{UAH} When Donald Trump lost control of his luxury Panama hotel in 2018

When Donald Trump lost control of his luxury Panama hotel in 2018, he didn't go quietly. His security team barricaded themselves inside, refusing to surrender the property. A legal battle raged for months, but in the end, he was forced to watch as his name was pried off the building letter by letter. The man who never admits defeat had lost again. This wasn't about a political agenda—it was about business. And when you follow the money, you start to understand his obsessions, grudges, and alliances.


When he rages about Panama, don't be fooled into thinking it's about the canal. The real issue is Trump Ocean Club International Hotel and Tower, a luxury development that became a financial and legal disaster. His company was forced out of management in 2018 after a bitter fight with property owners who wanted him gone. The failure of that deal left a deep mark—one that still lingers.

Trump has never been driven by ideology. He is not a man of principles, but of deals. The shifting tides of his rhetoric almost always align with one thing—his business interests, his personal grievances, and the tangled web of financial dealings that stretch across the world. If you want to understand his positions, look at the real estate. If you want to understand his sudden obsessions, look at the investments. If you want to understand his grudges, follow the money.