Take Trump's Greenland Obsession Seriously

Trump’s thirst for expansion isn’t a sideshow. It’s the foreign-policy expression of his core political impulse: bullying.

If it wasn’t clear before his latest free-wheeling press conference yesterday, it sure is now: Donald Trump has territorial acquisition on the brain.

He wants to go get Greenland, which he says the U.S. needs for “national security reasons,” and is prepared to “tariff Denmark at a very high level” until they consent to fork it over. A delegation of MAGA meatheads led by Donald Trump Jr. jetted off to Greenland this week to inspect the merchandise.

The elder Trump wants to retake the Panama Canal from Panama, too. He says he isn’t ruling out the use of military force to take either territory.

He has designs as well, he suggests, on annexing Canada as the 51st state: “You get rid of that artificially drawn line . . . it would also be much better for national security. Don’t forget, we basically protect Canada.” And he thinks Mexico gets a bit too much credit for its gulf: “We’re going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America,” he said. “What a beautiful name.”

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