Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino has hit back after Donald Trump said he would demand that the Panama Canal be “returned” to the US if the vital waterway is not operated to his liking
“I want to express precisely that every square metre of the Panama Canal and its adjacent area belong to PANAMA, and will continue to be,” Mulino said in a statement on Sunday.
Trump on Saturday said that “we will demand that the Panama Canal be returned to us” if the “principles, both moral and legal, of [the US’s] magnanimous gesture of giving are not followed”, adding that control of the canal was “foolishly” ceded to Panama 25 years ago.
“The fees being charged by Panama are ridiculous, highly unfair”, he added.
