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#territorial integrity

The principle under the UN Charter that the territory of a state shall not be violated or acquired by force. Incidents involve threats to annex foreign territory, including Greenland, the Panama Canal, and parts of Canada.

1 incident

Grade 2 of 5: Major Abuse of Power

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. In a May 2025 NBC interview Trump refused to rule out military force to acquire Greenland; in January 2026 he threatened tariffs on European allies over it before ruling out force at Davos.