Trump, Panama Canal, Greenland Eye Dog...Skepticism in the Republican Party, too.

U.S. President-elect Trump is expressing his ambition to want the U.S. to bring the Panama Canal and Greenland, but there is also skepticism within the Republican Party, the U.S. political media The Hill reported.

The Hill said senior Republicans also pointed out that Trump is unlikely to bring the Panama Canal or Greenland, and that there has been no serious discussion of such an initiative in Washington's political circles over the past four years.

Rep. Michael McCall (Texas, Republican), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said of Greenland with a smile, "I don't think it's for sale," and also of the Panama Canal, "I'm not sure how it's legally possible to buy it."

At the same time, he pointed out that Trump tends to improvise and freely mention important foreign policies.Sen.

John Cornyn (Texas, Republican) said he would be "delighted to listen" to what Trump had in mind, but did not expect any concrete proposals to come to Congress anytime soon.

Two other Republican senators also did not seriously discuss Trump's territorial expansion plan, joking that Greenland has no standing army, making it easy to occupy, Durhill said.

Some Republicans said Trump's remarks on territorial expansion seemed to be a diplomatic "negotiation" card.

On the other hand, Democratic lawmakers argued that Trump's such a scare was not pleasant at all and that such actions could harm the U.S. alliance and undermine international stability.

Sen. Chris Coons (Delaware, Democrat), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, criticized Trump for his tendency to throw very serious issues into light SNS posts or puns.

Senator Chris Van Hollen (Maryland, Democrat) also warned that "foreign policy is not a real estate game."