But just weeks into his second go-around in the White House, the Republican leader laid out plans to use American might to “take over” and reconstruct Gaza, threatened to reclaim U.S. control of the Panama Canal and floated the idea that the U.S. could buy Greenland from Denmark, which has shown no interest in parting with the island.

Sen. Rand Paul recoiled in response to President Donald Trump's Gaza takeover plan, suggesting that it would run afoul of the "America First" principle people voted for.