Panama Canal is not for sale, Panama's president says. What to know about the canal's history and status

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : " Trump continued to post online about the U.S. regaining ownership of the canal, and referenced the canal in a Christmas Day message shared on TruthSocial.
48% : On Wednesday, Trump said he would nominate Miami-Dade International Trade Consortium member Kevin Marino Cabrera to be the U.S. ambassador to Panama.
47% : It's the latest in a series of similar statements from Trump, who recently suggested the United States take over Greenland, an idea he also floated during his first presidency.
45% : Trump first seemed to suggest the United States should take over the Panama Canal in a TruthSocial post on December 21.
43% : Since then, Trump has posted repeatedly about the canal.
41% : He also raised the issue to a crowd of supporters at Turning Point's AmericaFest on Sunday, where he said Panama is charging "exorbitant prices" and said the "complete ripoff of our country will immediately stop." "If the principles, both moral and legal, of this magnanimous gesture of giving, are not followed, then we will demand that the Panama Canal be returned to the United States of America, in full, quickly and without question," Trump said.

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