The Panama Canal is Doing Quite Well
As a historian, it gives me a jolt of joy when a president has a firm grasp of history. We saw that earlier this week when President Trump met with the president of Panama, Juan Carlos Varela. The American president quipped: "The Panama Canal is doing quite well. I think we did a good job building it, right — a very good job." It was the Panamanian president's response that made me smile: "Yeah, about 100 years ago." It's nice when a president has a firm grasp of history. President Varela of Panama and President Trump. Prensa Latina Some on the Internet are having fun and saying President Trump gaffed by taking credit for building the canal, but they could be making something out of nothing. He never actually stated that he's responsible for it. Regardless, it doesn't hurt to review how the canal came to be . . . yes, about a hundred years ago. The idea for a canal across Panama came long before the United States was involve...