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'One Way or The Other' Trump says will get Panama Canal, Greenland



US President Donald Trump, during his first address to the Congress in Capitol Hill, revealed his plans to take back the Panama Canal. He also extended the offer of joining the US to the citizens of Greenland and said "one way or the other we're gonna get it."
Trump had mentioned several time that he intends to “take back” the canal from Panama, which took over control of the crucial international waterway in 1999 under a treaty negotiated with the United States 20 years earlier. He also cited Chinese ownership of some of the port operations but reiterated that he plans to take it back.
Notably, US asset manager BlackRock announced Tuesday morning that it has agreed to buy two ports at either end of the canal from a Hong Kong-based firm whose ownership had angered President Donald Trump."To further enhance our national security, my administration will be reclaiming the Panama Canal, and we've already started doing it."
"It was given away by the Carter administration for $1, but that agreement has been violated very severely. We didn't give it to China. We gave it to Panama, and we're taking it back."
TRUMP'S OFFER TO GREENLAND
While speaking about Greenland, Trump said, "I think we're gonna get it—one way or the other we're gonna get it."“We strongly support your right to determine your own future, and if you choose, we welcome you into the United States of America. We need Greenland for national security and even international security, and we’re working with everybody involved to try and get it, but we need it really for international world security, and I think we’re going to get it,” Trump said.
“One way or the other, we’re going to get it. We will keep you safe. We will make you rich,” Trump added. “And together, we will take Greenland to heights like you have never thought possible before.”