Trump demands Panama lower transit fees or return canal to US

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : "It was not given for the benefit of others, but merely as a token of cooperation with us and Panama," Trump said.
38% : WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that the Panama Canal is charging "exorbitant prices and rates of passage" on U.S. naval and merchant ships, and he demanded that fees be lowered or else Panama should return the canal to the U.S."The fees being charged by Panama are ridiculous, especially knowing the extraordinary generosity that has been bestowed to Panama by the US," Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform.
33% : The U.S. completed the 51-mile (82-kilometer) canal through the Central American isthmus in 1914, but ceded it back to Panama in 1999 under a treaty signed by former President Jimmy Carter in 1977 - a move that Trump called foolish.
19% : Trump suggested that the canal was in danger of falling into the wrong hands, saying the canal isn't China's to manage.

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