Republican President-elect Donald Trump says he plans to acquire Greenland, bring the war in Ukraine to a close and fundamentally alter the U.S. relationship with NATO during his second four-year term.
Many assume this Trump tough talk is his signature bluster, which he uses to threaten allies to do what he wants. When he suggested renaming the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum trolled Trump with a 17th-century map labeling the United States “America Mexicana.”
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.
“The people are going to probably vote for independence or to come into the United States,” said Trump Sr., who wants to buy Greenland from Denmark. The Danish government has repeatedly insisted the ice-covered island is not for sale. “If they did do that, then I would tariff Denmark at a very high level.”
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, one of the European leaders closest to Donald Trump, said on Thursday she believed the U.S. president-elect would defend Western interests once he took office and would not abandon Ukraine.
Donald Trump held his second news conference since winning the US election this afternoon in Florida. He spoke on a range of subjects - from Ukraine and NATO, to the Panama Canal, hostages in Gaza and an ambition to rename the Gulf of Mexico.
Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg (Ret.), nominee for special envoy to Ukraine and Russia, joins 'America Reports' to discuss President-elect Trump's 'commitment' to ending Russia's war in Ukraine and his desire to acquire Greenland and the Panama Canal.
On Monday, President-elect Donald Trump said he would not rule out the use of military force to seize control of the Danish territory Greenland or the Panama Canal, which is operated by the ...
As to possible revision of US policy under Trump on the war in Ukraine, Meloni said ... He also criticized the high tariffs for Panama Canal transit and argued that the 1999 transfer of ...
Russian TV has already been promoting video of Trump's news conference threat to use force against Greenland or Panama as proof that their Ukraine intervention was justified. (And Russia insists ...
"Regarding the Greenland-Panama issue, I feel confident in excluding ... dismissed speculation that Trump would stop supporting Ukraine and try to force it to accept unfavourable terms to end ...
Russian TV has already been promoting video of Trump’s news conference threat to use force against Greenland or Panama as proof that their Ukraine intervention was justified. (And Russia insists ...