The president-elect is suddenly pushing to annex Greenland, reclaim the Panama Canal and absorb Canada, provoking longtime allies just days before taking office.
U.S. investment bank JPMorgan has downgraded its recommendation on Panama's bonds after U.S. President Donald Trump ramped up his threat this week to take back the Panama canal.
Ahead of his second term, an emboldened Trump has articulated a vision of hemispheric expansionism. What’s he playing at?
Donald Trump argues that the US needs Greenland for national security, while a retaking of the Panama Canal is necessary to curb the overcharging of American ships and combat Chinese influence.
Trump kicked off his second presidential term by pardoning Jan.6 rioters, and signed executive orders on TikTok and immigration.
America will soon be greater, stronger and far more exceptional than ever before,” President Donald Trump said Monday in his inaugural address. “For American citizens, Jan. 20, 2025, is Liberation Day,
Trump’s obsession with claiming Greenland and its people for the US is just a new version of the same old imperialist story.
Wiser about the use of power, the newly sworn-in president suggests that this time he will not take no for an answer, whether in enacting an ambitious domestic agenda or in his expansionist worldview.
The Panama Canal is vital to our country ... In a statement, Greenland’s government said Donald Trump Jr.’s visit was taking place “as a private individual” and not as an official ...
Donald Trump has already taken radical new stances on Greenland and the Panama Canal. What do security experts predict he'll do in the Pacific?
President Trump wants Panama to return its namesake canal to the U.S.
Panama has reportedly submitted a formal letter to the U.N. rejecting Trump's statement about reclaiming the canal. The country's President José Raúl Mulino said in the letter, dated January 20, that the canal "is and will continue to be Panama's," the New York Times reported.