Donald Trump cast himself both as a peacemaker and fierce defender of US interests in a mercurial return to the White House on Monday, vowing to seize the Panama Canal but also imploring Russia to make a deal on Ukraine.

After Donald Trump's inaugural speech, the impression remained that he intends to restore order inside the United States, take control of the Panama Canal zone and deal with Mexican drug cartels. A red line through his entire speech was the thesis about the global dominance of the United States.

The President’s various foreign-policy “personas” vacillate between a desire for domination and withdrawal.

Tensions between the U.S. and China have been rising for some time now, and Rubio's appointment has widely been seen as a sign that Trump plans to maintain a hard line on China during his second term. One of the most outspoken China hawks in Washington, Rubio has introduced several bills targeting the Chinese Communist Party.

Russian TV has already been promoting video of Trump's news conference threat to use force against Greenland or Panama as proof that their Ukraine intervention was justified. (And Russia insists ...

Donald Trump pledged to reassert U.S. control over the Panama Canal, accusing Panama ... industry as part of efforts to resolve the Russia-Ukraine war, Bloomberg reported on Jan. 16.

Panama owes its independence to America ... U.S. to argue that Russia President Vladimir Putin should stay out of Ukraine, or that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no business ...

vowing to seize the Panama Canal but also imploring Russia to make a deal on Ukraine. In only his first hours back as president, Trump also moved to withdraw the United States from the Paris ...

Donald Trump argues that the US needs Greenland for national security, while a retaking of the Panama Canal is necessary to curb the overcharging of American ships and combat Chinese influence.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Newly sworn-in President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that the United States would take back the Panama Canal as he delivered an inauguration speech in which he invoked the 19th century expansionist doctrine of "Manifest Destiny" in laying out plans for space exploration.