Panama commemorates canal handover despite Trump's call for US control - RocketNews

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : President Jose Raul Mulino attends a ceremony to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the US ceding control of the Panama Canal in 1999 [Aris Martinez/Reuters]Earlier this month, Trump teased that Canada should become the 51st US state, and he repeated his desire to buy Greenland, an idea he floated during his first term in office.
59% : Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino, a right-leaning leader like Trump, was among the speakers at Tuesday's main ceremony in the capital Panama City.
42% : "But Trump has increasingly pushed for US governance over the canal as part of his broader expansionist rhetoric.
21% : But as Trump prepares for a second term on January 20, he has alarmed some observers with threats to potentially wrest the Panama Canal back from Panama's control.
17% : On December 21, in a post on his online platform Truth Social, Trump accused Panamanian officials of exacting "exorbitant prices" for passage in the canal.

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