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BREAKING NEWS Trump says he wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico... and doesn't rule out using military on Panama Canal and Greenland
Daily Mail UK ^ | January 7, 2025 | Emily Goodin

Posted on 01/07/2025 11:22:01 AM PST by Morgana

Donald Trump did not rule out using military force to take control of the Panama Canal and Greenland and announced a bold plan to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the 'Gulf of America'.

The president-elect, 78, announced his threat of coercion on the global stage and the name swap during a wild and wide-ranging press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday morning.

He laid out his vision for the world, took aim at Canada and tore into President Joe Biden's climate agenda.

Trump also attacked his nemesis, Special Counsel Jack Smith, by calling him a 'nutjob' and demanding all his criminal cases be brought to an end.

'He will execute everybody',' he raged before taking questions from the press.

Just 13 days before the inauguration, he said the United States was entering the 'golden age' and will 'take off like a rocketship' when he gets the keys back to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

He also slammed the crackdown on gas heaters by saying electric heaters 'itch' and said windmills are killing whales.

In a remarkable moment, a reporter asked Trump if could assure he would not use 'military or economic coercion' to take control of the Panama Canal and Greenland.

'I´m not going to commit to that,' Trump said, when asked if he would rule out the use of the military. 'It might be that you´ll have to do something. The Panama Canal is vital to our country.' He added, 'We need Greenland for national security purposes.'

He has been ramping up threats to take over both in recent weeks as he prepares for his second term.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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Question: What does Greenland have that we would want?

also..Gulf of Mexico? Gulf of Trump?

1 posted on 01/07/2025 11:22:01 AM PST by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Gulf of America


2 posted on 01/07/2025 11:23:29 AM PST by MiddleEarth (With hope or without hope we'll follow the trail of our enemies. Woe to them, if we prove the faster)
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To: Morgana

Mineral wealth. Strategic important. Just that China or Russia wanting it should be enough to make us want it as well.


3 posted on 01/07/2025 11:24:40 AM PST by Jonty30 (Liberals are a fulfillment of II Tim3:5. We are instructed to have nothing to do with those people. )
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To: Morgana

I did not hear the press conference at Mar-a-Lago but I doubt he ever said such a thing..


4 posted on 01/07/2025 11:25:03 AM PST by unread (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the REPUBLIC..!)
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To: Morgana

Greenland has a lot of valuable minerals.

The idea of using our military on it is ridiculous.


5 posted on 01/07/2025 11:25:19 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Morgana

Origin of the Phrase Stir the Pot

“Stir the pot” is a phrase with its roots in the literal act of stirring a cooking pot. When cooking something in a giant pot, you have to stir it to keep the ingredients from sinking to the bottom and sticking. Stirring causes everything to rise to the surface and bump together; it also helps release flavors.


taste the flavor.........................


6 posted on 01/07/2025 11:26:16 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: Morgana

Media just regurgitates whatever it takes in...and their result is one big mess.


7 posted on 01/07/2025 11:26:21 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Morgana

Access to the natural resources in the Artic based off of national boundaries.


8 posted on 01/07/2025 11:26:35 AM PST by DoubleNickle
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To: Jonty30

China and Russia are the real foes. Geopolitics.

Biden left us a full blown WWIII.


9 posted on 01/07/2025 11:27:26 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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Greenland has a lot of valuable minerals.

More importantly, it shows the growing strategic importance of controlling the arctic.

10 posted on 01/07/2025 11:28:17 AM PST by The Sons of Liberty (GOD Bless America and President Trump!)
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To: Morgana

MAGA Gulf


11 posted on 01/07/2025 11:28:29 AM PST by PGR88
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“..Question: What does Greenland have that we would want?...”

Outside of strategic defense value, I thought I read somewhere that Greenland has deposits of rare earth minerals that right now, we can only get from pedoJoe’s and their mighty odongo’s best buds in China.


12 posted on 01/07/2025 11:28:49 AM PST by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created..." )
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To: MiddleEarth

The Grand Gulf.


13 posted on 01/07/2025 11:29:26 AM PST by enumerated (81 million votes my ass)
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To: Morgana

Trump is turning into another Bush.


14 posted on 01/07/2025 11:32:24 AM PST by Greg123456
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To: unread

Mr. Trump did say something in regards to keeping Russia and China out of Greenland.

Russia has access to a vast portion of the Arctic as it stands now.


15 posted on 01/07/2025 11:35:03 AM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)
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To: enumerated
We're not looking to buy Greenland. But it looks like our bright idea is pushing Greenland to seek independence.

Independence means if they can make "deals" with the US for "trade deals", Greenland doesn't have to pay off the big boys in Denmark

16 posted on 01/07/2025 11:35:41 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: unread

No I bet they asked militarily and economic and he didn’t rule out economic for Greenland.

But they ran with that he said yes to both.


17 posted on 01/07/2025 11:36:25 AM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: Morgana

ICBM’s would fly over the Arctic Circle to strike America. Russia and China are expanding their presence in the Arctic. Potential oil and mineral wealth.


18 posted on 01/07/2025 11:36:42 AM PST by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: unread

Well he did say it I watched.
No surprise.


19 posted on 01/07/2025 11:37:16 AM PST by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: dp0622

He wouldn’t rule out military especially on the Canal.
But likewise if Greenland tried to hand our bases over to China.


20 posted on 01/07/2025 11:38:28 AM PST by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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