Trump may want to turn back the clock on half a century of incompetent negotiation and poor deal-making, but legally, he has ...

Trump complained about the deal signed by Carter, saying he “foolishly gave ... Hill regarding the legal basis for return of the canal. Panama pushed back on Trump’s claims with a lengthy ...

Trump also directed ire at former President Jimmy Carter, whose 1979 treaty initiated ... The president-elect concluded by emphasizing that the Panama Canal "was not given for the benefit of ...

If U.S. military ships are allowed free passage through the Panama Canal, as President Donald ... a treaty signed by President Jimmy Carter in 1977. Trump has said the U.S. should take it back ...

President-elect Donald Trump has said he will take back control of the Panama Canal from the nation’s government if U.S. interests are not protected, in line with the Carter–Torrijos Treaty of ...

On the latest episode of The President’s Inbox, Jim sat down with Will Freeman, fellow for Latin America studies at the Council, to discuss President Donald Trump’s effort to reassert U.S. influence ...

Washington turned control over to Panama on Dec. 31, 1999, under a treaty signed in 1977 by President Jimmy Carter. Trump has claimed that Carter “foolishly” gave the canal away. After Trump's threats ...

In January 2025, during his second presidential inauguration, Trump vowed to "take back ... of Panamanian sovereignty over ...

There is an adage“nothing happens in a vacuum” and that is particularly true of strategic waterways like the Panama Canal.

During a bizarre interview on Fox News, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said that he could "feel" the communism on his ...