Trump Demands Panama Lower Transit Fees or Return Canal
- President-elect called fees a ‘rip-off’ in Truth Social post
- Drought hampered canal’s ability to move ships between oceans
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President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that the Panama Canal is charging “exorbitant prices and rates of passage” on US naval and merchant ships, and he demanded that fees be lowered or else Panama should return the canal to the US.