Trump posted on social media that the "wonderful soldiers of China" were "lovingly, but illegally, operating the Panama Canal" - a claim which was swiftly denied by officials in PanamaCity ...
The new administration sees Chinese-owned infrastructure as leverage over the waterway. Panama and some former U.S. military officials say concerns are overblown.
And above all, China is operating the Panama Canal,” Trump said Monday. In the capital, some Panamanians saw Trump’s remarks as a way of applying pressure on Panama for something else he wants ...