Panama has reportedly submitted a formal letter to the U.N. rejecting Trump's statement about reclaiming the canal. The country's President José Raúl Mulino said in the letter, dated January 20, that the canal "is and will continue to be Panama's," the New York Times reported.

President Donald Trump used his second inaugural address to repeat criticisms of Panama and its operation of the Panama Canal and to threaten to take back control of the waterway through which much U.

In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump reiterated threats he has made about the Panama Canal, claiming, "we're taking it back." He'd previously declared that the rates Panama charges for access to the Panama Canal violated the “magnanimous gesture” the U.

Trump responds to Bishop Mariann Budd sermon, after she asked him to 'have mercy' on immigrants and gay children during inaugural prayer service.

Episcopal bishop Right Rev. Mariann Budde preached a message of unity and urged President Donald Trump to show “mercy” during a Jan. 21, interfaith prayer service.

At the inaugural prayer service, the Right Rev. Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, asked President Donald Trump to have mercy on the LGBTQ+ community and undocumented migrant workers