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He really hates being told NO!!

And, taking back the Panama Canal...

In announcing his choice of various envoys, including ambassador to Denmark, the president-elect again floated the idea of the United States acquiring Greenland.

Supercharged Monroe Doctrine: First Panama Canal, Now Trump Revives Greenland Purchase Talk For US Security | ZeroHedge

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Supercharged Monroe Doctrine: First Panama Canal, Now Trump Revives Greenland Purchase Talk For US Security​

by Tyler Durden
Monday, Dec 23, 2024 - 09:45 AM
President-elect Donald Trump seems poised to revive the Monroe Doctrine.

Project 2029 pic.twitter.com/H6QkmYAdj8
— Rep. Mike Collins (@RepMikeCollins) November 7, 2024

On Sunday, Trump reopened discussions about purchasing rare earth minerals-rich Greenland. This move follows his earlier remarks, threatening to reclaim control of the Panama Canal amid concerns over a potential Chinese takeover.

"For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity," Trump wrote on Truth Social, while also announcing Ken Howery for US ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark.
Trump said:

I am pleased to announce Ken Howery as my choice for United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark. Ken is a World renowned entrepreneur, investor, and public servant, who served our Nation brilliantly during my First Term as US Ambassador to Sweden, where he led efforts to increase Defense, Security, and Economic Cooperation between our Countries. As a Co-Founder of PayPal and venture capital fund, Founders Fund, Ken turned American Innovation and Tech leadership into Global success stories, and that experience will be invaluable in representing us abroad.

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Ken will do a wonderful job in representing the interests of the United States. Thank you Ken, and congratulations!

I am pleased to announce Ken Howery as my choice for United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark. Ken is a World renowned entrepreneur, investor, and public servant, who served our Nation brilliantly during my First Term as U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, where he led efforts…
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) December 23, 2024

The broader theme is that the Trump team appears to be adopting the Monroe Doctrine, signaling a renewed focus that the US will continue Western Hemisphere domination for decades and will no longer tolerate any other competition in controlling strategic maritime chokepoints or natural resources in the hemisphere.

As Washington forges ahead with efforts to rebuild America's rare earth minerals mining and refining supply chains that decouple from China, Greenland's vast mineral deposits, graphite, and lithium—key inputs for electric vehicles, wind turbines, and transmission lines—position it as a critical landmass for Trump to acquire to ensure the viability of the clean energy transition.

China's monopoly on these minerals has forced Washington to closely monitor Chinese influence in Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory in the North Atlantic.

During Trump's first term, he attempted to purchase Greenland, describing it as "essentially a large real estate deal." The US had previously pursued the acquisition of the resource-rich island, including a $100 million offer in 1946.
In addition to Greenland, on Saturday, Trump warned that if Panama did not lower transit costs for US ships through the canal, the US could potentially take back the Panama Canal.

Map shows the trade routes most commonly supported by the Panama Canal. Source: A Week in the Life of the Panama Canal pic.twitter.com/358Dv7TYvT
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) December 18, 2024

Trump's interest in the Panama Canal is not necessarily about fees. The actual issue is that China now controls two of the five ports adjacent to the canal: Balboa on the Pacific and Cristobal on the Caribbean.

Once again, Trump's second term will likely signal a revival of the Monroe Doctrine, with zero tolerance for China's influence in the Western Hemisphere.

 

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He was arrested at Herald Square station - which is located near the Empire State Building in Manhattan. He was found with a lighter in his pocket, Ms Tisch said.

The man, who has not been publicly identified, emigrated from Guatemala to the US in 2018, Mr Gulotta added.

2018 UNDER 45 LOL

 

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Panama's president hits back at Trump idea to reclaim key canal​

President of Panama says canal 'will continue to belong' to his country​

By Pilar Arias Fox News
Published December 23, 2024 7:57am EST

 

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Best governor ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

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A spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirmed that the migrant suspect is Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, a 33-year-old foreign national living in the U.S. unlawfully.

“Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, 33, is an unlawfully present Guatemalan citizen who entered the United States without admission by an immigration official,” ICE spokesperson Jeff Carter said in a statement provided to the Daily Caller News Foundation.

https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/23/illegal-migrant-burned-woman-on-subway/

“U.S. Border Patrol in Sonoita, Arizona, encountered Zapeta June 1, 2018, and served him with an order of expedited removal and Enforcement and Removal Operations removed Zapeta from the U.S. to Guatemala June 7, 2018.”

 

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House Ethics report finds evidence MAGA Matt Gaetz paid thousands for sex and drugs including paying a 17-year-old for sex in 2017​

Other than that he's a great guy

The panel investigated transactions Gaetz personally made, often using PayPal or Venmo, to more than a dozen women during his time in Congress, according to the report. Investigators also focused on a 2018 trip to the Bahamas – which they said “violated the House gift rule” – during which he “engaged in sexual activity” with multiple women, including one who described the trip itself as “the payment” for sex on the trip. On the same trip, he also took ecstasy, one woman on the trip told the committee.



