“Considered one of the Wonders of the Modern World, the Panama Canal opened for business 110 years ago, and was built at HUGE cost to the United States in lives and treasure – 38,000 American men died from infected mosquitos in the jungles during construction.” Trump highlighted how former President Theodore Roosevelt — who was the “President of the United States at the time” the Panama Canal was being built — had “understood the strength of Naval Power and Trade.”

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