Global warming is making both places more important to global shipping and trade. To imagine the kind of future a hotter, dryer climate may bring, and the geopolitical challenges it will create, look no farther than two parts of the world that Donald Trump wants America to control: Greenland and the Panama Canal.

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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.

Outgoing Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) argued President-elect Donald Trump’s recent comments about reclaiming the Panama Canal could impact the United States’s “credibility” on the global stage and help rival countries,

Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), outgoing chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said on Sunday that President-elect Trump’s remarks about Panama have larger consequences on America’s credibility abroad.

The tourists believe Trump is only posturing as a business tactic, as he claims American ships are charged ‘unfair’ fees crossing the canal.