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The municipal council of Panama City has unanimously declared the famous US real estate mogul Donald Trump as ‘persona non grata,’ which means an unwelcomed person. This step was taken due his remarks which he supposedly passed regarding the Panama Canal. The announcement was made by a member of council, Javier Ortega on Friday: "We unanimously approved a resolution that declared Donald Trump persona non grata.”
The Panamanian official’s state that Trump had once said live on the international news channel, CNN that the US had actually given custody of Panama Canal "stupidly" to Panama City "in exchange for nothing." In reply to this statement, the Panamanian Commerce and Industry Minister Roberto Henriquez passed another statement saying: "I think it was a political stupidity on the part of Donald Trump." He also added that "Somebody who has 400 million dollars invested in Panama should not speak this way."
This canal which links the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans was handed over to Panama back in 1999 according to a previously signed treaty of 1977 by former US president Jimmy Carter.
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