President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested he would consider using military force to gain control of the Panama Canal and Greenland and economic force to acquire Canada.

During a free-wheeling press conference at Mar-a-Lago, Trump was asked by a reporter if he could assure the public that he would not use military coercion against Panama or Greenland, a goal he has floated in recent weeks. “No, I can’t assure you on either of those two, but I can say this, we need them for…