Odaily Planet Daily News At a press conference held at Mar-a-Lago, the elected President of the United States, Trump, made several shocking statements in just one hour and escalated his rhetoric regarding sovereignty issues with countries like Canada. He called for economic measures to absorb Canada as part of the United States and did not rule out using force to seize the Panama Canal and Greenland, demanding NATO countries to increase their defense spending to 5% of GDP. He also vowed that if Hamas did not release Israeli hostages before he took office, "the Middle East will fall into chaos." Additionally, Trump promised to rename the Gulf of Mexico to "American Gulf." Besides threatening to impose tariffs on non-cooperative countries (including Denmark), he did not explain how these seemingly impossible commitments would be achieved. In response, various parties reacted to Trump's statements. Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau stated that Canada could not become a state of the United States, while the country's foreign minister said they would never back down in the face of threats; the Prime Minister of Denmark reiterated that Greenland is not for sale; the President of Panama responded that he would not comment on Trump’s remarks regarding the Panama Canal before Trump takes office. Foreign media commented that Trump's remarks align with a bolder stance, suggesting that Trump believes he has the (public and electoral) mandate to speak and act almost at will.