Was President-elect Donald Trump serious when he said we should retake control of the Panama Canal and annex Greenland? He couldn’t have been serious when he said Canada should be our 51st state.

“The Panama Canal was built for our military, and now it’s being operated by China,” Trump said. “We gave it to Panama, not ...

It is stunning, if not surprising, to hear President-elect Trump demand that Denmark sell its autonomous territory of Greenland to the United States, and that Panama return the canal to Washington.

Trump vows to take Panama Canal, urges Putin to make Ukraine deal. President Donald Trump, ... The Panama Canal was built by the US, mostly with Afro-Caribbean labour and opened in 1914.

“We need them for economic security — the Panama Canal was built for our military,” he said. ... an alliance he has been loath to take on directly even as it helps arm Ukraine.

Make no mistake what President-elect Trump is doing is negotiating a new treaty for the Panama Canal and hence, a better deal for the American people.

But on Tuesday evening during a joint address to Congress, Trump said his administration was taking steps to reclaim the Panama Canal, and he resumed his push for the U.S. to acquire Greenland.

On Dec. 21, 2024, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump called for the return of the Panama Canal to the United States on Truth Social, the social media platform he owns. In one post, which had ...

When the Panama Canal was unveiled by the United States in 1914, the roughly 50-mile-long waterway symbolized American power and technological advancement. But the glow of progress soon faded.

The Panama Canal aims to regain vessel traffic carrying U.S. liquefied natural gas to Asia as demand in that market rises and a new reservation system allows shippers to lock in slots, following a ...

Donald Trump cast himself both as a peacemaker and fierce defender of US interests in a mercurial return to the White House on Monday, vowing to seize the Panama Canal but also imploring Russia to ...