Veteran journalist breaks down effectiveness of Trump’s dealmaking strategy * WorldNetDaily * by Jason Cohen, Daily Caller News Foundation [Video]

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s deputy managing editor and politics director Alex Sanz explained Thursday how President-elect Donald Trump’s dealmaking strategy has proven effective.

Trump criticized the Panama Canal’s operations and suggested the United States should take control of Canada and Greenland in a Christmas Day Truth Social post. Sanz, on “NewsNation Live,” asserted that Trump’s blunt rhetoric grabs the “attention” of “world leaders,” who are uncertain of the actions he will take as president.

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“I think when you look at the big picture of what’s happening with a lot of these posts around Panama, around Canada, around Greenland, we’re looking at pressure coming at different directions, whether it’s tariffs, whether it’s shipping, whether it’s the president-elect’s view on what the world order should be,” Sanz said. “In the past, we’ve seen these as negotiating tactics, as ‘let’s try to bring everyone to the table, have the conversation,’ but also the pressure campaign as we’ve seen even here …