The politics of Trump’s Panama Canal gambit

Panama’s president met Trump’s threats with defiance, declaring 'we will all unite under our Panamanian flag.' That’s the way of politics: nationalism on one side triggers nationalism on the other.
Donald Trump
One of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's defining characters is that he's totally unpredictable, writes Gerry Nicholls.

OAKVILLE, ONT.–Whenever I think of Donald Trump, the first words that usually spring to mind are “agent of chaos.” 

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