President Donald Trump made his stance clear on the Panama and Suez canals: We should travel through them for free.

“American ships, both military and commercial, should be allowed to travel, free of charge, through the Panama and Suez Canals!” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Saturday. 

“Those canals would not exist without the United States of America. I’ve asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio to immediately take care of, and memorialize, this situation!”

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