Related live-storyHouse Ethics report finds evidence Matt Gaetz paid for sex and drugs
Earlier this month, the House Ethics Committee secretly voted to release its report after initially voting against doing so. The vote to put out the report – which was opposed by panel Chairman Michael Guest, a Mississippi Republican – was the culmination of a years-long probe into allegations surrounding Gaetz. He was President-elect Donald Trump’s first pick to be attorney general but dropped out amid opposition from GOP senators and after CNN reported key details of this same ethics report.

And it’s a political jolt that could have reverberations for years to come, as the Capitol Hill panel takes aim at a long-time Trump loyalist and now conservative anchor at One America Network.

Gaetz filed a civil complaint in federal court Monday morning unsuccessfully seeking to halt the release of the report, claiming he was not notified of the panel’s plans to release the report – as required by House rules – nor was he provided copies of the materials.

“As such, Plaintiff has been afforded no opportunity to respond to any report or investigative conclusions of Defendants,” the complaint reads. “Plaintiff has frequently and vehemently declared his innocence regarding the alleged misconduct, and requested Defendants cease their investigation and provide him appropriate due process rights.”

Gaetz claimed the panel has been “unresponsive” to those demands. Gaetz wrote in the lawsuit that he told the committee in writing in May that allegations of sexual misconduct, illicit drug use, misuse of campaign funds and other actions were all false.

The lawsuit serves as a route for Gaetz to formally claim in writing that the committee’s findings are false and that he believes his privacy has been invaded and the committee is defaming him.

But his unusual ask of a federal court to block congressional action is now essentially moot because the report has been released publicly. Gaetz said in a court filing Monday afternoon that the lawsuit he brought against the House Ethics Committee to block the release of its report is now moot, due to the committee’s “unprecedented and procedurally defective decision” to publish the report.

CNN has reached out to Gaetz and his lawyers for comment.

The committee posted the report on its website Monday morning while noting in a statement the “significant and unusual amount” of reporting about the panel’s probe of Gaetz. Without identifying specific stories, the committee stated that some reporting about its probe had been “inaccurate.” The committee condemned any potential unauthorized disclosures but emphasized that committee witnesses are permitted to disclose information about their interactions with its investigators. The panel also released appendices with its evidence, including financial documents and text messages cited in the report.

Gaetz has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and has pointed to the Justice Department declining to bring charges against him in 2023.

In a statement Gaetz released on X last week after CNN reported that the committee had voted to release the report, Gaetz denied having sex with a minor or paying women for sex.

“In my single days, I often sent funds to women I dated - even some I never dated but who asked. I dated several of these women for years,” Gaetz said. “It’s embarrassing, though not criminal, that I probably partied, womanized, drank and smoked more than I should have earlier in life. I live a different life now.”

 

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4D Chess actually - they knew the details of the House probe beforehand...made the appointment of him to AG, got him to resign from his position in congress, then dropped the hammer on him and took the scumbag out. Good riddance.

 

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YES YES,,,DRAIN THE SWAMP

 

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A spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirmed that the migrant suspect is Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, a 33-year-old foreign national living in the U.S. unlawfully.


https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/23/illegal-migrant-burned-woman-on-subway/

Story is getting worse and worse...reports are that it was a 29 year old nurse with Mt. Sinai
No one wants to help anymore - thinking Daniel Penny

 

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He was arrested at Herald Square station - which is located near the Empire State Building in Manhattan. He was found with a lighter in his pocket, Ms Tisch said.

The man, who has not been publicly identified, emigrated from Guatemala to the US in 2018, Mr Gulotta added.

2018 UNDER 45 LOL

Jumped a fence you mean. I believe you called him a racist at that time defending the Brown skinned people lol. Here check out what the other people did that you defend while she burned to death.

 

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NYPD arrests migrant who allegedly set woman on fire on subway train, watched her burn to death

A migrant from Guatemala allegedly lit a woman on fire on a New York City subway train and stuck around to watch her burn to death just three days before Christmas.

www.foxnews.com

Looks like he was dealt with swiftly in 2018. Waited for the "open border" biden policy and then came back.


"U.S. Border Patrol in Sonoita, Arizona, encountered Zapeta June 1, 2018, and served him with an order of expedited removal and Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed Zapeta from the U.S. to Guatemala June 7, 2018," Carter said. "Zapeta unlawfully reentered the United States on an unknown date and location."

 

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Horrific, god rest her soul.

 

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they should draw and quarter that SOB and deport him to the four corners of the Earth

 

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Family of murdered SC woman rages at Biden for commuting killer's death sentence: 'She was shown no mercy'

Donna Major's husband Danny Jenkins and daughters Heather Turner and Katie Jenkins called out President Biden for commuting the death sentence of her murderer Brandon Council.

www.foxnews.com

 

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Wrong-way driver in crash that killed Vegas police officer was in US illegally: ICE

A Mexican citizen who was in the U.S. illegally hit and killed an off-duty Las Vegas police officer in a car crash nearly two weeks ago, ICE said.

www.foxnews.com

 

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The Deadliest Events in US History

• The COVID-19 Pandemic: 1,181,607. ...
• 4 Diseases You've Probably Forgotten About Because of Vaccines. ...
• The US Civil War: 750,000 (Estimated) ...
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• The HIV/AIDS Epidemic: 700,000. ...
• The 1918 Flu Pandemic: 675,000. ...
• World War II: 405,400. ...
• World War I: 116,516.

 

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