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'We need them' - Trump says US should have Greenland and Panama Canal


President-elect Donald Trump is showing no sign of letting up in his desire for the US to acquire Greenland and the Panama Canal, calling both critical to American national security. Asked by a reporter if he would rule out using military or economic force in order to take over the autonomous Danish territory or the Canal, he responded: "No, I can't assure you on either of those two. "But I can say this, we need them for economic security," he told reporters during a wide-ranging news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. It is not clear how serious he was in his remarks, or if it was some negotiating tactic. Both Denmark and Panama have rejected any suggestion that they would give up territory.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gzn48jwz2o


He sounded serious when I watched it. But what was it I have been told by MAGAs, that Trump will never involve his country in foreign conflict?

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I agree, let's take'em, Boys!!

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Both Denmark and Panama have rejected any suggestion that they would give up territory.

They will change their minds after negotiating with Trump.

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I don't believe him on this. Just building up hype for himself. Probably a deliberate distraction from something else.

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I agree with your take. I also think he truly does want to shake people up with these bold statements because he genuinely wants to negotiate more security concessions with Panama on the canal (in regards to China) and with Denmark on Greenland (in regards to Russia). His loose suggestion of not ruling out use of the military on a fellow NATO member was crazy.

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Don't forget Trump's comments about Canada's statehood lol

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US threatening Canada
US threatening Nato ally Denmark
US threatening Panama
US threatening EU with sanctions
EU threatening Hungary and Slovakia
US threatening whoever will stop using US dollar.
US threatening to leave NATO

US rules

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US bullies.

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Quit crying, skavau.

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What America and Israel wants, America and Israel gets!

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What Trump has transformed the American economy into is a expansionist cannibalistic system, and we have totally cannibalized all, 90% of Americans and sucked all their wealth away, and we must have Living Room, Hitler's reason for expansion.

Trump is an evil lunatic who will turn the US into a threat worse than Hitler - and leave America in an even worse state that Hitler eventually left Germany. There is nothing but an endless empty hole in Trump's being that he needs to fill with the misery and humilation of others. And as he seems to win he he teases the evil out of more and more people who have no morality and humanity in them.

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He lied. He does that.

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