The president-elect made the remark on the same weekend he threatened to take back the Panama Canal, prompting a rebuke from Panama’s president.

Donald Trump has said that acquiring Greenland is necessary "for purposes of national security and freedom throughout the world."

President-elect Trump again floated buying Greenland as he named PayPal co-founder Ken Howery as his pick for U.S. ambassador to Denmark on Sunday. The big picture: Trump said during his first administration that he was looking into the U.