President Donald Trump has said repeatedly he wants to "take back" the Panama Canal, which is located at the narrowest part of the isthmus between North and South America and is considered one of the world's most strategically important waterways,

The Trump administration in a memo to the Pentagon requested "military options" to ensure continued and absolute access to the Panama Canal, according to reports. Newsweek reached out to the Pentagon and the Embassy of Panama in Washington,

More than half of Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump's handling of the war in Ukraine, according to multiple polls. Trump has turned American foreign policy on its head since the start of his second presidential term in January.