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First it was Canada , then the Panama Canal . Now, Donald Trump again wants Greenland. The president-elect is renewing unsuccessful calls he made during his first term for the U.S. to buy Greenland from Denmark, adding to the list of allied countries with which he's picking fights even before taking office on Jan. 20. > Philadelphia news 24/7: Watch NBC10 free wherever you are In a Sunday announcement naming his ambassador to Denmark , Trump wrote that, “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 again having designs on Greenland comes after the president-elect suggested over the weekend that the U.S. could retake control of the Panama Canal if something isn't done to ease rising shipping costs required for using the waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. He's also been suggesting that Canada become the 51st U.S. state and referred to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as “governor” of the “Great State of Canada.” Stephen Farnsworth, a political science professor at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, said Trump tweaking friendly countries harkens back to an aggressive style he used during his days in business. “You ask something unreasonable and it’s more likely you can get something less unreasonable,” said Farnsworth, who is also author of the book “Presidential Communication and Character.” Greenland, the world’s largest island, sits between the Atlantic and Arctic oceans. It is 80% covered by an ice sheet and is home to a large U.S. military base. It gained home rule from Denmark in 1979 and its head of government, Múte Bourup Egede, suggested that Trump’s latest calls for U.S. control would be as meaningless as those made in his first term. “Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale,” he said in a statement. “We must not lose our years-long fight for freedom.” Trump canceled a 2019 visit to Denmark after his offer to buy Greenland was rejected by Copenhagen, and ultimately came to nothing. He also suggested Sunday that the U.S. is getting “ripped off” at the Panama Canal. “If the principles, both moral and legal, of this magnanimous gesture of giving are not followed, then we will demand that the Panama Canal be returned to the United States of America, in full, quickly and without question,” he said. Panama President José Raúl Mulino responded in a video that “every square meter of the canal belongs to Panama and will continue to,” but Trump fired back on his social media site, “We’ll see about that!” The president-elect also posted a picture of a U.S. flag planted in the canal zone under the phrase, “Welcome to the United States Canal!” The United States built the canal in the early 1900s but relinquished control to Panama on Dec. 31, 1999, under a treaty signed in 1977 by President Jimmy Carter. The canal depends on reservoirs that were hit by 2023 droughts that forced it to substantially reduce the number of daily slots for crossing ships. With fewer ships, administrators also increased the fees that shippers are charged to reserve slots to use the canal. The Greenland and Panama flareups followed Trump recently posting that “Canadians want Canada to become the 51st State" and offering an image of himself superimposed on a mountaintop surveying surrounding territory next to a Canadian flag. Trudeau suggested that Trump was joking about annexing his country, but the pair met recently at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Florida to discuss Trump's threats to impose a 25% tariff on all Canadian goods. “Canada is not going to become part of the United States, but Trump’s comments are more about leveraging what he says to get concessions from Canada by putting Canada off balance, particularly given the precarious current political environment in Canada,” Farnsworth said. “Maybe claim a win on trade concessions, a tighter border or other things.” He said the situation is similar with Greenland. “What Trump wants is a win," Farnsworth said. "And even if the American flag doesn’t raise over Greenland, Europeans may be more willing to say yes to something else because of the pressure.” The Associated Press Gary Fields in Washington contributed to this report.
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Joe Burrow’s luscious dirty blonde locks were one of his staples at LSU. The slicked-back look paired with his suave play on the field earned him the nickname “Joe Sheisty”, which continued in the NFL. This summer, he shocked the NFL world with a brand-spanking-new haircut that saw him go bleach blonde and much shorter. The Eminem comparisons came early and often, but they reached a new level this week thanks to Burrow’s Week 16 pregame outfit. In this day and age, pro sports players, especially in the NFL and NBA, have made the walk to the locker room appointment viewing with their stylish or over-the-top outfits. Burrow is one of the players who is known for his fashion sense, which is generally applauded. Prior to his Cincinnati Bengals’ matchup with the Cleveland Browns, Burrow showed up in a gray zipper hoodie, white tee shirt, and jeans. He was already sporting the short bleach-blonde hair of Marshall Mathers, and now it seemed as though he was completing the look. The hair, the hoodie, the white tee, and the jeans all painted a picture not just of Eminem, but the down-on-his-luck fictionalized version of himself he played in the acclaimed 2002 film, 8 Mile . Burrow obviously recognized the similarities, whether intentional or accidental. He reposted the Bengals video of him walking into the locker room wearing the outfit. He also added the song “Lose Yourself”—the de facto theme song of 8 Mile, which earned Eminem an Academy Award—to the repost. Bengals fans loved the tribute as well. Many posted GIFs of Eminem in 8 Mile in the comments section of the original Bengals Instagram post. However, one of them—which just so happens to be the one with the most likes—went the savage route. They blamed the baggy-looking outfit (B-Rabbit wasn’t known for his fashion sense) on the fact that Burrow’s house was recently burglarized, saying “This is all he had left.” While the comment was undoubtedly funny, it was obviously made in jest. Burrow has taken his love for fashion to another level this year. He attended Paris Fashion Week in June with college teammate and Minnesota Vikings superstar Justin Jefferson. There, he turned heads by wearing a backless suit jacket for Vogue . At the end of the day, what Joe Burrow wears to the game is of minor importance. It’s what he does in the game that matters. Burrow leads the league in completions, attempts, passing yards, and passing TDs this year. Needless to say, he’s been getting the job done. However, the Bengals are fighting for their playoff lives despite his and Ja’Marr Chase ‘s otherworldly performances this year. After starting 4-8, they were in dire straits. However, they have now won three in a row, including this past week’s 24-6 win over the Browns. They now sit at 7-8 and two games out of a Wild Card spot. They will need a lot to go their way in the final two weeks to make the 2024 postseason, but stranger things have happened in the NFL.Dan Coulter , a former member of British Columbia’s legislature and a New Democrat cabinet minister, has died at age 49. The BC New Democratic Party says in a statement that Coulter was a “devoted advocate” for the people of B.C. The party says Coulter “always championed the underdog,” citing his work in the legislature after his election in Chilliwack in 2020, his former role of chair of the Chilliwack school board and as the Parliamentary secretary for accessibility and minister of state for infrastructure and transit. The party’s provincial director Heather Stoutenburg said last week in a statement that Coulter had “experienced a serious medical emergency” and was being treated in hospital. The party says a private service will be held for Coulter on Saturday and a local public service will be held in Chilliwack on Jan. 11. The party says that Coulter, who lost his bid for re-election in the October provincial election, was “the very best of us,” and it extends its “deepest condolences to his family, friends and everyone who had the privilege of knowing and working with him.” It says that instead of flowers, his family has asked that donations go to the Chilliwack Restorative Justice and Youth Advocacy Association, Chilliwack Bowls of Hope Society, and the BC SPCA. “To those of us who knew him, Dan was so much more than a colleague — he was a friend and a mentor,” the statement says. “He was smart, funny, thoughtful and honest. But above all things, he was kind.”Victims and families react as Biden spares the lives of 37 federal death row inmates
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