Panama is violating its Canal Treaty by cozying up to China -- ...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

28% : Trump should quickly and decisively restore US control of the canal and, if necessary, its possession -- citing both national-security concerns and Panama's apparent violation of its treaty obligations.
21% : "Trump made an economic argument along with his geopolitical one: "We're being ripped off at the Panama Canal like we're being ripped off everywhere else," he told the audience as he denounced the increased fees billed to American shippers by the canal's operators.
20% : Earlier in the day, Trump had told a crowd at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest rally that he would never allow the Panama Canal, a strategic waterway built by the United States over a century ago to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, to fall into the "wrong hands.

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