Panama complains to UN over Trump's canal takeover threat
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Panama, familiar with US intervention, bristles at Trump’s comments on canal
Trump vows to take Panama Canal, urges Putin to make Ukraine deal
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump cast himself both as a peacemaker and fierce defender of US interests in a mercurial return to the White House on Monday, vowing to seize the Panama Canal but also imploring Russia to make a deal on Ukraine.
Trump has suggested using military force to retake the Panama Canal, but such an action would involve complications.
In his first address after being sworn in on Monday, President Donald Trump repeated several false and misleading statements that he made during his campaign.
roughly 4 percent of the world’s maritime trade and more than 40 percent of US container traffic traverse the 51-mile route across the Isthmus of Panama. The canal has defined Quijano’s adult ...
Panama has reportedly submitted a formal letter to the U.N. rejecting Trump's statement about reclaiming the canal. The country's President José Raúl Mulino said in the letter, dated January 20, that the canal "is and will continue to be Panama's," the New York Times reported.
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