On Dec. 21, 2024, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump called for the return of the PanamaCanal to the United States on Truth Social ... Declares Independence from Colombia | November 3, 1903.
President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly suggested the United States ... the canal in the early 20th century, but at the time, Panama was in the process of seceding from Colombia, whose ...
the US made overtures to construct the canal in Panama — part of Colombia at the time — but the South American country refused the deal. When Panama later declared independence, the US ...