President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to reassert U.S. control over the Panama Canal, accusing Panama of charging excessive rates for the vital passage connecting the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
Speaking to supporters in Arizona on Sunday, Trump warned against the canal falling into "the wrong hands."
In response, Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino dismissed Trump’s remarks, stating in a video posted to X: "Every square meter of the Panama Canal and its adjacent areas belongs to Panama and will continue belonging to Panama."
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Speaking to supporters in Arizona on Sunday, Trump warned against the canal falling into "the wrong hands."
In response, Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino dismissed Trump’s remarks, stating in a video posted to X: "Every square meter of the Panama Canal and its adjacent areas belongs to Panama and will continue belonging to Panama."
#Trump #Panama #PanamaCanal
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00:00Because we're being ripped off at the Panama Canal like we're being ripped off everywhere
00:04else.
00:05A secure — he just said, take it back, and it's a good idea.
00:12When they gave it to Panama, can you believe that?
00:17We would never have done it if we thought what's happening now can happen, and we
00:24would never, and we will never, ever let it fall into the wrong hands.
00:32But it's falling into the wrong hands.
00:34It was not given for the benefit of others by a token of cooperation, but it was given
00:43to Panama and to the people of Panama.
00:45But it has provisions.
00:46You've got to treat us fairly, and they haven't treated us fairly.
00:51If the principles, both moral and legal, of this magnanimous gesture of giving are
00:57not followed, then we will demand that the Panama Canal be returned to the United States
01:02of America in full, quickly, and without question.
01:08I'm not going to stand for it.
01:11So to the officials of Panama, please be guided accordingly.