Less than two weeks before taking office, President-elect Donald Trump made audacious claims and promises during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. He refused to rule out using military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, criticized the late President Jimmy Carter, and escalated his threats against Hamas. Trump also discussed his imperialist agenda, including the possibility of annexing Canada as the 51st state and renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. He expressed frustration with President Joe Biden's actions and vowed to reverse them. Trump set a clear expectation that a deal to release the hostages in Gaza must be completed before he takes office. He also criticized Biden's efforts to improve energy efficiency and expressed a preference for gas heaters over electric ones.