Trump Threatens to Force Panama Canal to Be 'Returned' to US Over Fees: The 'Rip Off' Will 'Immediately Stop'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

72% : Trump wrote:The United States has a vested interest in the secure, efficient, and reliable operation of the Panama Canal, and that was always understood.
67% : "The Panama Canal is considered a VITAL National Asset for the United States, due to its critical role to America's Economy and National Security," Trump wrote.
47% : "It was likewise not given for Panama to charge the United States, its Navy, and corporations, doing business within our Country, exorbitant prices and rates of passage," Trump concluded.
8% : In a pair of lengthy statements on Truth Social, Trump implied the vital waterway risked falling into "the wrong hands" and also blasted former President Jimmy Carter for agreeing to cede the canal in a 1978 treaty the US honored more than two decades ago.
8% : Trump said Carter behaved "foolishly" in signing treaties to give the canal to Panama and that it risked falling to China or another US geopolitical foe.

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