Trump Threatens To Seize Control Of Panama Canal

Politico reports:

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 waterway’s legal status.

In two lengthy Truth Social posts Saturday evening, Trump accused Panama of charging U.S. vessels exorbitant rates to pass through the critical waterway. He also claimed that the treaties enabling Panama to take control of the canal in the first place also allow for the U.S. to take it back.

“If the principles, both moral and legal, of this magnanimous gesture of giving are not followed, then we will demand that the Panama Canal be returned to us, in full, and without question,” Trump wrote.

Read the full article. I’m guessing that the billionaire owner of some shipping company collared Trump at Mar-A-Lago.

Trump playing an old-school
right-wing tune here, threatening to take back the Panama Canal. Just funny that even here, Trump feels the need to lie to sell his story – the actual number of Americans who died during the construction of the canal was around 6000, not 38,000. pic.twitter.com/wQvMcCNJVh

— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) December 22, 2024

Trump is now apparently going to invade Panama and seize the canal after he conquers Canada and makes it the 51st state. pic.twitter.com/jCYqXOFefe

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) December 22, 2024