Reagan's Canal Campaign Influence

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There’s More to Trump’s Bluster Over the Panama Canal Than You Think

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Ruben Navarrette : In 1976 to 1978 , the future of the Panama Canal proved an unusually potent campaign issue.

He says the issue was a fringe issue that came to animate Reagan 's conservative base and reignited his flailing campaign.

He asks: As was the case then, most Americans today really don’t care about who owns the waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific .

Ruben Navarrette : The Panama Canal issue resonated with voters in the 1980s and 1980s .

He says it represented a particularly difficult time for the U.S. after Nixon and Ford administrations pursued a treaty to return control of the canal to Panama .

He asks: Does Trump really intend to violate the sovereignty of Panama and seize the canal?.

Trump supporters seem genuinely to agree that the U.S. has become a “ third -world hellhole” Many voters crave displays of strength, even if those displays ultimately prove hollow.

Reagan didn't need to reclaim the Panama Canal to make it a useful political symbol.

In other words, when we talk about Panama Canal , we're really talking about something else.

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