The reality is simple - we have entered an era in which the law of the strongest is being revived: Panama and Canada outraged by D. Trump's plans, EU leaders are puzzled

 

"Panama, Denmark, Canada, Mexico responded to Donald Trump, the US president-elect's controversial remarks on Tuesday, in which he said he wanted the US to control both the Panama Canal and the island of Greenland, an autonomous Danish possession, to unite the US and Canada, and to rename the Gulf of Mexico.

 

"The status of our canal is non-negotiable and it is part of the history of our struggle," said Panamanian Foreign Minister Javier Martinez-Acha, BNS reports.

 

He emphasized that his position on this issue was clearly declared by President Jose Raul Mulino.

 

As Trump's term in office approaches, talk of Greenland's possible independence from Denmark has grown louder, and Trump himself has offered to buy the island. He says it's not fair that the US economy suffers from high fees for sailing through the Panama Canal, and the US needs Greenland and the Panama Canal for economic security.

 

"I can tell you this, we need them (the Panama Canal and Greenland) for economic security," the incoming US president said on Tuesday.

 

"I'm not going to make a commitment to that (not take military action). We may have to do something," he added.

 

In late December, Trump denounced what he called unfair fees for US ships sailing through the Panama Canal and threatened to demand that control of the waterway be returned to Washington.

 

He explained that if Panama cannot ensure “safe, efficient and reliable operation of the canal,” “then we will demand that the Panama Canal be returned to us, completely and without question.”

 

The Panama Canal, which the United States completed in 1914, was handed over to the Central American country under a 1977 agreement signed by Democratic President Jimmy Carter.

 

Panama took full control of it in 1999.

 

Canada has no plans to join the United States

 

There is no chance that Canada will join the United States, outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday, BNS reports.

 

His Foreign Minister Melanie Joly added that the country will never give in to Trump’s threats.

 

Trudeau and Joly’s comments came after Trump vowed to use economic force against Canada, which he sees as a potential unification partner of the United States under his unlikely plan, at a press conference on Tuesday.

 

The VŽ newspaper reported that Trump has threatened tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, which could be a negotiating tactic to exploit the size of the American market and persuade those countries to stop the flow of drugs and migrants across the US border. But experts say even if the threats are just a way to negotiate better trade relations, it is still a dangerous game with real consequences.

 

“There is no chance that Canada will become part of the United States,” Trudeau wrote on the social network X. At the same time, he recalled the close bilateral ties in the areas of security and trade.

 

Joly, in turn, accused Trump of showing complete ignorance.

 

“Our economy is strong. Our people are strong. We will never give in to threats,” she wrote on the same social network owned by Trump ally Elon Musk.

 

Trump has previously threatened to impose a 25% tariff on Canadian goods. This could hit Canada, which imports 75% of its exports to the United States, very hard.

 

Canadian officials are preparing retaliatory measures, so the dispute could escalate into a trade war.

 

Denmark says it is open to dialogue with the United States on the Arctic

 

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said that the Kingdom of Denmark, which consists of Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, is “open to dialogue with the Americans on how we can cooperate, perhaps even more closely than we do now, to ensure that America’s ambitions are realized.”

 

Lokke Rasmussen noted that the United States and NATO have “legitimate” interests in the region due to international developments.

 

"As the Arctic melts and new shipping lanes open up, unfortunately, we are also seeing growing competition between the great powers. We are seeing Russia arming itself. We are seeing China, which is also starting to show interest," the foreign minister said, quoted by ELTA.

 

In the face of the new turmoil, the diplomat called for calm. "I am trying to deal with reality and I think it would be useful for all of us to slow down a bit," he said.

 

France urges not to threaten the EU

 

In response to Trump's statements, France warned him not to threaten the sovereign borders of the European Union (EU). Greenland is an autonomous territory of EU member Denmark.

 

"We are not allowing any country, no matter who it is, to attack its sovereign borders," French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told France Inter radio.

 

He stressed that he did not believe the United States could invade Greenland, but added that "we have entered an era in which the law of the strongest is being revived," BNS writes.

 

Scholz: EU leaders are puzzled

 

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday that EU leaders were puzzled by US President-elect Donald Trump's refusal to rule out military intervention over Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory.

 

"In my discussions with our European partners, there was a considerable misunderstanding about the current US statements regarding the principle of the inviolability of borders," Scholz said, without specifically mentioning Trump by name.

 

After speaking with “several European heads of state and government and the President of the European Council (EC), Scholz issued a statement to the media in which he stressed that “the inviolability of borders is one of the fundamental principles of international law.”

 

“Every state must respect it, whether it is a small or a very powerful state,” he continued.

 

The Chancellor also indirectly referred to Trump’s call for other NATO members to increase their defense spending to 5% of GDP.

 

Scholz recalled that “NATO is a regulated procedure designed specifically for this purpose,” and that such goals must be discussed “with all Alliance partners.”

 

Mexican President: Let's call the US "Mexican America"

 

Meanwhile, the Mexican president, as reported by ELTA, on Wednesday hit back at Trump, who had promised to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, stating that the US could be called "Mexican America".

 

Claudia Sheinbaum showed a 17th-century world map at a press conference, which includes the name Mexican America. She emphasized that the Gulf of Mexico is a name recognized by the United Nations, and shot back at Trump: "Why don't we call the US Mexican America? Sounds nice, right?"

 

However, Sheinbaum assured that she expects "good relations" with the future US president. Trump, who will be sworn in on January 20, said on Tuesday that the Gulf of America sounds nicer than the Gulf of Mexico.

 

Before the Mexican-American War in the 19th century, the current US states of California, Arizona and Texas belonged to Mexico. The body of water off the southern coast of the United States and the eastern coast of Mexico has been called the Gulf of Mexico since the 16th century."

 

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