Built and once controlled by the U.S., the canal is now owned by Panama, which charges fees for passage. “We’re being ripped off at the Panama Canal like we’re being ripped off everywhere ...

Trump is right to lament the lives lost for the creation of the canal. They were mostly Black Caribbean migrant workers, living and dying under Jim Crow conditions that the U.S. imposed in Panama.

My point was that having built the Panama Canal, the United States had more right to it than the Russians did to the straits between the Black and Mediterranean Seas, ...

History of the Panama Canal . The Panama Canal was built by the United States between 1904 and 1913, and opened in 1917. Building the canal cost about $375 million, ...

The Panama Canal was built for our military. I'm not going to commit to that. It may be that you'll have to do something. The Panama Canal is vital to our country. It's being operated by China.

Depending on the size, weight, and type of vessel, ship owners often pay anywhere between $15,000 and $300,000 in basic fees ...

On Dec. 21, 2024, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump called for the return of the Panama Canal to the United States on Truth Social, the social media platform he owns. In one post, which had ...

President-elect Donald Trump is not letting up on his suggestions that the US should retake the Panama Canal, an idea that has been rejected by the government of Panama, which has controlled the ...

Trump made comments about retaking the Panama Canal during his 2025 inauguration, also claiming the U.S. is being overcharged to use the canal and that China could be exerting control over it.