President-elect Donald Trump threatened to reassert U.S. control over the Panama Canal, accusing Panama of charging excessive rates to use the Central American passage, which allows ships to cross ...

One of the subjects President-elect Donald Trump chose to elevate via social media posts on Christmas morning was the Panama Canal — a choice at once amazing and apt. Amazing, first, because the ...

Donald Trump claim: Panama Canal construction left 38,000 Americans dead “The United States, I mean think of this, spent more money than ever spent on a project before and lost 38,000 lives in ...

Newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing to "take back" the Panama Canal, the world's second busiest interoceanic waterway, spurring concerns that the United States could invade ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON − Why is President-elect Donald Trump so committed to acquiring Greenland and the Panama Canal that he’d be willing to use military coercion to get them?. The short answer is that ...

President Donald Trump reiterated his vow to “take back” the Panama Canal on Sunday, warning of “powerful” US action in an escalating diplomatic dispute with the Central American country ...

Panama’s president, José Raúl Mulino, was not amused by President Trump’s talk of taking back the Canal Zone. AFP via Getty Images. Trump did not elaborate on how he intends to take back the ...

Donald Trump's Panama Canal Demand Gets Boost From New House Bill. Published Jan 08, 2025 at 4:44 PM EST Updated Jan 08, 2025 at 7:41 PM EST. By . Monica is a Newsweek reporter based in Boston.

Control of the canal was transferred from the U.S. to Panama in 1999 as a result of a 1979 treaty under President Jimmy Carter, which Trump said was "foolish." Donald Trump speaking in Phoenix ...

The Panama Canal has become a major – and unexpected – focal point of President Donald Trump’s second administration. He has repeatedly stated his intention to reclaim control over the ...

President-elect Donald J. Trump on Tuesday refused to rule out using military force to retake the Panama Canal, which was returned by the U.S. to that country’s control decades ago.. Last month ...