Donald Trump previews combative foreign policy with threats to Panama, Greenland
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.
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As Trump prepares to take office on Jan. 20, his aides have been preparing him to deal with two foreign policy crises: war in Ukraine and multiple conflicts in the Middle East, both of which the president-elect has promised to speedily resolve.
But on Sunday, Trump was more focused on making threats against U.S. allies like Panama and Denmark, which controls Greenland as an overseas territory. In previous weeks, it has been Canada which has had to weather his trolling that it should become the 51st state of the United States.
Defenders of Trump's approach say he is merely a forceful advocate of «America First» policies. That means brusquely defending America's interests — economic or otherwise — when dealing with friends and largely disregarding consequences allies may face.
«The idea is that what's good for America is good for the rest of the world,» said Victoria Coates, a high-ranking national security official during Trump's 2017-2021 term. «So he takes a clear-eyed look at what are America's interests in any given situation.»
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