Trump’s Panama Canal threat would breach UN Charter: Analysis

Trump’s Panama Canal threat would breach UN Charter: Analysis

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Al Jazeera's diplomatic editor James Bays says:
Trump is the president of the United States and he says he is going to take the Panama Canal back. Now, if he did that, that would be a breach of the UN Charter, that’s the governing document that has framed international relations since World War II. Not just a matter of history though, this sets a precedent.