<p>President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday repeatedly refused to rule out using the U.S. military to acquire Greenland and the Panama Canal.</p>
<p>Trump made the remarks during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago in Florida when asked by a reporter if he could &#8220;assure the world&#8221; that he would not &#8220;use military or economic coercion&#8221; to acquire the two areas.</p>
<p>&#8220;No,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;I can&#8217;t assure you, you&#8217;re talking about Panama and Greenland. No, I can&#8217;t assure you on either of those two, but I can say this, we need them for economic security. The Panama Canal was built for our military.&#8221;</p>
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<p>The reporter then asked specifically only about whether Trump would commit to not using the military.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not going to commit to that,&#8221; Trump fired back. &#8220;No, it might be that you&#8217;ll have to do something.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Look, the Panama Canal is vital to our country. It&#8217;s being operated by China. China!&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And we gave the Panama Canal to Panama, we didn&#8217;t give it to China. And they&#8217;ve abused it. They&#8217;ve abused that gift. It should have never been made. Giving the Panama Canal is why Jimmy Carter lost the election, in my opinion, more so maybe than the hostages&#8221; in Iran.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">🚨 BREAKING: Trump says that he may use economic leverage or the U.S. military to take control of the Panama Canal and Greenland. <a href="https://t.co/q5dUMD0bR1">pic.twitter.com/q5dUMD0bR1</a></p>
<p>— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1876676280533364822?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2025</a></p></blockquote>

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