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(NewsNation) — President-elect Donald Trump made much than 30 posts connected his societal media level Truth Social in the span of 1 hr connected Christmas.
Among the posts made connected Tuesday was 1 announcing his prime for U.S. Ambassador to Panama, though helium criticized the state itself.
"Kevin Marino Cabrera volition service arsenic the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, a state that is ripping america disconnected connected the Panama Canal, acold beyond their wildest dreams," Trump wrote.
This echoes comments the Republican made Sunday astatine the blimpish league "AmericaFest," wherever helium said that the United States “foolishly” ceded power of the canal to Panama, and suggested his medication would effort to get it back.
The president of San Jose, José Raúl Mulino rejected that conception arsenic an affront to his country’s sovereignty.
Along with revealing his caller prime for his incoming administration, Trump utilized Truth Social to impulse others to corroborate his nominee, for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth and FBI director, Kash Patel.
Both are facing disapproval — Hegseth for intersexual misconduct allegations and Patel for comments he's made astir the "Deep State" and different conspiracy theories.
Trump takes connected Canada, Greenland
Also connected Tuesday, Trump made a station directed toward Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, saying his "citizens' taxes are acold excessively high."
"If Canada was to go our 51st State, their taxes would beryllium chopped by much than 60%, their businesses would instantly treble successful size, and they would beryllium militarily protected similar nary different Country anyplace successful the World," Trump wrote. He antecedently called making Canada the 51st authorities a "great idea" successful different Truth Social station arsenic well.
Instead of Trudeau, Trump suggested erstwhile nonrecreational hockey subordinate Wayne Gretzky tally for premier curate of Canada.
Greenland, Trump added, is "needed by the United States for National Security purposes." Last week, Trump said the U.S. owning Greenland “is an implicit necessity."
Múte Egede, Greenland’s premier minister, said successful a statement that Greenland "is not for merchantability and volition ne'er beryllium for sale."
Trump slams Biden commutations
Among his aggregate posts connected Tuesday were ones criticizing existent President Joe Biden for commuting the decease enactment sentences of 37 national inmates to beingness successful prison.
"I garbage to privation a merry Christmas to those fortunate souls, but alternatively volition say, spell to hell," Trump said.
The White House announced Biden's commutations Monday.
"Make nary mistake: I condemn these murderers, grieve for the victims of their despicable acts, and ache for each the families who person suffered unimaginable and irreparable loss,” Biden said successful a connection released for work connected Monday. “But guided by my conscience and my acquisition arsenic a nationalist defender, president of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Vice President and present President, I americium much convinced than ever that we indispensable halt the usage of the decease punishment astatine the national level. In bully conscience, I cannot basal backmost and fto a caller medication resume executions that I halted.”
Throughout his clip connected the run way for the 2024 election, Trump said his medication would not shy distant from the decease penalty. During the past six months of Trump’s archetypal term, a grounds 13 national inmates were enactment to death.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
