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U.S. president-elect Donald Trump says he told Canadian hockey legend Wayne Gretzky during a Christmas Day visit that he should run for prime minister of Canada.

Donald Trump issued starkly contrasting Christmas messages Wednesday, with the latter doubling down on recent comments about seizing the Panama Canal, buying Greenland and annexing Canada.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President-elect Donald Trump appears keen to expand on the long-standing American belief in the United States’ “manifest destiny" to dominate its part of the world.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Forgive us if we missed it, but we don’t recall Donald Trump campaigning to invade Panama and retake its famous canal. But there was the President-elect on the weekend, threatening our Central American ally with punishment if it doesn’t meet his demands.

First it was Canada, then the Panama Canal. Now, Donald Trump again wants Greenland.

Donald Trump threatened to reimpose U.S. control over it, sparking a wave of protests from Latin American leaders, particularly Panama.

Panama Canal and his expansionist declaration that the United States should own Greenland signals that the incoming U.S. president will pursue a foreign policy unbound by diplomatic niceties.

Panama Canal has suddenly become the viral topic around the world after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to reimpose US control over the Panama Canal, a key global shipping route located in the Central American nation.

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(Bloomberg) — Donald Trump hinted he still wants to buy Greenland, a self-ruling territory of Denmark, saying that US ownership and control of the island is an “absolute necessity” for national security.

Donald Trump is suggesting that his new administration could try to regain control of the Panama Canal

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to take control of the Panama Canal, accusing the Panamanian government of charging excessive shipping tolls to use the strategic waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. “We’re being ripped off at the Panama Canal like we’re being ripped off everywhere else," Trump said at a conservative conference in Phoenix on Sunday, demanding the return of the state-run canal to the U.S.

Donald Trump suggested Sunday that his new administration could try to regain control of the Panama Canal that the United States «foolishly» ceded to its Central American ally, contending that shippers are charged «ridiculous» fees to pass through the vital transportation channel linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Panama's conservative president Jose Raul Mulino, who was elected in May on a pro-business platform, roundly rejected that notion as an affront to his country's sovereignty. The Republican president-elect's comment came during his first major rally since winning the White House on Nov. 5. He also basked in his return to power as a large audience of conservatives cheered along. It was a display of party unity at odds with a just-concluded budget fight on Capitol Hill, where some GOP lawmakers openly defied their leader's demands.

In an evening post on Truth Social, Trump also warned he would not let the canal fall into the «wrong hands,» and he seemed to warn of potential Chinese influence on the passage, writing the canal should not be managed by China. The post was an exceedingly rare example of a U.S. leader saying he could push a sovereign country to hand over territory. It also underlines an expected shift in U.S. diplomacy under Trump, who has not historically shied away from threatening allies and using bellicose rhetoric when dealing with counterparts.

US citizens expressing their eventual interest in moving abroad specifically as they seek alternatives to life under US President- elect Donald Trump. According to New York Post, immigration law firms have reported a surge in inquiries about residency and citizenship options while many people are considering real estate investments as a pathway to secure residency in foreign countries. New York Post reported that the countries which are offering ‘golden visas’ linked to real estate investments are becoming increasingly popular with passing days. These programs actually allow individuals to gain residency by purchasing property, while that can be often at lower prices than comparable homes in the US. Also Read: Man on the Inside Season 2: Everything we know about renewal

Negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution have concluded in Busan, South Korea without reaching an agreement

The United Nations’ annual climate talks pushed into overtime Saturday as negotiators pressed on to get a deal on money for developing nations to curb and adapt to climate change

A new draft text released early Thursday which will form the basis of any deal reached at United Nations climate talks on money for developing countries to transition to clean energy and adapt to climate change left out a crucial sticking point: how mu...

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MEXICO CITY—From the dense jungle connecting Panama and Colombia to the banks of the Rio Grande, human smugglers are spreading a message to U.S.-bound migrants: Hurry up and sneak in before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Trump’s second term is creating an incentive for migrants to try to reach U.S.