Donald Trump boasts about construction of Panama Canal before being reminded it was built 100 years [View all]
Source: Independent
Donald Trump boasts about construction of Panama Canal before being reminded it was built 100 years ago
Critics ridiculed the President for bragging and deemed it his latest gaffe
Maya Oppenheim @mayaoppenheim 2 hours ago
Donald Trump’s encounters with world leaders have been anything but boring. From his infamous white knuckle handshake with the newly elected French President to reportedly hanging up the phone on the Australian Prime Minister mid-conversation after yelling at him, it would be safe to say he has upended the usual diplomatic order.
In a similar vein, the President has now used a bilateral meeting with Panama's President on Monday to boast about building the Panama Canal. For the record, the 48-mile waterway in the Central American country is a century-old canal he of course did not build.
Sat side by side while cameras flared, the mogul-turned-politico claimed he and Mr Varela had many important issues to discuss, but nevertheless found time to declare: “The Panama Canal is doing quite well. I think we did a good job building it, right - a very good job.”
Turning to Juan Carlos Varela, Mr Trump asked: "Right?"
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