Trump Organization accused of tax evasion in Panama: What we know

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : "Trump will be inaugurated on January 20 and he will then be commander in chief of the U.S. military.
53% : Trump said on Sunday that the U.S. could demand the return of the Panama Canal if Panama doesn't reduce fees on U.S. goods passing through the canal.
51% : "Trump replied on Truth Social: "We'll see about that.
42% : They also alleged that the Trump units failed to correctly report the number of people the hotel employed so that he could avoid Panamanian social security payments.
29% : This complete 'rip-off' of our Country will immediately stop," Trump wrote on his social media site, Truth Social, on Sunday.
22% : Trump is unlikely to win a dispute over the canal by invoking international law.
21% : Fintiklis and his company were forced to pay the money Trump owed, the court filing alleged.
20% : In an updated complaint filed in the same court on March 30, 2020, Fintiklis' attorneys complained that "had Trump been honest with Ithaca about its failure to pay taxes on the management fees it earned and its failure to properly report employee salaries to Panama's social security agency, Ithaca would have never entered into the [licensing deal] because, among other things, (i) Ithaca would have recognized the significant, multi-million dollar tax penalty that could be imposed by the Panamanian government once it started auditing the Hotel; and (ii) Ithaca would have known that the representations made by Trump described above were false in that the Hotel was suffering from significant financial irregularities.
20% : "Ana Navarro Flores, a prominent Nicaraguan-American political strategist and commentator, suggested on X on Sunday that Trump is threatening to invade Panama because he still owes millions of dollars of taxes in the country.
20% : The U.S. transferred control of the canal to Panama in 1999 as a result of a 1979 treaty under President Jimmy Carter, which Trump has denounced as "foolish.
17% : The issue is important because Trump is potentially pushing the U.S towards conflict with Panama after accusing the country of financial wrongdoing.
13% : There is currently no evidence that Trump's threats are in any way linked to the hotel court case and Trump and his representatives have not made any public statements linking the two issues.

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