Donald Trump has suggested he may try to regain control on the Panama Canal after describing the deal to sell the passage to Panama as 'foolish'.
Donald Trump has suggested he may try to regain control on the Panama Canal after describing the deal to sell the passage to Panama as 'foolish'. The Canal was ceded to its Central American ally under Jimmy Carter in the 70s.Trump contends that shippers are charged "ridiculous" fees to pass through the vital transportation channel linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Then he suggested Democrats have "lost their confidence" and are "befuddled" after the election but eventually will "come over to our side because we want to have them".Atop a list of grievances - some old, some new - was the Panama Canal."We're being ripped off at the Panama Canal," he said, bemoaning that his country "foolishly gave it away".
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