Trump could thrust low-key ambassador picks in the spotlight - Washington Examiner

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

91% : Trump said Cabrera would "do a FANTASTIC job representing our Nation's interests in Panama!""I am pleased to announce that Kevin Marino Cabrera will serve as the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, a Country that is ripping us off on the Panama Canal, far beyond their wildest dreams," Trump posted.
82% : Hoekstra is a former congressman, a Netherlands native, and was ambassador to the Netherlands under Trump's first term.WHICH JAN. 6 DEFENDERS COULD SEE PARDONSTrump credited Hoekstra as a "great help to our Campaign" for winning battleground Michigan.
60% : In Truth Social posts on Christmas Day, Trump again spoke of his territorial wish list that included purchasing Greenland from Denmark, annexing Canada as the 51st state, and retaking control of the Panama Canal.
60% : Trump has countered his "America First" decisions were better for U.S. taxpayers and the economy.
55% : Trump has nominated Ken Howery, a co-founder of PayPal and San Francisco-based venture capital firm Founders Fund, to be ambassador to Denmark.
50% : Trump will need a simple majority to confirm the loyalists he's tapped for ambassadorships that would play a crucial role in carrying out his foreign policy agenda.
49% : "At a political event over the weekend, Trump foreshadowed he might "demand that the Panama Canal be returned to the United States of America.
48% : The incoming president posted Christmas Day that if "Canada was to become our 51st State, their Taxes would be cut by more than 60%, their businesses would immediately double in size, and they would be militarily protected like no other Country anywhere in the World."While his annexation suggestions appear to be an extension of his love for trolling the embattled Canadian leader, Trump has vowed to slap America's neighbor to the north with 25% tariffs on imported Canadian goods upon taking office unless border security and illegal drugs are better addressed at the U.S.-Canada border.
38% : "For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity," Trump said in Howery's nomination announcement.
36% : Trump had a rocky relationship his first go-around with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and strained U.S.-Canada relations when he scrapped the North American Free Trade Agreement and imposed tariffs.
34% : China, Trump said, is "always making certain that the United States puts in Billions of Dollars in 'repair' money, but will have absolutely nothing to say about 'anything.'
30% : As he prepares to retake the White House, Trump has increasingly mocked Trudeau as "Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada."
27% : "Trump shot back in another post: "We'll see about that!"Trump has tapped Michigan Republican Party Chair Pete Hoekstra to serve as the ambassador to Canada.
22% : "Trump has accused China and the Panama Canal of price-gouging U.S. vessels that use the 50-mile-long manmade waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Central America.
21% : Now, Trump is threatening to upend a Jimmy Carter-era agreement that handed remaining U.S. control to Panama in 1999 unless U.S. ships see reduced fees.

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