# Trump now wants to use military force to take the Panama Canal and Greenland

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691/646 "2026-01-07T13:15:11Z")

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This really should have gone here.

> [@The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1290):
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> # Stephen Miller Asserts U.S. Has Right to Take Greenland
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> _In a CNN interview, the Trump aide also echoed the president’s intent to run Venezuela as he laid out a case for the United States to control weaker states by flexing its military might._
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> [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/us/politics/stephen-miller-greenland-venezuela.html?unlocked\_article\_code=1.ClA.G7zC.G4vZ0uGXYnrD&smid=url-share](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/us/politics/stephen-miller-greenland-venezuela.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ClA.G7zC.G4vZ0uGXYnrD&smid=url-share)

> [@The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298/1290):
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> # Europe Rallies for Greenland as Trump’s Threats Continue
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> _The show of solidarity comes as President Trump, emboldened by his capture of Nicolás Maduro from Venezuela, has suggested he could take action against other countries._
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> [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/world/americas/greenland-europe-trump-threats.html?unlocked\_article\_code=1.ClA.b\_C\_.GmPW5fhRqtSY&smid=url-share](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/world/americas/greenland-europe-trump-threats.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ClA.b_C_.GmPW5fhRqtSY&smid=url-share)

~~Trump~~ Miller clearly wants to make his mark on history by starting World War III.

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