Secretary of State Marco Rubio was in Panama on Sunday on his first foreign trip since being sworn in and met with President José Raúl Mulino to discuss the Panama Canal. President Trump had been threatening to "take back" the Panama Canal, but Mulino said after...
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Trump Says He Will Designate Mexican Cartels as ‘Terrorist Organizations,’ Vows To ‘Take Back’ Panama Canal
President Donald Trump signaled in his inauguration speech on Monday that he was preparing for confrontations in the Western Hemisphere by vowing to label Mexican cartels as "foreign terrorist organizations" and "take back" the Panama Canal. Trump said in the speech...
Trump Says He Won’t Rule Out Military Force To Take Panama Canal, Greenland
At a press conference on Tuesday, President-elect Donald Trump repeated his calls for the US to take the Panama Canal and Greenland and said he wouldn't rule out the idea of military force. When asked if he would avoid using economic and military coercion, Trump said,...