Donald Trump will not rule out invading Greenland saying it is ‘important to our nation’

Donald Trump won’t rule out invading Greenland and using the US military to seize the Panama Canal, as he declared US control of both to be vital to American national security.

And he also says he will rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and we’re almost certain he’s not kidding.

“I’m not going to commit to that,” the convicted felon and US President-elect said, when asked if he would rule out invading Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, a longtime US ally and a founding member of NATO.

“It might be that you’ll have to do something. The Panama Canal is vital to our country.” He added, “We need Greenland for national security purposes.”

Pressed on the use of military force against Greenland, he said: “Well, we need Greenland for national security purposes. People don’t even know if Denmark has any legal right to it. But if they do, they should give it up.”

Trump has also floated having Canada join the United States, but he said he would not use military force to do that, saying he would rely on “economic force.”

Home Alone 2 guest star Mr Trump made the remarks at a press conference today at his Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida, where he did his usual meandering journey through vaguely related ramblings.

But his vague promise to make everyone buy new maps certainly stood out from the mumble.

The Gulf of Mexico is an ocean basin that forms much of the southeastern coast of America, and the eastern Mexican coast.

It’s been called that for more than 400 years – not unreasonably, given for quite a lot of that time Texas was part of Mexico, so more of the coastline was Mexican than anything else.

Promising a “Golden age of America,” Trump also said he would move to try to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America,” saying that has a “beautiful ring to it.”