He recently challenged the government of Panama over its sovereign control of the Panama Canal, potentially reopening one of the most divisive foreign policy issues of the 20th century.
Republican lawmakers are scratching their heads over President-elect Trump’s ambitions to take over Greenland and the Panama Canal, grand plans the incoming commander in chief put back on the ...
In a December Truth Social missive, Trump accused Panama of “ripping off” the U.S. by charging "exorbitant" fees for ships traveling through the Canal. Later remarks in Phoenix saw the ...
The story so far: On December 22, 2024, Donald Trump threatened to take back the Panama canal, calling the transfer treaty “foolish”. He said, “Our Navy and Commerce have been treated in a ...
President-elect Donald Trump’s recent lament that the United States ceded control of the Panama Canal to Panama under the Carter administration is both strategically sound and historically resonant.