“The people are going to probably vote for independence or to come into the United States,” said Trump Sr., who wants to buy Greenland from Denmark. The Danish government has repeatedly insisted the ice-covered island is not for sale. “If they did do that, then I would tariff Denmark at a very high level.”

Gordon Chang, expert on U.S.-China relations, joined “Forbes Newsroom” to talk about Trump’s recent comments calling on the U.S. to reclaim control of the Panama Canal.

President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday he wouldn’t rule out using “military force” to make Greenland and the Panama Canal US territories. “No, I can’t assure you on either of those two,” the incoming president told a reporter asking about the use of military force or economic coercion to acquire the territories.

Trump has criticized Panama over increasing fees, warning that if it doesn't change, he will demand the canal's return to the U.S.

The president-elect inaccurately said that Chinese soldiers operate the Panama Canal. But China’s strategic positions in shipping worry Washington officials.

China countered U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s claims about the Panama Canal. Brazilian labor authorities uncovered “slavery-like conditions” at a construction site for Chinese

The Panama Canal has a complicated history, although we found no evidence of it being under China's control as Trump also claimed.

President-elect Trump on Tuesday refused to commit to not using the U.S. military to gain control of the Panama Canal, after vowing last month to take over operation of the key passageway. Trump

US president-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday reiterated his expansionist agenda, citing China as a security threat and refusing to rule out military action or economic pressure to reclaim the Panama Canal and acquire Greenland from Denmark.

The U.S. Navy, in anticipation of a war in East Asia, would use the canal to move ships and submarines from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

Climate change is causing drought conditions that are making the Panama Canal harder to operate and more expensive to pass through.