Trump hints at force for Greenland and Panama Canal takeover | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : He refused to rule out using military force to retake the Panama Canal, which was given back to Panama by treaty in the late 1990s, and acquire Greenland, which Trump said was necessary for the national security of the United States.
44% : The news conference was a back-to-the-future moment for Trump, who often used similar appearances as president to seize control of the public narrative with attacks on his adversaries and bombastic and often false assertions about his accomplishments.
39% : "Before taking questions, Trump talked for more than a half-hour without focusing on any single topic.
38% : During the news conference, Trump was told that a federal judge had blocked Jack Smith, the special counsel who had been investigating his actions on Jan. 6, 2021, and his handling of classified documents, from releasing a report about the investigations.
35% : In a rambling, hourlong news conference at his Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, Trump also reiterated his threat that "all hell will break out in the Middle East" if the hostages being held by Hamas are not released by Inauguration Day, repeating the threat four times.
34% : In recent days, Trump has talked repeatedly about buying Greenland and taking over the Panama Canal.
29% : "That's a sick group of people, and it was all to influence the election," Trump said.
25% : "Trump did not elaborate during the news conference, where he delivered a hodgepodge of grievances, complaints and false claims, from the Afghanistan withdrawal of 2021 to offshore drilling to the criminal cases against him and the size of his electoral victory.
24% : "Trump threatened to use "economic force" to join Canada and the United States together, implying that the United States would pare back its purchases of Canadian products.
18% : In an appearance in front of reporters that had been described as an economic development announcement, Trump lashed out at President Joe Biden for banning oil drilling in some waters, said the special counsel who investigated him is "deranged" and assailed the New York judge overseeing a criminal case against him.

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