us president-elect donald trump has said he would not rule out military steps to retake control of the panama canal or to acquire the danish-controlled territory of greenland.   president elect trump asked during a press conference at mar-a-lago on tuesday if he could assure the world that he would not use military coercion in his efforts to acquire either one, trump said he would not.  no, i cant assure you on either of those two. but i can say this, we need them for economic security, he said.   trump has repeatedly sent offers for the us to buy greenland from denmark.  people really dont even know if denmark has any legal right to it, but if they do, they should give it up because we need it, he said on tuesday, claiming it was an absolute necessity for us national security.    trump has also previously promised to regain control of the vital panama canal, which the late us president jimmy carter signed over to panama in 1977. in december, panamas president jose raul mulino promised that every square meter of the panama canal and its adjacent area belongs to panama, and it will continue to be so.  also on tuesday, trump promised to rename the gulf of mexico as the gulf of america, because it has a beautiful ring and is appropriate. that covers a lot of territory. the gulf of america. what a beautiful name, he said. how about we buy alaska?  trump gets counter-offer from canada trump having recently suggested making canada the 51st state trump posts maps of canada as us territory the president-elect has insisted that canadians would be better off under his rule canadian prime minister trudeau stepping down following the requests from trump and increasing controversy over his time in office and lack of response or resolve
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