Is the United States going to use military force to take control of the Panama Canal? The question was posed to President-elect Donald Trump. The answer: maybe? But Trump definitely did not rule it out. So, the question many might be asking is, why? When talking about the canal, there are a lot of national security and economic interests for the United States. In fact, that’s why it was built in the first place. In 1898, the USS Oregon was going…

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Outgoing US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday dismissed as bluster President-elect Donald Trump's threats to seize the Panama Canal, instead anticipating a more traditional strategy of diversifying supply chains.

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Blinken Brushes Off Trump Threats On Panama Canal

President-elect Donald Trump’s threats over the Panama Canal may be rooted in his decades-long views of the country, forged by his own attempts to do business there. CNN’s Phil Mattingly reports.

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Trump’s history with Panama may explain his threats about the canal

CNN By Phil Mattingly and Andrew Seger, CNN Panama City, Panama (CNN) — The new Panamanian ambassador was given strict instructions as he prepared to meet then-President Donald Trump one day in 2019: Do not engage him in any substantive discussion of critical issues. This was meant to be a carefully choreographed photo op, nothing

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By Phil Mattingly and Andrew Seger, CNN Panama City, Panama (CNN) — The new Panamanian ambassador was given strict instructions as he prepared to

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WASHINGTON, United States — Outgoing US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday dismissed as bluster President-elect Donald Trump’s threats to seize the Panama Canal, instead anticipating a more traditional strategy of diversifying supply chains. “On the Panama Canal, we have a treaty, we have a settled policy of many years, and that’s not going to change,” Blinken said at a farewell news conference. “I think it doesn’t warrant spending a …

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Blinken brushes off Trump threats on Panama Canal

Panama City, Panama (CNN) — The new Panamanian ambassador was given strict instructions as he prepared to meet then-President Donald Trump one day in 2019: Do not engage him in

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For close to a month, President-elect Donald Trump has warned that the Panamanian government needs to reduce the shipping rates and fees placed on U.S.-based vessels going through the Panama Canal, unless it wants the U.S. to take back the canal. At a gathering for the conservative Turning Point USA organization on Dec. 22, Trump proclaimed, “We’re being ripped off at the Panama Canal like we’re being ripped off everywhere else.” He then insinua…

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By Phil Mattingly and Andrew Seger, CNN Panama City, Panama (CNN) — The new Panamanian ambassador was given strict instructions as he prepared to meet then-President Donald Trump one day in 2019: Do not engage him in any substantive discussion of critical issues. This was meant to be a carefully choreographed photo op, nothing more

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