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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Trump’s proposed ‘land grabs’ mean US now seen as a risk, says Munich security report

Trump outside Air Force One
Since his inauguration, Trump has mooted acquiring land for the US in Greenland and Panama, and suggested Canada could be a 51st US state. Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP

Donald Trump’s proposed “land grabs” mean the US is no longer perceived as “an anchor of stability, but rather a risk to be hedged against”, the organisers of the Munich Security Conference have said in their pre-summit report.

The report, which takes as its theme the shift from a US-led, unipolar post-cold war era towards a multipolar world in which no single ideological outlook dominates, will form the backdrop to this year’s conference.

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