The president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, has stated that he cannot rule out at this point that he will have to resort to military or economic pressure measures to be able to control the Panama Canal or the Greenland archipelago, an Arctic territory dependent on Denmark and in which the tycoon has shown interest to the point of considering your purchase.
“What I can say is that we need (the Panama and Greenland Canal) for our economic interests”
“No, I cannot rule out either of those two” measures, Trump said in an appearance before the media at his Mar-a-Lago mansion in Florida. “What I can say is that we need (the Panama and Greenland Canal) for our economic interests,” added the president when responding to a question about both enclaves.
Trump has said that, as the Panama Canal is currently configured, “it is a disgrace”since it would be China that really controls the infrastructure. In this sense, he regretted that former President Jimmy Carter gave up control of this strategic crossing for one dollar, “supposedly” in exchange for the United States “being treated well.”
“It was a big mistake,” stressed the winner of the November elections, who has acknowledged that a plan is already on the table to try to regain control of the channel.
Regarding Greenland, he has threatened Denmark with imposing tariffs if it does not comply with its intereststhe same day that his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., began a visit to the area that has led the Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, to make it clear again that “Greenland is not for sale.”
Trump also intends to leave his political mark on toponymy and has proposed that, when he returns to the White House, the United States will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico, which will be called the Gulf of America – “what a beautiful name”, he highlighted during his appearance. He believes that the change is “appropriate”, in an attempt to distance himself from a country, Mexico, which he has once again urged to stop the flow of “millions” of migrants.
Otherwise, Mexico risks new tariffs, as Trump has warned again, which has also threatened its northern neighbor, Canada, with economic measures. In the case of Canada, he has ruled out resorting to military force to take control of what he has described as “the 51st state”, limiting himself to speaking of “economic force”.
The tycoon, who took advantage of his appearance to announce an investment of 20,000 million dollars to build data centers in the United States, has claimed the supposed economic strength during his first presidential term and has charged against the current Administration, advancing, for example, that he will reverse Joe Biden’s veto of oil and gas extraction on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
