A lot of nations have experienced relatively long periods of greatness and some even a return to greatness. Let’s find a way of improving the lives of all Americans while we are at it. Maybe even a program to provide health insurance to all Americans similar to that of a congressman.

It may be too extreme for Canada or Denmark to view the U.S. as an enemy in the wake of Trump annexation threats, but the line between enmity and amity is currently blurred.

Rising temperatures, a melting Arctic and increasing global water and resource scarcity are behind United States President Donald Trump's threats to make Canada the 51st American state.

Trump wants to take Greenland from Denmark, make Canada the 51st state and retake the Panama Canal, threats reflecting his view that might makes right.

Mr. Trump is tapping into this social and intellectual history, promising to “pursue our Manifest Destiny into the stars” — even “to Mars.” But he does so in that witchy style he has perfected, which makes conventional ideas sound outlandish.

Rather than trolling a trio of allies in Canada, Denmark, and Panama, President-elect Donald Trump should leverage our most important diplomatic ties to focus on real foreign policy concerns such ...

Yes and yes, but it is not emerging, it is already a bully and the threats against Denmark and Canada are stark warnings when a country turns on its own allies. Europe should pay heed. Act now and maybe the U.S. Congress will show some courage to stop ...

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Greenland is a unique territory with Indigenous majority and partial independence from Denmark, and any attempt by President-elect Trump to annex it would be met with resistance from its leaders

Trump argues that the U.S. needs Greenland for aerospace security. But Canada and the U.S. jointly comprise the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD). Greenland joining Confederation would fully integrate it into the NORAD defences, which stretch across Canada’s existing Arctic territories.

With their loose talk about Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal, Trump and his followers show they don’t get what we get from those relationships.

From the Reconstruction era to the Cold War, multiple administrations have tried (and failed) to acquire the Arctic island. Here’s why Greenland has always remained out of reach—and why it always mattered so much.