Panama Canal, Canada and Greenland: Why is Trump teasing US expansion

The president-elect is renewing unsuccessful calls he made during his first term for the U.S. to buy Greenland from Denmark, adding to the list of allied countries with which he’s picking fights even before taking office on Jan. 20.Trump again calls to buy Greenland after eyeing Canada and Panama Canal

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.

Over the weekend, Trump expressed his frustration with the “excessive fees” for using the Panama Canal. “ur Navy and Commerce have been treated in a very unfair and injudicious way. The fees being charged by Panama are ridiculous, especially knowing the extraordinary generosity that has been bestowed to Panama by the US,” he wrote on Truth Social.

His complaints stem from the fact that the Panama Canal was built with American funds. He also criticized the decision by 39th President Jimmy Carter to hand the canal over to Panama for just $1 under the 1977 treaty. According to Trump, the canal is vital for the US, as over 70% of all transits are directed to American ports.

First it was Canada, then the Panama Canal. Now, Donald Trump again wants Greenland.

The president-elect is renewing unsuccessful calls he made during his first term for the U.S. to buy Greenland from Denmark, adding to the list of allied countries with which he’s picking fights even before taking office on Jan. 20.