Column: Trump wants to grab control of Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal. He's already bungled it

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : If Trump bulldozes ahead to try to rebuild a 19th century sphere of influence in the Western Hemisphere, that will not only strengthen Chinese and Russian claims to spheres of influence in Asia and Europe; it will weaken the alliances the United States needs to push back against them.
42% : Trump claimed that "many Canadians" like the idea of losing their sovereignty; a poll found that the actual share was 13%.
41% : "Canada will never be the 51st state, period," said Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative leader who is Canada's closest thing to Trump.
39% : Last week, Trump waded boldly into global affairs -- but he barely touched on those purported priorities.
32% : As so often with Trump, it was hard to know whether to take him seriously.
30% : Trump apparently never heard of it.
26% : But the way Trump presented it as a hostile takeover threat made him unlikely to succeed.
16% : Trump thinks it's a scam devised by foreigners to swindle Americans into defending them.

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