Donald Trump has said that the U.S. could demand the return of the Panama Canal if the country fails to reduce the fees it charges American ships.

US President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to retake control of the Panama Canal, a key shipping passageway, prompting a sharp rebuttal from Panama's president. Trump, in a post on his Truth Social network,

PHOENIX (AP) — Donald Trump suggested Sunday that his new administration could try to regain control of the Panama Canal that the United States “foolishly” ceded to its Central American ally, contending that shippers are charged “ridiculous” fees to pass through the vital transportation channel linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.