Force for Greenland, Panama unlikely

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The use of force to control Greenland and the Panama Canal is unlikely as President-elect Donald Trump ran his campaign on a platform that would keep the US out of wars, not start new ones, former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried says.   #Trump #Greenland

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00:00So you were listening in there to what John Bolton said, and I want to start by asking

00:04if you agree that it's unlikely that force will be used to take control of Greenland

00:10or Panama, as John Bolton said.

00:13I think it is unlikely.

00:16Donald Trump ran for president on a platform of getting the U.S. out of wars, not starting

00:22new ones.

00:24The notion that he would involve the U.S. in a costly war which would end up in an occupation

00:30in Panama and attack a NATO ally, Denmark, is a stretch at best.

00:40I think John Bolton was right.

00:43Trump likes to come in and overturn the table as an initial negotiating tactic.

00:49He likes to be the center of attention.

00:53And what he said last week has complicated U.S. objectives, probably set them back.

01:03And what purpose is achieved, I cannot say.

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