In recent weeks, President-elect Donald Trump has threatened trade wars with Canada and Mexico, mused about taking over Greenland, and talked about bringing the Panama Canal.

Trump again having designs on Greenland comes after the president-elect suggested over the weekend that the U.S. could retake control of the Panama Canal if something isn't done to ease rising shipping costs required for using the waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

In the past several weeks – and before he has been sworn in for his second term – US President-elect Donald Trump has threatened trade wars with both of the United States’ closest neighbours, mused about taking over Greenland,

In recent weeks, elected US President Donald Trump has been contemplating the idea of seizing Greenland, returning the Panama Canal, and proposing making Canada the 51st state. These statements may be related to his policy of countering Russia and China,