President-elect Donald Trump says he won’t rule out the use of military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland as he declared U.S. control of both to be vital to American national se

His rambling news conference included complaints about electric heaters that cause itching and lies about the criminal cases against him.

Trump made the comments on Greenland and the Panama Canal during a press conference held at Mar-a-Lago, his private Florida club.View on euronews

President-elect Donald J. Trump refused on Tuesday to rule out the use of military or economic coercion to force Panama to give up control of the canal that America built more than a century ago and to push Denmark to sell Greenland to the United States.

The administrator of the Panama Canal has responded to criticisms from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, denying that there is any interference from China in the canal’s operations and saying giving

STORY: Protesters in Panama burned an effigy of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday during a march marking the bloody past of the Panama Canal.Trump has said he wants to take back control of the canal and this week refused to rule out use of military or economic pressure to do it.

For weeks, Donald Trump has been stating his intention to take control of the Panama Canal, a critical 51-mile long waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. At a press conference on January 7,