ICYMI: President-Elect Trump Threatens to Retake Panama Canal, Igniting Firestorm

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : Built under the leadership of President Theodore Roosevelt, the waterway transformed global trade by linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, albeit at a high cost in human lives and U.S. resources.
44% : President-elect Donald Trump took a direct shot at Panama over the weekend, calling out what he described as "exorbitant" tolls and unfair treatment of U.S. interests at the Panama Canal, a critical artery for global trade.
41% : The Panama Canal facilitates nearly 6% of global maritime trade, with 70% of its traffic either originating or destined for the United States.
28% : Trump declared, suggesting potential policy shifts to counter perceived threats.
28% : Later Sunday, Trump continued to troll Panama, rebuking President Mulino's response with the caption: "We'll see about that!"
26% : This complete 'rip-off' of our Country will immediately stop," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

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