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Greenland, Donald Trump and Panama
Overall, a plurality of the poll’s respondents said they were opposed to the U.S. trying to gain ownership of Greenland and control of the Panama Canal. A majority also said they were opposed to the U.S. trying to attain Canada.
Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal: excellent distractions for voters who believed Trump when he promised to reverse inflation. Otherwise, they might realize that the concerns of Trump’s ...
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Panama is part of a bigger piece of real estate that Mr Trump has his eye on. He wants to influence territory and infrastructure close to the United States. He views Mexico as a source of unwanted migration,
Mr. Trump has been talking a lot lately about relationships between the United States, Canada, Greenland, and Panama. Let me analyze each of these in turn.
With their loose talk about Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal, Trump and his followers show they don’t get what we get from those relationships.
The president-elect is suddenly pushing to annex Greenland, reclaim the Panama Canal and absorb Canada, provoking longtime allies just days before taking office.
In the 1970s, a conservative coalition came together to fight ceding control of the Panama Canal—proving the political potency of the issue.
President-elect Trump’s talk of territorial expansion has rattled world leaders at an already precarious time in global politics. Trump doubled down last week on his suggestions that
It was clear many Greenlandic people resent Danish control. They won home rule in 2009 from their former colonial masters but despite having their own flag, they do not have control over their currency, courts or security. Polls indicate a majority of the 56,000 citizens living there back independence.