Donald Trump’s threat to take back the Panama Canal typifies the arrogance that has characterized US dealings with Panama since the 1850s. But, as I write in @nytimes.com Trump misses the real problem: climate change makes the Canal’s long term future uncertain. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/opinion/panama-canal-trump-china-drought.html?unlocked_article_code=1.l04.AEbe.e0X1h7gOXb4d&smid=url-share