Matthews on Trump’s Plan to End Jimmy Carter’s Panama Canal Treaty: ‘That’s a Huge Mistake’

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MATTHEWS: "A lot of what carter did, I am not defending everything, but a lot of the things he did were to prevent problems down the road. When he became president, the first thing he did after walking down Pennsylvania Avenue, he sat in the White House and gave a pardon to all the vietnam era resistance , all the people that fled to Canada, that is over, we will stop kicking the can down the road. No more argument about vietnam. He wanted it over with. The same with the Panama canal. He saw the rage of the people down there, the naturalistic people from Panama and other countries who wanted to see that country, the Panama canal restored to the country it was in. Look, I have been down there. It is a remarkable American achievement. It is an American achievement. We built it. It is extraordinary. It is all about gravity. It is all about natural sources. We deserve all the credit for it and we paid a good price for it. He is getting the price down for American shipping companies, I am all for that, let’s get the better deal for the United States. If he tries to take the canal back, that is a huge mistake. That will cause problems. Jimmy Carter, the same reason he brought peace between Egypt and Israel. At the time, Israel faced one enemy, the Arab enemy, the chief enemy against Israel was iger. Egypt had waged four wars against Israel, 1948, 1956, 1957, of course, and in 1973, the young cup or war. All those wars are going — on now. All the horror they are facing there on both sides, no fighting with iger. I think it is really important because it will foreclose a war with iger. Egypt has held that treaty. It is a real treaty and I think carter deserves real credit for that. I think, if Trump is pressuring, like he is talking about tariffs with Canada, is he is just trying to pressure institutions, like the panamanian government, fine. If he is talking about really trying to grab it back, that is a disaster."