# Trump now wants to use military force to take the Panama Canal and Greenland **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [January 7, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691 "2025-01-07T20:27:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/321 "2025-03-25T16:29:02Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Let me be blunt: This is not normal. This is not politics-as-usual. This is a dangerous, unstable person with authoritarian fantasies, spewing nonsense in front of our closest allies while the world watches.” (Quoted by Johnny\_L.A. Written by Ben Meiselas.) This is dementia. Unfortunately this is dementia being taken seriously and catered to because the Republican party won’t admit it’s dementia until he starts forgetting to put his pants on in the morning. And maybe not then. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/322 "2025-03-25T16:29:55Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > And maybe not then. It will become the new fashion. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/323 "2025-03-25T16:31:02Z")
But where will folks hang their onions from? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/324 "2025-03-25T16:58:50Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > It will become the new fashion. Sadly - and given the precedents of diapers and ear bandages - this is probably true. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/325 "2025-03-25T17:35:29Z")
Fascion. ---
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/326 "2025-03-25T18:42:19Z")
Is this real? Has it been reported by any organizations most people would consider reasonably trustworthy? ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/327 "2025-03-25T18:43:24Z")
My answer to that would be … > **[Remarks by President Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte Before...](https://www.whitehouse.gov/remarks/2025/03/remarks-by-president-trump-and-nato-secretary-general-mark-rutte-before-bilateral-meeting/)** > > Oval Office 12:33 P.M. EDT      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Hello, everybody.  It's great to be with a friend of mine, who was ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/328 "2025-03-25T18:52:35Z")
Thank you for posting that. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/329 "2025-03-26T22:27:12Z")
> **[Greenland Appoints Special Envoy to Greet Trump Delegation](https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/greenland-appoints-special-envoy)** > > The American visitors will be greeted “the moment they step off the plane," a Greenlandic spokesman said. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/330 "2025-03-26T22:37:15Z")
Ha! Good one; thanks for posting that. The best part of it? “According to the spokesman, the ambassador’s plans for the visitors include lunch.” ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/331 "2025-03-26T23:25:59Z")
Presumably followed by coffee and a Ferrero Rocher. ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/332 "2025-03-26T23:46:12Z")
I guess if they do decide to use force we’ll get the info from signal chat via Jeffery Goldberg. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/333 "2025-03-27T11:31:14Z")
Let’s see what Greenland delicacies that could be offered to them at lunch: - **Suaasat:** A thick broth made with seal meat, barley, and onions, considered the national dish. - **Mattak:** Whale skin and blubber, often eaten raw. (I’m sure they will ask for seconds). ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/334 "2025-03-27T11:35:38Z")
I’m amazed that this person is still allowed to be a WH reporter. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/335 "2025-03-27T18:11:57Z")
> **[Greenland tourism business cancels Usha Vance visit fearing ‘media spectacle’](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/greenland-vance-trump-visit-denmark-b2722778.html)** > > ‘Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders’, says Tupilak Travel amid a push from Donald Trump to try and take control of the territory > **[Vance and his wife appease Denmark with change to Greenland visit plans](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/vance-jd-usha-greenland-nuuk-trump-waltz-wright-denmark-copenhagen-rcna197924)** > > The change of agenda, where the Vances and national security adviser Mike Waltz will go to a U.S. space base rather than the capital, Nuuk, now keeps them far from any major settlements. > “We want to reinvigorate the security of Greenland because we think it’s important to protecting the security of the entire world,” Vance said in a video [posted](https://x.com/JDVance/status/1904618817986474240) on X. Oh, this administration cares about world security now? 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/336 "2025-03-27T19:03:54Z")
Vance might have seen a sign that could’ve scared his children. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/337 "2025-03-27T20:46:28Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [Vance and his wife appease Denmark with change to Greenland visit plans](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/vance-jd-usha-greenland-nuuk-trump-waltz-wright-denmark-copenhagen-rcna197924) Oh they are “appeasing Denmark” is it? It’s not that literally _no business or resident_ was willing to host them, so their one and only stop will now be to a US base 😂 [https://thehill.com/policy/international/5217567-danish-reporter-us-visit-greenland/](https://thehill.com/policy/international/5217567-danish-reporter-us-visit-greenland/) ---
**Author:** ![rippingtons\_fan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rippingtons_fan/32/11767_2.png) [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/338 "2025-03-27T21:11:47Z")
Too bad the Danes couldn’t just close the U.S. base and be done with it, but I realise that would be rather difficult given their NATO commitments. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/339 "2025-03-27T21:54:13Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Oh, this administration cares about world security now? 🙄 Hey, being opposed to it is caring about it too! ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/340 "2025-03-27T22:42:52Z")
But I mean think of it; they likely would have been able to offer a significant paycheck to anyone willing to endure Vance, and literally 100% of people said “Get off my property!” Although…it wouldn’t surprise me if the admin officials did not include anyone that spoke Greenlandic or Danish 😂 [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/ygHEPIZ.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/YZAzFEI) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691.md?page=18)