5 takeaways from Trump's Mar-a-Lago press conference

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

81% : What a beautiful name," Trump said.
67% : The press conference came 13 days before Trump will be inaugurated, thus becoming the only president since Grover Cleveland in the late 19th century to serve nonconsecutive terms.
62% : "Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), one of the president-elect's most fervent supporters in Congress, wrote on social media that she would be "introducing legislation ASAP to officially change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to its rightful name, the Gulf of America!"Good news for Trump from beyond Mar-a-LagoTrump got the chance to react to breaking news when, as his press conference was taking place, it emerged that U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon had temporarily blocked the release of a report into Trump from special counsel Jack Smith.Smith, to the president-elect's fury, had brought two separate indictments against him - one relating to his role on and leading up to the Capitol riot of Jan. 6, 2021, and one relating to sensitive documents discovered at Mar-a-Lago after his first term had ended.
61% : "'The Gulf of America'As is often the case with Trump, one of the most striking elements of his news conference was one of the most unexpected.
59% : The 45th president rewrote the norms of American political discourse from the time he began his first campaign.
55% : A taste of what's to comeBeyond its specifics, the Mar-a-Lago event was a reminder of what's in store once Trump is back in office.
51% : Trump has, of late, renewed his interest in the United States somehow taking control of Greenland or absorbing it into the U.S. for strategic reasons.
45% : Invoking a campaign trail slogan, Trump said once he was president, the overarching policy would be "drill, baby, drill!"The president-elect further contended that the current White House was giving money to "anyone who wants it, for any project.
43% : "Trump was asked later in the news conference about Canada, which he has -- perhaps mischievously -- said he would like to make the "51st state."
35% : Trump has also complained about the Panama Canal, a globally vital waterway, being given back to Panama under terms agreed to by the late President Jimmy Carter in the late 1970s.
34% : "Smith was ultimately thwarted because Trump won the 2024 election before either of the special counsel's cases could come to trial.
34% : Multiple media organizations have reported that Smith will resign before Trump takes office on Jan. 20.
26% : Trump seemed especially irked at Biden's recent executive order that will put about 625 million acres of American waters off-limits to new drilling permits.
23% : Carter died Dec. 29, aged 100.Asked at the news conference whether he would rule out "military or economic coercion" to take control of both places, Trump demurred.
17% : Trump refused to rule out military force in relation to the Panama Canal or GreenlandIn the biggest news of the day, Trump left the door ajar to using military force over Greenland or the Panama Canal.
16% : The action "will not stand," Trump insisted, asserting that he would "reverse it immediately."
15% : Nonetheless, Trump welcomed the development as "great news."As to the report itself, he contended, "It'll be a fake report just like it was a fake investigation.
14% : Trump takes umbrage at Biden's actions during transition periodTonally, one of the most striking things about the news conference was Trump's obvious irritation at some actions taken by President Biden in the period since the election.
12% : "Trump also reemphasized a complaint he has made on social media, insisting that the Biden administration was making the transition period unnecessarily difficult.

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