‘Hell will break loose’: Trump hints at military moves in Mideast, Americas
Al JazeeraTrump does not rule out US military force to retake Panama Canal while doubling down on Gaza threats in broad-ranging news conference. He repeated his desire for US control of the Panama Canal, Greenland and Canada, while emphasising that “all hell will break out” if captives held in Gaza are not released before he takes office. But during Tuesday’s news conference, he ruled out using military force against Canada, which has traditionally been a close ally — though not “economic force”. Some observers have interpreted Trump’s statement as a threat of possible US military intervention in Gaza, a line that outgoing President Joe Biden has refused to cross, despite surging military aid to Israel. “He sent his people in there through different forms and different names, and they went in, they took over, and that’s the way it is,” Trump said.