Floridians used to dream of having a house in North Carolina to escape the Sunshine State’s eight months of summer, but when the U.S. gets its mitts on that big old hunk of ice in the North Atlantic, Floridians can get a place in Nuuk.

Donald Trump says the U.S. needs control of Greenland and the Panama Canal "for national security." Here's why both places are so important.

President-elect Donald Trump wouldn't rule out military or economic coercion, saying the U.S. needs to stop China. Also a factor: climate change.

Overall, a plurality of the poll’s respondents said they were opposed to the U.S. trying to gain ownership of Greenland and control of the Panama Canal. A majority also said they were opposed to the U.S. trying to attain Canada.

Trump has demanded that Denmark consider ceding Greenland, and called for Panama to return the Panama ... 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) As mentioned, Trump ...

"For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

In the isolated settlement of Kapisillit, Greenlanders tell the BBC's Fergal Keane Donald Trump is welcome to visit - "but that's it".

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would not rule out the use of military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland ... Zamorano in Panama City contributed to this ...

Trump has repeatedly talked about his plans to take control of Greenland from Denmark, take back the Panama Canal, which the U.S. handed over to Panama decades ago, and merge Canada into the United States.

Panama is part of a bigger piece of real estate that Mr Trump has his eye on. He wants to influence territory and infrastructure close to the United States. He views Mexico as a source of unwanted migration,

President-elect Donald Trump speaks about his ambitions for buying Greenland from Denmark and retaking the Panama Canal despite a treaty.

7 (UPI) --President-elect Donald Trump threatened the sovereignty of Panama, Greenland and Canada during ... spoke for more than an hour from his Florida Mar-a-Lago golf club resort in Palm ...