Donald Trump has posted his traditional rambling Christmas message calling out various foes, taunting adversaries, and reiterating his desire for U.S. territorial expansionism — including retaking the Panama Canal,
President-elect Donald Trump has renewed unsuccessful calls he made during his first term for the US to buy Greenland from Denmark.
Since his first term, President-elect Donald Trump has insisted that the United States should purchase Greenland - to the bewilderment of aides asked to investigate such a possibility, and despite repeated denials by top officials in Greenland and Denmark, of which the island is an autonomous territory, that it would ever be for sale at any price.
In 1946, U.S. officials offered Denmark $100 million to purchase the land, according to Time Magazine. Similarly to Trump, U.S. officials at the time claimed it was a “military necessity” to have the island so it could be used as a stepping stone to Europe during wartime.
US President-elect Donald Trump is invoking debates about American expansionism with bold statements about acquiring Greenland, reclaiming the Panama Canal, and teasing the annexation of Canada. While some see these remarks as rhetorical provocations,
Denmark rejected Japan’s request to extradite Canadian-American Paul Watson in a decision released Tuesday, freeing the anti-whaling activist after five months in a Greenland jail.
"Here we go again," said Malte Humpert of the Arctic Institute. "This idea remains as ludicrous as it was in 2019."
Denmark announced a major new package to boost the security of Greenland in a move the Danish defense minister called “ironic” because it came just two days after President-elect Trump
Donald Trump has made his strongest bid yet to take over Canada, offering the Canadian people a 60 percent tax cut if they agree to join the US and become the 51st US state. The president-elect has in recent days suggested a territorial expansion into Canada,
On Wednesday, the 2025 World Junior Championship begins. After Zayne Parekh was an early cut much to the chagrin of many Calgary Flames fans, only one Flame prospect is attending the annual event hosted in Ottawa this year – Sweden’s Axel Hurtig.
Trump again having designs on Greenland comes after the president-elect suggested over the weekend that the U.S. could retake control of the Panama Canal if something isn't done to ease rising shipping costs required for using the waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.