"We need Greenland for national security purposes," President-elect Trump said during a Tuesday press conference focused on ...

What is the Panama Canal and why would Trump want it? About 40% of U.S. container shipping currently travels through the Panama Canal, according to the trade publication CargoNOW.

President Trump has been making loud noises about annexing new territory to the United States. There are two ways to do this: ...

“We need them for economic security,” Trump said at a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. “The Panama Canal is vital to our country,” he said at one point.

Trump says he cannot rule out the use of military force in his quest for U.S. control of Greenland and the Panama Canal. Trump says both locations are important to the national and economic ...

President Trump says he wants to buy Greenland and reclaim the Panama Canal. NPR's Juana Summers and Ari Shapiro compare their recent reporting from both locations.

The predictable Beltway reaction to President-elect Donald Trump’s statements regarding potential U.S. control of both Greenland and the Panama Canal ranged from outrage to horror.

“He said it’s our canal, we paid for it and Carter got rid of it,” Kupperman said. “So it was a political statement in 1980, and I think Trump's trying to resurrect the feelings that existed when the ...

President Trump says he wants to buy Greenland and reclaim the Panama Canal. NPR's Juana Summers and Ari Shapiro compare their recent reporting from both locations.

He says he wants to buy Greenland and reclaim the Panama Canal. Well, earlier this month, I went to Panama, covering Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit there.

President Trump says he wants to buy Greenland and reclaim the Panama Canal. NPR's Juana Summers and Ari Shapiro compare their recent reporting from both locations.