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Trump reignites Panama Canal row during inauguration: ‘We’re taking it back’
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January 20, 2025
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1:12Now PlayingPresident Trump on Monday doubled down on his commitment to expand US territory, promising to take back the Panama Canal.
Trump, re-upping a post-election promise, decried the US’s decision to give the Canal Zone back to the Republic of Panama, accusing the linchpin country between Central and South America of treating America unfairly since then.
“President McKinley made our country very rich through tariffs … and gave Teddy Roosevelt the money for many of the great things he did, including the Panama Canal, which has foolishly been given to the country of Panama,” Trump, 78, lamented during his inagural speech in the Capitol Rotunda in DC.
Trump recalled how the US pumped money into the construction of the canal, which former President Jimmy Carter handed back to Panama in 1977, and contended, “We have been treated very badly from this foolish gift that should have never been made.
“Panama’s promise to us has been broken,” Trump said.
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