Trump’s comments about the Panama Canal also seem more political to Gray, since they are geared at complaining about China’s growing influence, a key issue to many of Trump’s followers.

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From Alexander the Great and Napoleon Bonaparte to Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Putin, they gaze at a map and want more. Do Trump’s musings about Greenland, Canada and Panama expose him as a leader ...

He began demanding a return of the Panama Canal, which the United States ... Spectacles of domination play an important role in Trump’s political style. “Build the wall” is the classic ...

“I would like to stress that the transaction is purely commercial in nature and wholly unrelated to recent political news reports concerning the Panama Ports,” Sixt said.

Map of Panama showing the areas of the coast at risk of flooding from sea level rise by 2050. This amounts to just over 2 percent of the country's land area. Map of Panama showing the areas of the ...

In President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime, Cannon reports that "Reagan's interest in the Panama Canal declined after the issue had served its political purpose." Cannon has written that Reagan's ...

“I would like to stress that the transaction is purely commercial in nature and wholly unrelated to recent political news reports concerning the Panama Ports,” Sixt said.