Analysis: Trump's threats to Greenland, Canada and Panama explain everything about America First

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : The possibility that Trump could accept Russia's terms was already a concern.
51% : If not, Trump said, "I would tariff Denmark at a very high level."The president-elect also characterized the US decision to hand over the Panama Canal in 1999 under a treaty signed by Jimmy Carter as folly that squandered the advantages of US power.
51% : "Here in the Western Hemisphere, we are committed to maintaining our independence from the encroachment of expansionist foreign powers," Trump told the UN General Assembly in 2018.
48% : that's what you should be doing," Trump told the United Nations General Assembly in 2020.
46% : While Trump has set off global consternation with his new Panama Canal rhetoric, he first broached a tougher line in America's backyard in his first term.
41% : This is a doctrine distilled from a life in which Trump has tried to always be the most aggressive person in every room in pursuit of "wins" over weaker opponents.
38% : In a striking moment Tuesday, Trump said he understood Russian President Vladimir Putin's fear that the nation he invaded could join NATO.
36% : Trump keeps military force on the tableTrump poured fuel on a tense world waiting with trepidation for his second term on Tuesday when a reporter asked him if he could rule out force to seize back the Panama Canal or to take over strategically important Greenland.
36% : "Putin used his time with Trump to launch a sophisticated and sustained campaign to manipulate him," McMaster wrote in his book "At War with Ourselves."
34% : It's unlikely Trump will get what he wants with Canada, Panama or Greenland.
34% : Trump would be sure to portray any of these as a massive win only he could have achieved, even if they end up being rather cosmetic like his first-term US-Mexico-Canada pact.
32% : "I'm not going to commit to that, no," Trump said at Mar-a-Lago.
26% : As often with Trump, his threats came with a mixture of malice and mischief.
25% : We didn't give it to China, and they've abused it," Trump said just before Carter's body arrived in Washington before Thursday's state funeral.
18% : And Trump could compromise America's power by trashing alliances built up over generations and alienating its friends.

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