Trump praised himself for the Panama Canal and the internet cringed
President Trump loves taking credit for things—even if they happened before he was born.
During an exchange with Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela on Monday afternoon, Trump patted himself on the back for the fabulous job the United States did building the Panama Canal ... in 1914.
"The Panama Canal is doing quite well," Trump said. "I think we did a good job building it."
Fortunately, the absurdity of the moment was not lost on President Varela, who was quick to point out that the canal was built over 100 years ago:
Yikes.
Additionally, the Panama Canal is now entirely controlled by Panama. The United States got permission to build the canal in 1904, and in 1977, former President Jimmy Carter signed the Panama Canal Treaty, which gave control of the canal back to Panama in 2000.
Naturally, Twitter had some thoughts about all of this:
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Look on the bright side--at least Trump has a decent memory of his grade school history class.
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Maggie was a Real Time News Intern in Mashable's Los Angeles office. She is originally from the suburbs of Chicago, and she is currently studying journalism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She previously freelanced for the Chicago Tribune, and enjoys petting dogs and drawing pictures in her spare time.
