Trump says he wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico… and doesn’t rule out using military on Panama Canal and Greenland

Donald Trump did not rule out using military force to take 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 the name swap during a 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, and said electric heaters ‘itch’. 

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.

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

In response, Trump said: ‘No, I can’t assure you on either of those two.’

Later, he said that the United States needs Greenland for ‘national security’ and questioned whether Denmark has any legal right or ‘interest’ to the territory.

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