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外刊精选｜特朗普计划买下格陵兰岛，迈出开疆拓土第一步?

近日，在特朗普即将重返白宫的关头，这位当选总统表露出了为美国“开疆拓土”的野心。他扬言让加拿大成为美国“第51个州”，威胁要控制巴拿马运河，并表示要“买下格陵兰岛”。事实上早在2019年，特朗普就曾提出要收购丹麦的海外自治领地格陵兰岛。如今，该提议再次让这座巨大岛屿成为全球关注的焦点。在日益紧张的地缘政治竞争中，特朗普此举的真实意图是什么？

Trump’sWishtoControlGreenlandandPanamaCanal:NotaJokeThisTime

ByDavidE.SangerandLisaFriedman

Overthepasttwodays,President-electDonaldJ.TrumphasmadeclearthathehasdesignsforAmericanterritorialexpansionbybringingthePanamaCanalandGreenlandunderAmericancontroloroutrightownership.

Mr.TrumpmadeclearonSundaythathisfirst-termoffertobuythelandmasscould,inthecomingterm,becomeadealtheDanescannotrefuse.HeappearstocovetGreenlandbothforitsstrategiclocationatatimewhenthemeltingofArcticiceisopeningnewcommercialandnavalcompetitionandforitsreservesofrareearthmineralsneededforadvancedtechnology.

OnSaturdayevening,hehadaccusedPanamaofprice-gougingAmericanshipstraversingthecanal.“ThefeesbeingchargedbyPanamaareridiculous,”hewrote,justaheadofanincreaseinthechargesscheduledforJan.1.“Thiscomplete‘rip-off’ofourcountrywillimmediatelystop.”

Notsurprisingly,thegovernmentofGreenlandimmediatelyrejectedMr.Trump’sdemands.Panama’spresident,JoséRaúlMulino,saidinavideothat“everysquaremeterofthePanamaCanalanditsadjacentzonesispartofPanama,anditwillcontinuetobe.”

Butthepresident-elect’sstatements—andthenot-so-subtlethreatsbehindthem—wereanotherreminderthathisversionof“AmericaFirst”isnotanisolationistcreed.Hisaggressiveinterpretationofthephraseevokestheexpansionism,orcolonialism,ofPresidentTheodoreRoosevelt.

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1.wish英[w??]美[w??]n._______________________________

2.canal英[k??n?l]美[k??n?l]n._______________________________

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4.outright英[?a?tra?