What the President’s confrontations with Panama, Greenland, Canada, and Colombia suggest about his expansionist vision.
Nancy Soderberg, a former United Nations ambassador and the director of the Public Service Leadership Program at UNF, joins Bruce Hamilton on Politics & Power this week to see if President Donald Trump is trying to gain the upper hand with China or even truly has an expansionist agenda.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s insistence that he wants to have the Panama Canal back under U.S. control is feeding nationalist sentiment and worry in Panama, home to the critical trade route and a country familiar with U.
The answer is simple: there is no greater or more idealistic symbol of U.S. power in the world than the Panama Canal. As Trump seeks a way to enhance the country's power in the world, leaning on imagery regarding the Panama Canal provides just the right message.
Panama President José Raúl Mulino has directly addressed President Donald Trump 's controversial comments regarding the Panama Canal, reaffirming that the waterway unequivocally belongs to Panama.
In recent weeks, when he was President-elect Donald Trump publicly said that Panama should return the Panama Canal to the United States, and he would not rule out using military force to reclaim it. At his presidential Inauguration on Monday Trump doubled down on saying that his new administration was going to take back the canal.
Senate examines Panama Canal’s impact on national security
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Sen. Cruz says growing Chinese influence over Panama Canal a 'national security threat'
Senators Raise Concern About Chinese Influence on Panama Canal Operations
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Tuesday expressed alarm at China's influence on the Panama Canal, which President Donald Trump has vowed the United States would take back. "Chinese companies are building a bridge across the canal – at a slow pace so as to take nearly a decade – and control container ports at either end,
Following a busy first week of his second term, President Donald Trump has a number of key policies to advance as week two begins.
A White House directive to pause federal grants and loans has raised uncertainty for many universities, states and nonprofit organizations.
The Trump administration is offering eight-month buyouts to any of the 2.3 million federal workers who do not wish to return to the office, provided they resign within the next week, according to a White House memo.
Panama is inching closer to China, Trump's new Federal Maritime Commission head Louis Sola tells CNBC, and 'all options on the table' to defend U.S. business.
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