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  President Donald J Trump aims to redraw the political map of the world to benefit "America First."

Some may laugh at his ignorance of history and his boastful schoolboyish territorial ambitions.

Yet, in pursuit of his dream of fortress North America, he has already shown himself willing to tear up the rules-based order, which was agreed after the Second World War to stop countries from invading each other – at least in the democratic world.

He has already broken international treaties entered into by US presidents – including by himself in the case of trade with Mexico and Canada.

Since being inaugurated as US president for the second time in January, Trump has relentlessly spelled out what new conquests he is after.

He predicts the US will “get” Greenland “one way or the other”.

“We need Greenland for national security and even international security,” he explained unconvincingly.

Trump is equally explicit about the Panama Canal: “We gave it to Panama. We didn’t give it to China. And we are taking it back.”

The company running the ports at the Atlantic and Pacific ends of the canal caved in quickly.

This month, Hong-Kong based CK Hutchinson sold out to a consortium led by the US fund managers Blackstone.

Then there’s Canada, the rich, independent G7 member nation, which Trump has repeatedly threatened to annex.

He has taken to referring to it prematurely as the “51st state”, while belittling its former prime minister as “Governor Trudeau”.

Canada is the US’s closest military partner and a fellow ally in NATO. It is the US’s largest trading partners, supplying 80% of its aluminium and the largest source of steel.

This only infuriates Trump who has slapped 25% tariffs on its metal exports and threatens more.

Canada and Britain fought a war against the US in 1812 to protect its independence.

Most Canadians have been horrified by Trump’s unwanted attention.

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In talks with Trudeau, he deliberately called into question the borders set in the 1908 Treaty signed by US president Teddy Roosevelt and Edward VII, king of Canada and the UK.

“The artificial line of separation drawn many years ago will finally disappear, and we will have the safest and most beautiful Nation anywhere in the World,” he tweeted on his Truth Social network last week, while promising Canadians would pay “much less tax”.

Trump’s aggressive language has upturned Canadian politics just ahead of a general election.

Canada is the US’s closest military partner and a fellow ally in NATO. It is the US’s largest trading partners, supplying 80% of its aluminium and the largest source of steel.

This only infuriates Trump who has slapped 25% tariffs on its metal exports and threatens more.

Canada and Britain fought a war against the US in 1812 to protect its independence.

Most Canadians have been horrified by Trump’s unwanted attention.

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