Panama's Leader Takes Up Feud With Trump Over Control of Canal

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : "The 51-mile (82-kilometer) canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans is a major strategic asset -- and has been a choke point for global trade as Panama has suffered a prolonged drought that has impeded crossings.
33% : Mulino's defense of Panamanian control over the key commercial waterway shows how Trump is already exerting global influence after he suddenly brought control over the canal into play over the weekend, decrying "ridiculous" transit fees for US vessels and alleged Chinese encroachment on the route.
19% : Trump repeated his complaints in a speech in Phoenix on Sunday before Mulino's response, saying the canal -- built by the US at the beginning of the last century and returned to Panamanian control in 1999 -- was "falling into the wrong hands."

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