Global warming is making both places more important to global shipping and trade. To imagine the kind of future a hotter, dryer climate may bring, and the geopolitical challenges it will create, look no farther than two parts of the world that Donald Trump wants America to control: Greenland and the Panama Canal.

Trump's former White House national security advisor made veiled threats against a NATO ally, taking the Greenland issue in a bizarre direction.

In recent weeks, President-elect Donald Trump has threatened trade wars with Canada and Mexico, mused about taking over Greenland, and talked about bringing the Panama Canal.

National Review staff writer Caroline Downey and former White House official Meghan Hays join 'Mediabuzz' to discuss President-elect Trump insisting on buying Greenland and threatening to seize control of the Panama Canal.

The Panama Canal "wasn't just a free gift. There are conditions, that the canal remain neutral," says Robert O'Brien The post Trump Serious About Buying Greenland, Taking Control of the Panama Canal,

Threat Status is closely tracking whether Mr. Trump will follow through on his threat or is simply trying to compel policy outcomes before his inauguration. Consider, for instance, that German automakers could duck tariffs by making more automobiles in the U.

Robby Soave and Niall Stanage discuss President-elect Donald Trump's comment about wanting to buy Greenland and the Panama Canal.

In recent weeks, elected US President Donald Trump has been contemplating the idea of seizing Greenland, returning the Panama Canal, and proposing making Canada the 51st state. These statements may be related to his policy of countering Russia and China,