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.

Vice President J.D. Vance took the oath of office alongside the president. Trump assumes office as the war in Ukraine enters its third year. While Trump initially vowed to end the war within 24 hours, his team later revised the timeline to 100 days, citing the intricate challenges of resolving the conflict.

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.

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.

Donald Trump said in an interview with Fox News that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy "shouldn't have allowed" war in his country to happen.

They added that, as we have seen in Ukraine, “Putin is serious about ... of Greenland to the United States, and that Panama return the canal to Washington. “Denmark should give it up ...

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 ...

America has fallen through the looking glass into an un-wonderland where the Red Queen’s demand for “sentence before verdict” has become the law of the land.

Calif., reacts to President Donald Trump's message about the Panama Canal, Sec. of State Marco Rubio's intended visit to the canal and ending the war in Ukraine.

President Donald Trump appears to be strong-arming unwilling leaders into negotiating, according to aides and foreign policy experts.

Marco Rubio has chosen Panama as the destination of his first visit as US secretary of state. He will discuss the issue of the Panama Canal, which new US President Donald Trump wants back under Washington's control, Vedomosti notes.

The neutrality of the nearly 50-mile canal, through which nearly 15,000 ships transit each year, is enshrined in Panama’s Constitution and is enforced by the autonomous Panama Canal Authority.