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President-elect Donald Trump has as soon as once more repeated his needs for US territorial enlargement. In a message delivered on Christmas Day, Trump took purpose on the Panama Canal and Greenland, whereas additionally addressing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau immediately.
“Merry Christmas to all, together with to the great troopers of China, who’re lovingly, however illegally, working the Panama Canal,” the president-elect started in a Fact Social publish, earlier than claiming “38,000 folks” died through the waterway’s building. (BBC beforehand reality checked that the quantity was nearer to 300.) He continued, writing: “United States places in Billions of {Dollars} in ‘restore’ cash, however may have completely nothing to say about ‘something.'”
Trump then mocked Trudeau, referring to him because the “Governor” of Canada, and as soon as once more floated the thought of the nation changing into the “51st State,” whereas promising its “Taxes can be minimize by greater than 60%, their companies would instantly double in measurement, and they’d be militarily protected like no different nation anyplace on this planet.”
The president-elect additionally reiterated his earlier intention to convey Greenland beneath American management, writing that the territory, which is a part of the Kingdom of Denmark, “is required by america for Nationwide Safety functions and, who needs the US to be there , and we’ll!”
Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede made it clear on Monday that the territory was not on the market. “Greenland is ours,” the prime minister mentioned in a press release. “We’re not on the market and can by no means be on the market. We should not lose our years-long wrestle for freedom.”
Nevertheless, the Danish prime minister’s workplace issued a separate assertion saying that the federal government is “wanting ahead to welcoming the brand new American ambassador.” And the Authorities is wanting ahead to working with the brand new administration.”
On Monday, the Danish authorities later introduced an enormous increase in protection spending for Greenland, per the BBC.
Trump additionally took the chance to ship one other vacation message on Wednesday, urging Hockey Corridor of Famer Wayne Gretzky — who joined Trump in Mar-a-Lago after his election win in November — to run for prime minister of Canada. “I simply left Wayne Gretzky, ‘The Nice One’ as he’s identified in Ice Hockey circles,” Trump wrote in one other Fact Social publish. “I mentioned, ‘Wayne, why do not you run for Prime Minister of Canada, quickly to be generally known as the Governor of Canada – You’ll win simply, you would not even need to marketing campaign.'”
Trump Threatens to Take Over Canada, Panama Canal, Greenland
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