Can you assure the world that as you try to get control of these areas, you are not going to use military or economic coercion?

No.

And can you tell us a little bit about what your plan is?

Are you going to negotiate a new treaty?

Are you going to ask the Canadians to hold the vote? What is the strategy? I can't assure you.

You're talking about Panama and Greenland. No, I can't assure you on either of those two. But I can say

this, we need them for economic security. Donald Trump pressed yesterday about his plans for taking control of both the Panama Canal and Greenland.

The question is, will the president-elect really use military force to expand United States territory?

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I'm Ali Vitale on this Wednesday, January 8th, and we'll start with the news.

President-elect Donald Trump says he won't rule out using military force to take control of the Panama Canal and Greenland.

He made those comments yesterday during an hour-long news conference at Mar-a-Lago,

where the president-elect framed his call for American expansion as a matter of national security.

Look, the Panama Canal is vital to our country.

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