Trump the Expansionist Knows Real Estate Matters

Geography isn’t everything, but often when it comes to geopolitics, there’s no substitute for cold, hard acreage.

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President-elect Donald Trump speaks after a meeting with Republicans at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., January 8, 2025.

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In business, Donald Trump was a real-estate guy. In the presidency, he might be one, too.

The prospective foreign policy of his second term has taken an unexpected turn, with his recent talk of annexing Canada, buying Greenland, and taking back the Panama Canal. Rather than the neo-isolationist that he’s often accused of being, Trump is talking like a neo-imperialist, at least in our own hemisphere.

Rich Lowry

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Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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