Trump Wants US Ships to Travel Through Panama, Suez Canals for Free

‘Those Canals would not exist without the United States of America,’ the president said.

A ship is guided through the locks in the Panama Canal, on Feb. 21, 2024. Bobby Sanchez /The Epoch Times

President Donald Trump said on April 26 that U.S. military and commercial ships should be allowed to pass through the Panama and Suez canals “free of charge.”

“Those Canals would not exist without the United States of America,” Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social. “I’ve asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio to immediately take care of, and memorialize, this situation!”