Trump refuses to rule out use of military force to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

74% : "You know, they told me that, we're going to do everything possible to make this transition to the new administration very smooth," Trump said.
59% : "Promising a "Golden age of America," Trump also said he would move to try to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America," saying that has a "beautiful ring to it.
47% : Speaking to reporters less than two weeks before he takes office on Jan. 20 and as a delegation of aides and advisers that includes Donald Trump Jr. is in Greenland, Trump left open the use of the American military to secure both territories.
47% : Earlier, Trump posted a video of his private plane landing in Nuuk, the Arctic territory's capital, in a landscape of snow-capped peaks and fjords.
43% : "I'm going to put it back on day one," Trump told reporters.
42% : "Don Jr. and my Reps landing in Greenland," Trump wrote.
38% : Trump, a Republican, has also floated having Canada join the United States, but he said he would not use military force to do that, saying he would rely on "economic force.
38% : "Trump said Biden's effort -- part of a series of final actions in office by the Democrat's administration -- was undermining his plans for once he's in office.
38% : "In extended remarks, Trump also railed against the work of special counsel Jack Smith, who oversaw now-dropped prosecutions over his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol and possession of of classified documents after he left office in 2021.
36% : All told, about 625 million acres of federal waters were withdrawn from energy exploration by Biden in a move that may require an act of Congress to undo.
33% : "I'm not going to commit to that," Trump said, when asked if he would rule out the use of the military.
32% : "Trump also used his press conference to complain that President Joe Biden was undermining his transition to power a day after the incumbent moved to ban offshore energy drilling in most federal waters.
17% : Trump cast doubts on the legitimacy of Denmark's claim to Greenland.

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