Trump's press conference proposed several astonishing strategies, and multiple countries responded

ChainCatcher news, at a press conference held at Mar-a-Lago, the elected President of the United States, Trump, made several shocking statements in just one hour and escalated his rhetoric regarding sovereignty issues with countries like Canada.

He called for economic means to absorb Canada as part of the United States and did not rule out the use of force to seize the Panama Canal and Greenland, demanding NATO countries increase their defense spending to 5% of GDP. He also vowed that if Hamas did not release Israeli hostages before he took office, "the Middle East will descend into chaos."

Additionally, Trump promised to rename the Gulf of Mexico to "American Gulf." Besides threatening to impose tariffs on uncooperative countries (including Denmark), he did not explain how these seemingly impossible commitments would be achieved.

In response, various parties reacted to Trump's statements. Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau stated that Canada could never become a state of the United States, and the country's foreign minister said they would never back down in the face of threats; the Danish Prime Minister reiterated that Greenland is not for sale; the President of Panama responded that there would be no preemptive evaluation of Trump's remarks about the Panama Canal before he took office.

Foreign media commented that Trump's rhetoric aligns with a bolder stance, suggesting that Trump believes he has been given (by the public and the electoral college) the mandate to speak and act almost at will.