After the start of his second presidential term, Donald Trump regularly called for the expansion of the United States. On separate occasions, he has floated the idea of annexing Greenland, making Canada the 51st state and reclaiming the Panama Canal. He also signed an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America."
These claims have sparked rumors that Snopes has fact-checked, including whether Trump actually had a deal to buy Greenland (he did not), whether he called then-Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau "governor" of the "great state of Canada" (he did) and if Panama banned the U.S. president's family from the country for 100 years in response to his stated desire to annex the Panama Canal (it did not).
Here are 10 stories that unpack claims initiated by Trump's comments on annexing different regions — as well as supposed reactions from leaders of places the president says he wants to take over.
