Trump snatched a president, who’s next on his list?

A day after the United States snatched the president Nicolas Maduro outside Venezuela, Donald Trump and his administration has teased a U.S. takeover of other countries. On Sunday, the president said he wanted Greenland on behalf of the national security interests of the United States. He also threatened to take military action against Colombia to facilitate global cocaine sales. Meanwhile, Trump’s top diplomat claimed that the communist government in Cuba is “in great difficulty”.

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Trump wants the United States to lead more than Venezuela

Sunday’s comments came from Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio after the ouster of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro. These statements underscore the U.S. administration’s commitment to expanding in the Western Hemisphere. With barely veiled threats, Donald Trump is also shaking his friends and enemies in the hemisphere! People all over the world are wondering: who’s next?

“It’s so strategic right now. Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships everywhere,” Trump told reporters as he returned to Washington from his home in Florida. “We need Greenland from a national security perspective, and Denmark will not achieve that.”

Earlier Sunday, The Atlantic asked Trump what U.S. military action in Venezuela could mean for Greenland. He replied, “They’ll have to see it for themselves. I really don’t know.”

Last month, Donald Trump’s administration released its national security strategy. In this document, the president outlines the restoration “American preeminence in the Western Hemisphere” as a central guide for his second term in the White House.

Danish PM reacts to Trump’s comments on Greenland

According to the associated pressSaturday’s military operation in Venezuela and Trump’s comments on Sunday have raised concerns in Denmark, which has jurisdiction over Greenland.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in a statement that Trump had “no right of annexation” Greenland. She also reminded Trump that Denmark already offers the United States broad access to Greenland through existing security agreements. Both the United States and Greenland are members of NATO.

“So I strongly urge the United States to stop threatening a historically close ally, another country and people who have made it very clear that they are not for sale,” Frederiksen said.

Denmark also signed a European Union statement on Sunday stressing that “the right of the Venezuelan people to determine their future must be respected.” As reported, Donald Trump pledged to “show up” Venezuela. He urged the acting president, Delcy Rodriguezto queue. Also on Sunday, Trump mocked Denmark’s efforts to strengthen Greenland’s national security. He said the Danes had added “one more dog sled” to the Arctic territory’s arsenal.

The American president has targeted Greenland since his presidential transition and the first months of his second term. Trump has repeatedly called for US jurisdiction over Greenland. He obviously did not rule out the possibility of using military force to take control of the strategically located and mineral-rich Arctic island, which belongs to our ally.

The issue was no longer in the headlines in recent months. Then Trump put Greenland back in the spotlight less than two weeks ago. That’s when he said he would appoint Republican Governor Jeff Landry as his special envoy to Greenland. Louisiana governor said as a volunteer he would help Trump “Make Greenland part of the United States”

Cuba receives a warning

Concern is brewing in Cuba as Marco Rubio has issued a stern new warning to his government. Cuba is one of Venezuela’s most important allies and trading partners. Meanwhile, relations between the United States and Cuba have been hostile since the Cuban revolution of 1959. Rubio, during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” said Cuban officials were with Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela before his capture.

“It was the Cubans guarding Maduro,” Rubio said. “He wasn’t guarded by Venezuelan bodyguards. He had Cuban bodyguards.”

The secretary of state added that Cuban bodyguards were also responsible for “internal intelligence” within Maduro’s government, including “who is spying on who inside, to make sure there are no traitors.” In a statement read on state television late Sunday, the Cuban government said 32 officers were killed in the U.S. military operation.

President Trump said Cuba’s economy, battered by years of a U.S. embargo, was in tatters. He said the situation will decline further with the ouster of Maduro, who provided the Caribbean island with subsidized oil.

“It’s going down,” Trump said of Cuba. “It’s going to go down for the count.”

Trump warns Venezuela’s neighbor: Colombia

As he returned to Washington on Sunday evening, Trump also warned Venezuela’s neighbor. He addressed his message to Colombia and its left-wing president, Gustavo Petro. In discussions with journalists, he said Colombia was “run by a sick man who likes to make cocaine and sell it in the United States.”

In October, the Trump administration imposed sanctions on Petro, his family and a member of his government. following accusations of involvement in global drug trafficking. Colombia, according to AP, is considered the epicenter of the global cocaine trade.

Trump began his months-long pressure campaign against Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro by ordering dozens of deadly strikes. The strikes targeted suspected drug-trafficking boats from Venezuela in the Caribbean. The president eventually expanded operations to also target suspicious vessels in the eastern Pacific originating from Colombia.

In September, for the first time in nearly 30 years, the United States added Colombia to the list of countries allegedly failing to cooperate in the war on drugs. This happened despite the country being the main recipient of US aid in the region. Following this list, the United States reduced its aid to the government.

“He’s not going to do it for very long,” Trump said of Petro on Sunday. “He owns factories and factories for cocaine. He won’t do it.”

When asked if he might order the United States to carry out an operation against Colombia, Trump replied: “Sounds good to me.”

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Associated Press writers Aamer Madhani, Andrea Rodriguez and Darlene Superville contributed to this report via AP Newsroom.