Trump Suggests Using Military Force To Take Control Of Panama Canal And Greenland

LOADING ERROR LOADING President-elect Donald Trump refused to rule out using military force to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal on Tuesday in a rambling media appearance during which he also complained about electric heaters that cause itching, suggested that the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah was involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol, and continued his lying about the criminal cases against him. In fact, both federal cases against Trump — the Jan. 6 one as well as the one charging him for retaining secret documents at his South Florida country club despite a subpoena demanding their return — were dismissed after Trump won back the White House because of longstanding DOJ policy not to prosecute a sitting president. Trump’s coup attempt took place on live television, and he has admitted that he took the secret documents with him, although he claims he had an ownership right to them — even though U.S. law says he does not. He repeated provably false conspiracy theories, such as the claim that the FBI instigated the attack on the Capitol four years ago or that insurrectionist Ashli Babbitt, who was shot and killed as she climbed through a broken window into a room from which members of Congress were being evacuated, was actually trying to “hold back the crowd.” On Tuesday, he even intimated — with zero evidence — a role by Hezbollah that day at the Capitol: “We have to find out about Hezbollah.