A history of the Panama Canal -- and why Trump can't take it back on his own

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

41% : But experts in both countries are clear: Unless he goes to war with Panama, Trump can't reassert control over a canal the U.S. agreed to cede in the 1970s.
33% : "Why has Trump raised this?
29% : "Trump, meanwhile, hasn't said how he might make good on his threat.
22% : "Donald Trump suggested Sunday that his new administration could try to regain control of the Panama Canal that the United States "foolishly" ceded to its Central American ally, contending that shippers are charged "ridiculous" fees to pass through the vital transportation channel linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
22% : And they haven't treated us fairly," Trump said of the 1977 treaty that he said "foolishly" gave the canal away.
18% : More than a century later, Donald Trump is threatening to take back the waterway for the same republic.
18% : Trump has long threatened allies with punitive action in hopes of winning concessions.

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