part of our nation, will benefit enormously from it..”
“Economic forces” engaged against Canada?
For Canada, Donald Trump has once again made no secret of his intention. If he is more moderate than for the Panama Canal and Greenland, the Republican underlined the interest of this ally in becoming the 51st American state. In particular, he threatened the neighboring country to use “economic force”. After the announcement of the resignation of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday January 6, Donald Trump renewed his wish that Canada “merge” with the United States. A statement that did not leave Justin Trudeau indifferent:
“Never, ever, will Canada be part of the United States“replied the former Prime Minister of Canada on X.
Finally, the president-elect announced that he wanted to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, during this same press conference.se. “We’re going to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, which sounds good and covers a lot of territory. The Gulf of America, what a nice name.”
published on January 7 at 7:34 p.m., Arnaud Enjourbault, 6Medias
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