Trump’s expansionist threats herald a stormy relationship between the US and its allies
Anxiety is mounting in Europe over the president-elect’s plans, while prominent Republicans in Washington applaud the idea of annexing Greenland and the Panama Canal
It is no longer just outbursts. Donald Trump has gone a step further and has moved on to threats: the use of military pressure against Greenland, a territory that belongs to a European and NATO partner, Denmark. An economic boycott against Canada. A Gulf of Mexico converted, by decree, into the “Gulf of America.” Economic and military obstacles to Panama to force it to return the canal that Washington handed over under the agreements reached during Jimmy Carter’s presidency (1977-1981).
