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After President Trump posted on Truth Social about the U.S. "reclaiming" the Panama Canal there have been a LOT of "arm chair" pundits on multiple social media platforms discussing it and showing just how little they know of the Torrijos-Carter Treaties signed in 1977. Here is a basic overview of those treaties as well as "what" would trigger the "reclamation" clauses and a few of the options the U.S. has for executing a formal "reclaiming" of the Canal - https://x.com/i/grok/share/UbpS0KYOUHru1jNRoitVNtS05