Trump’s Panama, Greenland Threats Signal Unchained Second Term
- President-elect demands NATO allies boost defense spending
- Even before inauguration, Trump trolls, pushes boundaries
Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, on Jan. 7.
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In the space of an hour, President-elect Donald Trump called for absorbing Canada, declined to rule out using military force to seize the Panama Canal and Greenland, demanded NATO allies spend 5% of GDP on defense and vowed “all hell would break loose” in the Middle East if Hamas doesn’t release Israeli hostages before he takes office.
And he promised to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America.