In a crazy, twisted way, you are right.
He did mention Greenland in his first go around, but not during the election campaign and certainly never said a word about the Panama Canal or annexing Canada during his campaign. Then again, all I remember is something about eating cats and dogs. How the fuck they voted this clown in is something science will eventually figure out.
I had read about the cats and dogs before the debate and thought 'no way he is going to bring that up.' But he did. And, being a naive idiot, I thought 'another Access Hollywood tape moment. We're done!' Then I realized that the Access Hollywood tape moment...fizzled.
I had a lot of conversations with some very conservative, biblical people after that tape came out. They all went something like this:
Me: Are you still going to vote for him?
Female: Yes
Me: Did you hear what he said?
Female: Yes
Me: Would you let your husband speak like that?
Female: No
Me: Would you let your son speak like that?
Female: No way! I raised him better!
Me: Would you let your daughter date a guy that said those things?
Female: That would never happen!
Me: But you'll vote for him?
Female: Yes! That's just locker room talk. Nothing wrong with it.
Me: (Beating my head against the nearest wall)
It still baffles my brain that people I knew and respected and thought highly of decided to jump on the Trump train.
And I still can't tell if Trump seduced them to change their beliefs or if they've always had those racial, nationalists, hateful beliefs and just kept them hidden until Trump said it was ok to say the evil out loud. That, for me, has been the scariest part of Trump. I tell people all the time 'Trump is Trump. He hasn't changed since the 80s and he's not about to change. He is doing exactly what he has always done. So he doesn't make me as angry as those who have 'changed' since 2015.'
That's the question that really will decide what happens next: Did Americans change because of Trump or did Trump allow Americans to be as they are now?
If we changed, we might be fixable. My personal belief is that a lot of people are now showing me and the world who they really are and who they have always been.