President Trump said that we're going to take the canal back or something very powerful is going to happen. What's going to happen? Well, I hope nothing's going to happen, and it shouldn't, because, look, the President's point is We gave the canal in a treaty to Panama. We didn't give it to China. You come back 20 years later and you go to the canal and on the entry points of both sides of the canal is a Chinese linked company. (00:17–00:21)
CLAIM
Asserts that the Panama Canal was given to Panama, not China, under a treaty.
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