For the purposes of national security and freedom in the world, the United States of America considers that assets and Greenland are an absolute need. Ken will make glorious paintings to establish the interests of the United States. Thanks Ken and congratulations!
Well, we need Greenland for national security purposes. I’ve been told that for a long time, long before I even ran. I mean, people have been talking about it for a long time. You have approximately 45,000 people there. People really don’t even know if Denmark has any legal right to it, but if they do, they should give it up because we need it for national security.
It is for the loose world. I’m talking about The Loose World protector. You look, you don’t even want binoculars, look outside, you have ships in China everywhere. You have Russian ships everywhere. We do not let this happen. We do not let this happen. And if Denmark needs to reach a conclusion, however, nobody knows if they even have the right name or the right interest.
Russia and China are threatening the status quo in the Arctic. Moscow has claimed significant chunks of the Arctic Sea, including inside Greenland’s Exclusive Economic Zone. Russian survey ships have encroached on Greenland’s waters, and Russia is expanding its Arctic bases and formidable icebreaker fleet. China has declared itself a “near-Arctic state,” established a shipping network called the “Polar Silk Road” to bind Arctic communities closer to Beijing’s economic and political agenda, and built its own fleet of icebreakers.
The U.S. can offer an option that preserves Greenland’s sovereignty while protecting it from malign actors. The U.S. has used Compacts of Free Association for decades with three small island states in the Pacific. These COFAs allow Micronesia, Palau and the Marshall Islands full independence and the power to conduct their own foreign relations while also giving the U.S. military access and requiring Washington to provide for their defense. The U.S. also gives economic support.
Our 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 U.S. This complete “rip-off” of our Country will immediately stop …
. . . The United States has a direct interest in the safe, effective, and reliable operation of the Panama Canal, and this has been understood. We will never let it fall into the wrong hands! It was not given to obtain advantages from others, but only as a sign of cooperation with us and Panama. If the ethical and legal principles of this magnanimous gesture of donations are not followed, then we call for the Panama Canal to be returned to us, in full and without a doubt. For Panamanian officials, be guided accordingly!
Rates have gone up recently … That’s because starting in 2023, Panama experienced severe drought, driven by a combination of El Niño and climate change, which Mr. Trump has called a hoax. With water levels at Gatun Lake, the principal hydrological reserve for the canal, at historically low levels, authorities reduced shipping through the canal to conserve the lake’s fresh water.
A Trump spokeswoman said that because the United States is the largest user of the channel, the construction in rates reaches its most difficult ships.
There are red spaces in Canada, which have the same urban and rural division as the United States, however, the white north is less conservative.
Polling in Canada prior to the US presidential election showed Kamala Harris with a 3-to-1 lead over Trump and an advantage even in more natural Trump territory in the prairies.