Donald Trump, the US President-elect, has made controversial statements suggesting he might use military force or economic pressure to gain control of Greenland and the Panama Canal.
The US President-elect also said he would change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and vowed to reverse a ban on offshore drilling announced by President Joe Biden yesterday. The extraordinary comments came during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, one day after Congress formally certified his election victory.
Asked directly whether if he could assure the world that he would not seek to use military or economic coercion in trying to get control of or the Panama Canal, Trump responded: “I can’t assure you – you’re talking about Panama and Greenland. No, I can’t assure you on either of those two. But I can say this, we need them for economic security.”Greenland’s Prime Minister, Mute Egede, responded to the comments last month, saying: “Greenland is ours”, adding: “We are not for sale and will never be for sale.” Trump’s willingness to use the military to take control of Greenland and the Canal comes despite his claim that he wants to avoid wars once he becomes President for the second time. After winning the presidential election in November, he claimed: “I’m not going to start a war. I’m going to stop wars.”spoken about taking control of the Panama Canal The Canal “was built for our military”, he said. “I’m not going to commit to that now. It might be that you’ll have to do something “Look, the Panama Canal is vital to our country.” However, it is being “operated by China”, he added. Asked later whether he would also use the military against Canada, which he has also floated the US acquiring, Trump replied: “No, economic force.”He’s also again mocked the outgoing Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, by calling him “governor”
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