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UN Charter — Article 1(2)

Establishes the UN purpose of promoting friendly relations based on equal rights and self-determination of peoples, linking the principle of self-determination to the maintenance of universal peace.

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Military and Economic Threats Against Greenland and Panama Canal Sovereignty

The administration threatened military and economic coercion to annex Greenland and reclaim the Panama Canal, with the Pentagon developing actual invasion plans, before partially walking back the …

  • Trump refused to rule out military or economic force to annex Greenland and threatened a 25% tariff on EU goods unless Denmark ceded the …
  • The Pentagon developed military options for the Panama Canal ranging from closer cooperation to outright invasion, per NBC News reporting.