Trump, Panama Canal

Can the US take back the Panama Canal? Why does Trump want it?
In his inaugural speech, President Donald Trump repeated his plan to regain control of the Panama Canal. Can he?
Can Trump really take over the Panama Canal, rename the Gulf of Mexico?
As United States President Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term on Monday, he repeated his wishes to acquire the Panama Canal and rename the Gulf of Mexico in his inaugural speech. Trump has spoken about the canal and the Gulf of Mexico previously. On Monday, he signalled he was serious about moving ahead with both those ideas – and soon.
Trump reignites Panama Canal row during inauguration: ‘We’re taking it back’
President McKinley … gave Teddy Roosevelt the money for many of the great things he did, including the Panama Canal, which has foolishly been given to the country of Panama,”
‘We’re taking it back.’ Trump’s comments on the Panama Canal spur pushback from Panama
We're taking it back.' Trump inauguration speech claim that the U.S. will regain control of the Panama Canal spurs immediate reaction in Panama.
What Panamanians have to say about Trump's threats to retake the canal
They say they fought too hard to wrest it from the U.S. to now hand back the waterway, which is part of the nation’s identity.
Trump’s Panama Canal ambitions gain traction in GOP-led Senate
The Senate resolution echoes Trump’s references to the money the United States spent to build the canal at the beginning of the 20th century.
Marco Rubio to visit Panama amid Trump's threats to seize canal
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will pay his first trip to Central American nations, including Panama, where Trump has threatened to seize the Panama Canal.
Trump’s Panama, Greenland gambits: A bold idea few are really asking for
The rest instead called it “not realistic.” A majority said it was a “bad idea.” That’s a far cry from Trump’s posture; he ...
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From Greenland to Panama and Mexico, leaders are in shock
He views Mexico as a source of unwanted migration, drugs and Chinese goods, Canada as a liberal dystopia and Greenland as a ...
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Mexico’s initial talks with US government ‘cordial,’ says Sheinbaum: Wednesday’s mañanera recapped
President Sheinbaum said that a call Tuesday between her foreign minister and the U.S. Secretary of State began a new ...
Gulf of Mexico to be renamed under Trump. What that means and what it will be called
President Donald Trump has been promising a flurry of executive action on Day 1, and even as he was being sworn in, there ...
Donald Trump says Gulf of Mexico will be renamed, announces plans to ‘take back’ Panama Canal
US President Donald Trump announced plans to rename the Gulf of Mexico and claimed America would reclaim the Panama Canal.
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Panama Canal, Paris Agreement and Gulf of Mexico: the three shipping takeaways from Trump’s first hours back
Wresting back control of the Panama Canal, renaming the Gulf of Mexico and exiting from the Paris Agreement were three of the ...
Who operates the Panama Canal and who sold it? The waterway's history, explained
President Donald Trump announced a series of sweeping changes after being sworn in as the 47th U.S. President on Monday, including plans to "take back" the Panama Canal.
Asylum-seekers pushed to new extremes in Mexico after Trump's border crackdown begins
When Dayana Castro heard that the U.S. asylum appointment she waited over a year for was canceled in an instant, she had no ...