All posts tagged "Panama Canal"

The president of Panama has formally complained to the United Nations about President Donald Trump's "threats" to acquire the Panama Canal.

The New York Times reviewed the letter sent by José Raúl Mulino to U.N. Secretary General António Guterres and the U.N. Security Council on Monday. In it, Mulino wrote that on behalf of his country and people, “I must reject in its entirety the words expressed by President Donald Trump regarding Panama and its Canal in his inaugural address.”

Mulino continued, “The canal is and will continue to be Panama’s.”...

CNN's Jim Acosta wondered aloud whether Donald Trump's threats to take the Panama Canal, by force if necessary, sent a dangerous message to U.S. adversaries like China.

China has long threatened to invade the disputed territory of Taiwan, just as Russia did with Crimea and is trying to do with Ukraine.

During his inaugural speech Monday, Trump claimed, "We have been treated very badly from this foolish gift that should have never been made, and Panama’s promise to us has been broken. The purpose of our deal and the spirit of our treaty has been totally violated. American ships are being severely overcharged and not treated fairly in any way, shape, or form. And that includes the United States Navy. And above all, China is operating the Panama Canal. And we didn’t give it to China. We gave it to Panama, and we’re taking it back."...

CNN's Brianna Keilar wouldn't let up when freshman Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) touted Donald Trump's new age of "Manifest Destiny" but failed to directly answer questions about how it would help the U.S. economy.

Gill was mid-sentence explaining why acquiring Greenland and the Panama Canal was vital to American interests when Keilar interrupted.

"But, can you answer my question? Can you answer my question? I'm asking you a question about the economy because that really, if he does have a mandate, that's so much what it's about," Keilar said. ...

Conservative commentator Tomi Lahren gushed over President-elect Donald Trump's Palm Beach press conference Tuesday that many on X considered to have gone off the rails.

Trump kicked-started the presser by announcing a "$20 billion investment in the U.S. from DAMAC Properties, a Middle East-based company."

The President-elect, who takes office in less than two weeks, then made eyebrow-raising pronouncements, from declaring that the Gulf of Mexico should be renamed the "Gulf of America", to claiming that the U.S. would take over Greenland and the Panama Canal. Trump even questioned the results of the election he won, incorrectly claiming, "they're still counting" the votes "in some areas. Can you believe this? What a place. What a horrible place," he said about the country he'll be leading once again. ...

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Manuel Noriega, Panama's ruthless drug-running military dictator of the 1980s, is to be returned home on Sunday, headed for a jungle prison to serve a 20-year term for the murders of opponents during his rule.