Trump: Carter was a 'very fine' person but Panama Canal moves were 'a big mistake'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : When reporters pressed Trump on criticizing Carter on the day of his Washington wake, the president-elect said he was a "very fine person" but that his politics left something to be desired.
52% : CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPIn a letter to then-President Ford, Thurmond warned the Panamanians were cozying up to the Communist Cuban government, and that "any action on the part of the United States that indicates the slightest position of weakness or a willingness to accommodate anti-American sentiment in Panama, would result in many other Latin American countries moving in the same leftward direction.
50% : Trump has also sparred verbally with Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino about his plans for the canal.
30% : "Trump is right about the Panama Canal.
20% : "I thought [giving the canal back] was a terrible thing to do," Trump said.
13% : Speaking in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump lamented the fact Carter purportedly "gave" the canal lands back to the Panamanians "for $1."
11% : Meghan McCain, daughter of the late Sen. John McCain - with whom Trump often sparred - backed the man she otherwise tends to critique.
6% : "It's a bad part of the Carter legacy," Trump said.
2% : Trump said at a press conference that he believes the canal, which he would like the the U.S. to reclaim, is why Carter lost the 1980 presidential election to Ronald Reagan, who also opposed the treaty Carter negotiated to hand over the canal.

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