No, Mr. Trump, we do not need to own Greenland to secure American interests

President-elect Donald Trump declared this week that U.S. control of Greenland and the Panama Canal are crucial to American interests and reaffirmed his interest in making Canada the 51st state. In his Mar-a-Lago press conference, Trump declined to rule out using military force to secure Greenland and the canal but assured everyone that he would only use “economic force” on Canada. 

Threatening to violate the sovereignty of two independent nations by force is certainly an interesting way to lead up to your inauguration.