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Trump Revives Controversial Plans for Greenland, Panama Canal

1/5/2025

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President-elect Donald Trump has reignited controversial plans to acquire Greenland from Denmark and reclaim the Panama Canal, framing it as a matter of national security. This bold ambition echoes 19th-century American imperialism, signaling a troubling shift from alliances to territorial control, and igniting fears about the potential geopolitical fallout of such a strategy.

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President-elect Donald Trump has reignited controversial plans to acquire Greenland from Denmark and reclaim the Panama Canal, framing it as a matter of national security. This bold ambition echoes 19th-century American imperialism, signaling a troubling shift from alliances to territorial control, and igniting fears about the potential geopolitical fallout of such a strategy.