(7 Jan 2025)
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Palm Beach, Florida – 7 January 2025
1. Side, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaking at news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President-elect:
"We are being respected again all over the world. The Panama Canal is a disgrace what took place at the Panama Canal. Jimmy Carter gave it to them for $1 and they were supposed to treat us well. I thought it was a terrible thing to do. It was the most expensive structure ever built in the history of our country, relatively. It would be the equivalent of over over a substantially over $1 trillion today. We lost 38,000 people. Think of it, 38,000 people. They died from malaria, mosquitoes. They were unable to stop the mosquitoes. They paid people five times more to take the job. Many of those people died. We gave it away for a dollar. But the deal was that, you know, they have to treat us fairly. They don’t treat us fairly. They charge more for our ships than they charge for ships of other countries. They charge more for our Navy than they charge for navies of other countries. They laugh at us because they think it was stupid, but we’re not stupid anymore."
3. UPSOUND (English) Reporter asking question:
"President Carter is laying in state today in Washington. You had some harsh words for it about the Panama Canal. Is there any disconnect there? Do you feel a little bit bad about doing that?"
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President-elect:
"No, look, I liked him as a man. I disagreed with his policy. So he thought giving away the Panama Canal was a good thing. I think it cost him the election, that and the hostages. I actually think that was a bigger factor because that’s a deal that just should not have been made. But again, this was a question that was asked of me. I didn’t bring it up. I didn’t want to bring up the Panama Canal because of Jimmy Carter’s death. But people don’t bring it up. But, you know, you and other people have asked me about it. No, it’s a deal that I was very strongly against. I was a young guy when this took place. But just why would we spend all of that money, lose 38,000 people to malaria, the mosquito that were dying. It was horrible what was happening. They paid them four times more than they would make in the United States. But they knew they were going to go over there and die, and they died in the jungles of malaria. There was nothing we could do to stop it. 38,000. And then we gave it away for $1."
5. Cutaway reporters
STORYLINE:
Living to 100 let Jimmy Carter fulfill his wish to vote for Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris against Republican Donald Trump in November. His death means flags at the White House will be at half-staff when Trump regains the presidency on Jan. 20.
Starkly different in their political beliefs and personal lives, in their actions as president and after leaving office, Carter and Trump will again be intertwined as the memory and legacy of one linger while the other is inaugurated for a second time.
Trump singled out Carter for intense criticism during the 2024 campaign, repeatedly mocking him to fire up supporters. He called President Joe Biden “the worst” but said he made Carter look “brilliant” by comparison. He even delivered the line on Carter’s 100th birthday in October.
"I didn’t want to bring up the Panama Canal because of Jimmy Carter’s death," he added, even though he had first mentioned it unprompted.
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