Panama has issued a letter to the U.N. Security Council expressing alarm over Trump’s threats to invade and retake the Panama Canal. This is Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino.

President José Raúl Mulino: “The day I traveled here, I stated my government’s position in a statement, rejecting in its entirety everything Mr. Trump said, firstly, because it was false, and, secondly, because the Panama Canal belongs to Panama and will continue to belong to Panama. The Panama Canal was not a concession or a gift from the United States. The Panama Canal came into being in 1914 following a bilateral treaty in 1903 at the dawn of our independence with Colombia.”