{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Figlobenews-pods.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F137-XEayiqzI","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Episode 137: Panama Canal Politics in the Trump Administration","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/3b5fa1c7-2d36-491a-946f-7c143d7e46b0/bad4f2b7-c80b-4a98-969b-9631f397c988/panama_titel.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/b0913095-ef95-46db-a44a-785cc7ce4d3e\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Episode 137: Panama Canal Politics in the Trump Administration\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"2025 marks the 200th anniversary of the completion of the Erie Canal in New York state, the first navigable waterway connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. Dubbed “The Nation’s first superhighway” it revolutionized American trade and expansion. In a series of Christmas Day 2024 social media posts on his Truth Social Platform, President-elect Donald Trump suggested the United States take control of the Panama Canal. What can the history of the Erie Canal tell us about Trump’s vision for the Panama Canal?"}