Doubling down on his pre-inauguration threat to reimpose U.S. control over the canal, Trump, in his inauguration speech Monday, again accused Panama of breaking the promises it made for the final transfer of the strategic waterway in 1999 and of ceding its operation to China — claims that Panama has vehemently denied.
Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino, right, said Monday that the Panama Canal 'is and will continue to be Panamanian,' in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's comments about taking back the canal. Newly sworn-in U.S. President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that the United States would take back the Panama Canal as he delivered an inauguration speech in which he invoked the 19th century expansionist doctrine of "Manifest Destiny.
Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino on Monday responded on X that his country has administered the canal responsibly for world trade, including for the U.S., and that it "is and will continue to be Panamanian." In the run-up to his inauguration, he had also said he wanted to acquire Greenland, portraying the overseas Danish territory as crucial for U.S. national security interests, and mused about turning Canada into a U.S. state.Critics have accused Trump of language that evokes modern-day imperialism, suggesting such rhetoric could encourage Russia in its invasion of Ukraine and give justification to China if it decides to invade self-ruled Taiwan.
Manifest Destiny, a phrase originally coined in the mid-1800s, was the belief in a God-ordained right of the U.S. to expand its control throughout North America, and was used to justify the seizure of lands from Mexico and from Native Americans. He said U.S. ships are "being severely overcharged and not treated fairly in any way, shape or form."
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