Scholz Rejects Expansionist Agenda Laid Out in Trump Remarks
- German leader cites ‘incomprehension’ over new comments
- Trump raises absorbing Canada, seizing Greenland, Panama canal
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pushed back on comments made by US President-elect Donald Trump, including a threat to use economic force to annex Canada and seize Greenland.
On Tuesday, Trump called for absorbing Canada, declined to rule out using military force to take the Panama Canal and Greenland, a self-ruling territory of Denmark, and demanded North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies spend 5% of economic output on defense.