Former National Security Adviser John Bolton claimed Friday on CNN’s “Newsroom” that President Donald Trump talking about taking back the Panama Canal and not ruling out using military force “makes us look ridiculous.”
Host Jim Acosta said, “I just wanted to get your take on what Trump said during his inaugural speech earlier this week that the U.S. should take back the Panama Canal. Do you take that seriously? And what does that mean, take back the panama canal? Does he mean some sort of military operation or pressuring the Panamanians to hand it back over to the U.S.?”
Bolton said, “Well, he was asked specifically, you know, he wouldn’t rule out military force. I mean, I think it’s ridiculous. I think it makes us look ridiculous. He said in the inaugural that the Chinese are running the Panama canal. They absolutely are not. He had said earlier Chinese…
