Trump, Panama Canal

Why Trump Sees a Chinese Threat at the Panama Canal, and Locals Don’t
The new administration sees Chinese-owned infrastructure as leverage over the waterway. Panama and some former U.S. military officials say concerns are overblown.
Donald Trump returns to tariffs, Panama Canal, theme of ‘winning’ in inaugural address
I return to the presidency confident and optimistic that we are at the start of a thrilling new era of national success.’.
Who controls the Panama Canal and why is Trump threatening to take it?
Donald Trump has refused to rule out using military force to retake the Panama Canal that was returned by the US to Panama decades ago.
What Trump got right and wrong about the Panama Canal at his inauguration | Fact checks
Trump was wrong about American deaths building the Panama Canal, but right about its cost addressing the topic during his inaugural address
Trump, China, and the Truth about the Panama Canal
Trump’s canal canard obscures a truth: Panama just wants to run its shipping passage without interference from China or the U.S. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has in recent days repeatedly denounced what he sees as China’s outsized influence on the Panama Canal – the crucial maritime passageway linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Panama Canal: What you need to know now
The Panama Canal was built by the US in the early 1900s, and Washington controlled it for decades. Panamanians now run the canal's operations linking the Atlantic and Pacific, but Donald Trump might have other plans.
Trump Floats Using Force to Take Greenland and the Panama Canal
President-elect Donald J. Trump refused on Tuesday to rule out the use of military or economic coercion to force Panama to give up control of the canal that America built more than a century ago and to push Denmark to sell Greenland to the United States.
Trump Says US Will Take Back Panama Canal
Monrovia NSU CHALLENGER bulk carrier transits the expanded canal through Cocoli Locks at the Panama Canal, on the outskirts of Panama City, Panama April 19, 2023. REUTERS/Aris Martinez/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.
Panama’s President Says Canal Will Remain Under Panamanian Control
In a statement posted to X, Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino said the Panama Canal would remain under his country’s ownership. Mulino said he rejected Trump’s words “in their entirety” and reiterated that the canal would continue to be overseen by the Pamanian government.
Panama rejects Trump vow to 'take back' Panama Canal
In his inaugural speech, President Trump claimed that Panama had "broken" a promise to remain neutral, alleging that "China is operating the Panama Canal". President Jose Raul Mulino said he rejected Trump's words in their "entirety",
Trump, invoking expansionist agenda, says US will take back Panama Canal
Newly sworn-in President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that the United States would take back the Panama Canal as he delivered an inauguration speech in which he invoked the 19th century expansionist doctrine of "Manifest Destiny.
Trump’s Panama Canal threats leave country’s officials scrambling for answers
The new Panamanian ambassador was given strict instructions as he prepared to meet then-President Donald Trump one day in ...
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Panama Canal Officials Respond to Trump’s Threats to Retake It On CNN: ‘We Get To Keep Everything’
MATTINGLY More than half of the revenue that comes in from the Panama Canal doesn’t come in through the one that the United States was integral in building. It comes in through the expansion.
‘Repurchasing’ the Panama Canal is impossible
Such proposals are legally impossible and operationally unnecessary. Examining the reality of this vital artery of global ...
‘The heart of the universe’: How the Panama Canal changed the world
For Panama Canal visitors, here’s a guide to experiencing and understanding the mega engineering project that captivates the ...