President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would not rule out the use of military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, as he declared U.S. control of both to be vital to American national security.Speaking to reporters less than two weeks before he takes office on Jan. 20 and as a delegation of aides and advisers that includes Donald Trump Jr. is in Greenland, Trump left open the use of the American military to secure both territories. Trump's intention marks a rejection of decades of U.S. policy that has prioritized self-determination over territorial expansion.맥스카지노�I맥스카지노�m not going to commit to that," Trump said, when asked if he would rule out the use of the military. "It might be that you맥스카지노�ll have to do something. The Panama Canal is vital to our country.맥스카지노� He added, 맥스카지노�We need Greenland for national security purposes." Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark, a longtime U.S. ally and a founding member of NATO.Trump, a Republican, has also floated having Canada join the United States, but he said he would not use military force to do that, saying he would rely on 맥스카지노�economic force."Promising a 맥스카지노�Golden age of America," Trump also said he would move to try to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the 맥스카지노�Gulf of America,맥스카지노� saying that has a 맥스카지노�beautiful ring to it.맥스카지노�Trump also used his press conference to complain that President Joe Biden was undermining his transition to power a day after the incumbent moved to ban offshore energy drilling in most federal waters.Biden, whose term expires in two weeks, used his authority under the federal Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to protect offshore areas along the East and West coasts, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and portions of Alaska맥스카지노�s Northern Bering Sea from future oil and natural gas leasing. All told, about 625 million acres of federal waters were withdrawn from energy exploration by Biden in a move that may require an act of Congress to undo.맥스카지노�I맥스카지노�m going to put it back on day one," Trump told reporters. He pledged to take it to the courts 맥스카지노�if we need to."Trump said Biden's effort 맥스카지노� part of a series of final actions in office by the Democrat's administration 맥스카지노� was undermining his plans for once he's in office.맥스카지노�You know, they told me that, we맥스카지노�re going to do everything possible to make this transition to the new administration very smooth," Trump said. 맥스카지노�It맥스카지노�s not smooth.맥스카지노�But Biden's team has extended access and courtesies to the Trump team that the Republican former president initially denied Biden after his 2020 election victory. Trump incoming chief of staff Susie Wiles told Axios in an interview published Monday that Biden chief of staff Jeff Zients had been 맥스카지노�has been very helpful.맥스카지노�In extended remarks, Trump also railed against the work of special counsel Jack Smith, who oversaw now-dropped prosecutions over his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol and possession of classified documents after he left office in 2021. The Justice Department is expected to soon release a report from Smith summarizing his investigation after the criminal cases were forced to an end by Trump's victory in November.