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China has no involvement whatsoever in our operations,
he told the Wall Street Journal
We cannot discriminate for the Chinese, or the Americans, or anyone else,
he said in an interview with the US financial dailyLook, the Panama Canal is vital to our country. It's being operated by China, China. And we gave the Panama Canal to Panama, we didn't give it to China."
President-elect Donald Trump in a press conference Tuesday
The President, acting in co-ordination with the Secretary of State, is authorized to initiate and conduct negotiations with appropriate counterparts of the Government of the Republic of Panama to reacquire the Panama Canal,
the bill readsThere are no Chinese soldiers in the canal, for the love of God,
Mulino said in early January
The accusations that China is running the Canal are unfounded,
Ricaurte Vásquez Morales, CEO of the Panama Canal Authority said in a Wednesday interview
The tolls apply to all ships from around the world, and there are no exceptions,
Vásquez Morales said
President [-elect Donald] Trump is right to consider repurchasing the Panama Canal. China's interest in and presence around the canal is a cause for concern,
Johnson said in a statementThe sovereignty of our canal is nonnegotiable and is part of our history of struggle and an irreversible conquest. Let it be clear: The canal belongs to the Panamanians, and it will continue to be that way."
Panamanian Foreign Minister Javier Martínez-Acha Vásquez said during a news conferenceThe sovereignty of our canal is not negotiable,
said Javier Martinez-Acha, Panama's foreign ministerThe Greenlandic people’s opportunity for independence has been adopted through the provisions of the Self-Government Act, thereby creating a legal basis for how independence can be achieved,
Egede said on the eve of the new year celebrations
I’m not going to commit to that. Now it might be that you’ll have to do something,
Trump told reporters at Mar-a-Lago in Florida
I’ve been told that for a long time, long before I even ran. I mean people have been talking about it for a long time. You have approximately 45,000 people there. People really don’t even know if Denmark has any legal right to it, but if they do, they should give it up because we need it for national security,
Trump assertedThe people are going to probably vote for independence or to come into the United States. But if they do that, then I would tariff Denmark at a very high level,
he saidA draft constitution for our country has also been prepared. Work has already begun with regard to creating the framework for Greenland as an independent state within the possibilities and provisions of the Self-Government Act,
he saidThat’s for the free world. I’m talking about protecting the free world. You don’t even need binoculars, you look outside, you have China ships all over the place. You have Russian ships all over the place. We’re not letting that happen. We’re not letting it happen. If Denmark wants to get to a conclusion — but nobody knows if they even have any right title or interest,
he saidI thought [giving the canal back] was a terrible thing to do,
Trump said
It's a bad part of the Carter legacy,
Trump saidGiving the Panama Canal to Panama was a very big mistake. We lost 38,000 people. It cost us the equivalent of a trillion dollars, maybe more... They say it was the most expensive structure… ever built. And giving that away was a horrible thing. And I believe that's why Jimmy Carter lost the election, even more so than the hostages,
he saidFortunately, the crisis came at a period when I could act unhampered [by Congress]. Accordingly, I took the Isthmus, started the canal and then left Congress not to debate the canal, but to debate me,
he said