Why Does Trump Want the Panama Canal? Here’s What to Know.
1 day ago · President-elect Donald J. Trump has said Panama charges U.S. vessels “exorbitant prices” to travel the Panama Canal. ... he said the people of the United States were the canal’s “rightful ...
Why would Trump want Greenland and the Panama Canal? Here's ... - CBS News
1 day ago · The history of the Panama Canal. The Panama Canal was built by the U.S. between 1904 and 1914. It serves as a shortcut between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean, dramatically shortening shipping ...
Panama Unsettled by Trump Threat to Seize Canal
2 days ago · Panama Is Unsettled by Trump’s Threat to Seize Canal. Few took the president-elect’s combative comments at face value, but they still sent a shudder through a country that the United States ...
Trump refuses to rule out military use to take over Greenland, Panama …
2 days ago · PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would not rule out the use of military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, as he declared U.S. control of both to be vital to American national security.. Speaking to reporters less than two weeks before he takes office on Jan. 20 and as a delegation of aides and advisers that includes Donald Trump ...
Trump suggests he could use military force to acquire Panama Canal …
2 days ago · Of Panama, Trump claimed that the United States is treated unfairly when it is "overcharged" higher rates for its ships to sail the canal than those of other countries, and that Panama is in ...
Panama Canal is not for sale, Panama's president says. What ... - CBS News
Dec 26, 2024 · President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly suggested the United States take over the Panama Canal, a shipping waterway that cuts across Central America, unless fees for using the canal are...
Presidential Transition Updates: An Emboldened Trump Talks of …
2 days ago · During a news conference at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday, President-elect Donald J. Trump refused to rule out using military force to retake the Panama Canal. Reporter: “Your references to Greenland ...
Trump threatens to try to take back the Panama Canal | AP News
Dec 23, 2024 · Donald Trump suggested Sunday that his new administration could try to regain control of the Panama Canal that the United States “foolishly” ceded to its Central American ally, contending that shippers are charged “ridiculous” fees to pass through the vital transportation channel linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Panama’s president and Trump spar over Panama Canal
Dec 22, 2024 · In a video posted to social media, Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino, who was elected earlier this year on a pledge to bring his country closer to the United States, rejected Trump’s...
Trump threatens to retake Panama Canal - POLITICO
Dec 22, 2024 · President-elect Donald Trump threatened on Saturday that the U.S. would reassume control of the Panama Canal if it felt that Panama wasn’t honoring the terms of a 1977 treaty regarding the...