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The event – AmericaFest 2024 – comes a day after Trump threatened to retake the Panama Canal in a lengthy post on Truth Social on Saturday night.
Trump has accused Panama of charging US vessels “overlooked prices” to use the vital waterway that serves as a shortcut connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
“The fees charged by Panama are ridiculous, especially given the extraordinary generosity the US has given Panama,” Trump said.
“If the principles, both moral and legal, of this magnificent gesture of giving are not respected, then we will demand that the Panama Canal be returned to us in its entirety and without question,” he added sharply, referring to the 1977 agreement.
Earlier, his daughter-in-law Lara Trump announced that she is no longer running for the Senate. “After an incredible amount of thought, consideration and encouragement from many, I have decided to remove my name from consideration in the United States Senate,” she said.