Trump named Miami-Dade County Commissioner Kevin Marino Cabrera as his choice for the post after suggesting that the US should take control of the Panama Canal – a proposal he first floated over the weekend while claiming that Panama is “ripping off” American ships that pass through the waterway.

President-elect Donald Trump has said in public and online comments that the U.S. should control Greenland and the Panama Canal. NBC News' Aaron Gilchrist reports on how Trump approached Denmark to buy the territory in 2019 but was rejected.

As he prepares to assume office, Trump has returned to the idea. “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,

President-elect Donald Trump said on social media he will direct the Justice Department to "vigorously pursue" the death penalty amid President Joe Biden's decision to commute the sentences of nearly all federal death row prisoners.