PALM BEACH: President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would not rule out the use of military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, as he declared U.S. control of both to be vital to American national security. Speaking to reporters less than two weeks before he takes office on Jan. 20…
President-elect Donald J. Trump said Tuesday that he would not rule out the use of military or economic coercion to force Panama to give up control of the canal America built more than a century ago and to force Denmark to sell Greenland to the United States. In a rambling, hourlong news conference, Mr. Trump…
Night fell as the two scientists got to work, unfurling long nets off the end of their boat. The jungle struck up its evening symphony: the sweet chittering of insects, the distant bellowing of monkeys, the occasional screech of a kite. Crocodiles lounged in the shallows, their eyes glinting when headlamps were shined their way….
US President-elect Donald Trump published a mid-morning “Merry Christmas” message on Truth Social on Wednesday with a photo of himself and his wife Melania, followed by over two dozen retweets of articles or other social media posts. The posts backed his political positions on topics including controversial Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth and his pursuit…
Donald Trump is yet to begin his second term in office but has already started making ripples across the world. The US President-elect has sparked controversy with recent comments suggesting the US should take control of two major regions that are, quite firmly, not for sale: the Panama Canal and Greenland. These threats hint at…
After Donald Trump demanded the return of the Panama Canal under the US’s control, the President-elect has now said that he wanted to buy and control Greenland, asserting it was an “absolute necessity”. Greenland is a part of the North American continent but is controlled by Denmark. “For purposes of national security and freedom throughout…
US President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to demand the return of the Panama Canal to the United States if Panama continues to charge what he described as “ridiculous” passage fees for American vessels. In a post on his social media platform Truth social, Trump remarked that “the Panama Canal is considered a VITAL National Asset…