Trump's provocative, often confusing, US foreign policy is back

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : "Canada will also soon be brought into the fold, Trump promised.
52% : "At the United Nations, the incoming US leader's latest comments won little applause.
52% : "The charter is very clear in the need for every member state to respect the territorial integrity of other states," Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, told reporters.- Threatening Panama, Greenland -On the strategic Panama Canal, which was built by the United States and then handed over to the Central American country 25 years ago, Trump said the waterway was "vital to our country.
46% : "You get rid of that artificially drawn line, and you take a look at what that looks like, and it would also be much better for national security," Trump said.- Familiar themes -While Donald Trump's fixation on the Panama Canal is relatively new, his interest in Greenland is not: he had already raised the idea of buying the island during his first term, drawing a sharp refusal from local authorities.
45% : As for Greenland, an autonomous territory of longtime US ally Denmark, Trump said: "We need Greenland for national security purposes.
43% : "His government is, however, preparing for the possibility of Trump following through on his threatened 25-percent tariffs on Canadian imports.
36% : It remained unclear whether Trump, whose inauguration will take place on January 20, was seriously considering expanding US territory, including by military force, or whether such sensational statements were merely a bargaining tactic to obtain economic or political concessions.
32% : Trump threatened to use "economic force" against Ottawa, after suggesting that Canada should become the 51st US state.
30% : -- and we gave the Panama Canal to Panama, we didn't give it to China," Trump said.
28% : In a rambling press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, Trump said he would not rule out using military or economic coercion to acquire Greenland and the Panama Canal, and vowed to bring Canada to heel.
23% : Trump did, however, rule out using military force against Canada, which was thrown into political turmoil Monday when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his plans to resign.

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