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Trump claims to be ‘peacemaker’ as he vows to ‘take back’ Panama canal

Trump claims to be ‘peacemaker’ as he vows to ‘take back’ Panama canal

Desire to be ‘unifier’ rubs up against 47th US president’s ambitions for territorial expansion

Donald Trump offered a bombastic and contradictory vision for US foreign policy at his inauguration on Monday, declaring that he would be a “peacemaker and unifier” even as he repeated his vow to “take back” the Panama canal.

In his speech, Trump said that the Panama canal, which was built by the US in the early 1900s but ultimately given to Panama in 1977 under a treaty that guaranteed its neutrality, was a “foolish gift that should never have been made”.

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