An examination of issues with Donald Trump wanting to acquire the Panama Canal and Greenland for the United States

 by Edward Ulrich, January 11, 2025




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In a manner that is unfortunately typical of Donald Trump’s annoying “gaffes,” he said that he was not going to rule out the use of military force to acquire Greenland and the Panama Canal for the U.S., which of course the media has been reporting about by portraying him as being an “irrational out of control authoritarian.”  However such a response seems to be what Trump was intending to happen.

As reported in this AP article, Trump said about the matter:

Even some Establishment media outlets are conceding that Trump’s hostile statement is only “bluster” that shouldn’t be taken seriously, for example this BBC article speculates that his intention is likely only to get Denmark to boost Greenland’s security in the face of the threat of both Russia and China seeking influence in the region.

Anyone who is familiar with Trump knows that he almost certainly doesn’t actually have any intention of using military force in such a manner, but rather he was likely only looking to create a media soundbite claiming that he wants to do that.  Remember that Trump is ultimately controlled by the same people who control all Presidents, (link) where such “gaffes” are presumably intentional to make sure that he doesn’t become too popular.

Despite that annoying aspect of Trump, he is much preferable to the Democrats nonetheless.  An interesting contrast is the fact that Trump usually “lies” to make himself less popular, whereas Democrats lie to make themselves more popular.  The lies of Democrats are much more egregious and harmful as well.

Anastasio Somoza said the following about Marxists in his book “Nicaragua Betrayed,” as is summarized in this chapter summary:

Democrat politicians are certainly Marxists, as much of the information in this website explains, including the information at this link.

(Also remember that Republican Neocons and RINOs are hardcore leftists as well, who pretend to be “right wing” in order to get away with it.  See this article that explains the true meaning of “left wing” and “right wing.”)



About the issue with Panama


Panama is in fact being exploitative of the United States as Trump is saying, where Jimmy Carter inappropriately singed a treaty in 1978 to hand over control of it in order to empower the Marxist agendas of the global elite.

This article explains that Trump said the following:


This article explains the following about the situation:


It would be great if the U.S. were to buy back the Panama Canal, and Rep. Dusty Johnson of South Dakota has introduced a bill that would authorize Trump to do so, as this article explains.  However Trump’s vague threat of military actions to acquire it are concerning, where Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino has “ruled out any possible discussions” with Trump regarding the U.S. taking control of the Panama Canal or about “any reduction in the transit fees imposed to U.S. ships,” as the article also mentions.

This article explains that Mulino has said there is “nothing to talk about” with Trump, where he also claims, “The Canal is not under direct or indirect control, neither by China, nor by the European Community, nor by the United States, nor by any other power.  As a Panamanian, I strongly reject any manifestation that distorts this reality.”  Additionally he claimed that the rates are not established on a whim, where he said, “They are established publicly and in an open hearing, taking into account market conditions, international competition, operating costs, and the maintenance and modernization needs of the interoceanic route.”

There are reasons to be skeptical of Mulino’s claims that Panama is not under the control of Marxist governments however.  Make sure to see this information that details what Anastasio Somoza wrote about the matter in 1980, a few years after Carter singed the treaty to hand over control of the Canal.  (Or better yet read the entire summary of that chapter at this link, which includes explaining the interesting “Famous Twelve” episode.)



About the issue with Greenland


Trump is saying that he is interested in the U.S. acquiring Greenland for national defense purposes, for its mineral wealth, and to be used as an additional shipping route.

Greenland’s naturally frigid temperatures can also be used to cool computers in enormous data centers, such as for cryptocurrency mining and for more efficiently cooling supercomputers that require extremely cold temperatures to run. (link and link)  See this article which explains that cryptocurrency mining in the neighboring country of Iceland is so widespread for that reason that it uses more energy than the homes in that country.

Of course the idea of “taking Greenland by force” is ridiculous, however acquiring Greenland from Denmark would be very beneficial if it could actually happen.  Despite Trump’s hostile statement about the issue, obviously nothing will happen with Greenland unless the people want it to happen, and even then it would be unlikely.

See this article that speculates about the actual value of Greenland.

Denmark had previously said that it is not interested in selling Greenland, (link) a French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot is saying he considers Greenland to be “a territory of the European Union,” (link) and Greenland’s Prime Minister Múte Egede is calling for Greenland to seek independence from the Kingdom of Denmark, also saying, “We are not for sale and will never be for sale.  We must not lose our long struggle for freedom.” (link)

(Also not surprisingly the Establishment media has been deceitfully attempting to reinforce the false claim that “man-caused climate change is real” by claiming that Trump wants Greenland because the supposed “global warming-related retreating sea ice” has opened up a northern shipping route, as this article and this article claim for example.  Trump may in fact want Greenland because of a northern sea route, but the sea ice has not been retreating due to climate change as this video and this article explain.)