President-elect Donald Trump spoke on a range of issues Tuesday at a press conference held at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida, including pardons for Jan. 6 defendants, foreign investment, his classified documents case, and more.
The president-elect held the news conference just 13 days before his inauguration.
Comments on Greenland, Panama Canal
As his son, Donald Trump Jr., visits Greenland this week, the president-elect discussed his wish for the United States to control the Panama Canal and Greenland. He also joked about naming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” which he said would be “appropriate” and “beautiful.”
It isn’t the first time Trump has suggested renaming a geographic site. The president-elect weeks ago announced he would rename Denali, the tallest mountain in the United States, back to Mt. McKinley….