At a press conference at Mar-a-Lago, US President-elect Donald Trump made a number of shocking statements in just one hour and escalated his rhetoric on sovereignty issues with Canada and other countries. He called for Canada to be absorbed as part of the US through economic means, did not rule out the use of force to seize the Panama Canal and Greenland, and demanded that Nato countries increase their defense spending to 5% of GDP. He also vowed that if Hamas does not release Israeli hostages before he takes office, "the Middle East will be in chaos". In addition, Trump also promised to rename the Gulf of Mexico as "the Gulf of America". Other than threatening tariffs on countries that do not cooperate, including Denmark, he did not explain how these seemingly impossible promises would be achieved. In response, various parties responded to Trump's remarks. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that Canada could not be reduced to a state of the United States, and the foreign minister said that he would not back down in the face of threats. The Danish prime minister reiterated that Greenland is not for sale. Panama's president responded by saying that he would not comment on Trump's remarks about the Panama Canal before Trump took office. Foreign media commented that Trump's remarks coincided with a bolder gesture, that is, Trump believes that he has a mandate (by the people and the Electoral College) to speak and act almost at will.