Letter writers discuss Donald Trump’s promise to control the Panama Canal, DEI leveling the playing field and Trump’s response to the D.C. plane crash.

Donald Trump has begun his second term as president by ramping up pressure on Panama – threatening to “take back” the Panama Canal and accusing the country of ceding control of the strategically critical waterway to a US rival: China.

The Trump administration is taking proactive measures to regain control over the Panama Canal and reduce Chinese influence at its ports.

President Trump is wrong when he says China controls the Panama Canal. But the U.S. rival does have influence there, and the administration is moving to counter it.

President José Mulino said Panama's sovereignty over the world's second busiest waterway is not up for discussion.

Some U.S. lawmakers and officials are touting a nearly half-century-old treaty between the United States and Panama to justify

President Trump has thrown down the gauntlet to the Panamanian government-threatening to retake the canal, by force if necessary. The question is: What triggered Donald Trump's attack? In the likeliest scenario,