“Welcome to the United States Canal!,” says Trump.
The Wall Street Journal reports Trump Threatens to Take Control of Panama Canal, Staple of Global Economy
“We’re being ripped off at the Panama Canal like we’re being ripped off everywhere else,” Trump said at a conservative conference in Phoenix on Sunday, demanding the return of the state-run canal to the U.S. “We will never, never let it fall into the wrong hands.”
His comments drew an angry rebuke from Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino, who took office in July after campaigning on a platform to curb U.S.-bound migration through the country’s pristine tropical rainforests with support from the U.S. government. He rejected Trump’s threats as an affront to Panama’s sovereignty.
“Every square meter of the Panama Canal and its adjacent area belongs to Panama and will continue to be so,” Mulino responded in a televised address Sunday afternoon. “The sovereignty and independence of our country aren’t negotiable.”
“We’ll see about that!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform later in the day. He added in another social-media post featuring an image of a waterway and an American flag, “Welcome to the United States Canal!”
Short of an invasion, as the U.S. carried out in 1989 to overthrow then-dictator Manuel Noriega, the U.S. government has no ability to restore control of the canal, which the U.S. built more than a century ago.
The U.S. gradually handed back control of the canal—as well as the U.S.-governed Panama Canal Zone, which ran through the middle of the country—as a result of a 1977 treaty signed by President Jimmy Carter. Panama gained full control of the canal in 2000.
“Trump believes the U.S. gave away something for nothing,” said John Feeley, who resigned as U.S. ambassador to Panama during Trump’s first term. “For him, it’s yet another example of a country taking advantage of the U.S.”
Trump said the handover of the canal was solely for Panama to manage, “and not for China or any other country to manage.”
“You see what’s going on there—China,” Trump told supporters on Sunday.
After gaining control of the canal, Panama spent $5 billion in a project to build locks to accommodate larger ships. But the Panama waterway faces more serious long-term challenges that could disrupt global shipping. It had to adapt its operations in recent years, boosting prices, restricting traffic and draft because of diminishing rainwater needed to operate the waterway.
Canal authorities are working on a $2 billion plan to build infrastructure to manage and preserve freshwater reserves—an amount equal to the canal’s annual contributions to Panama’s government coffers.
Since the U.S. handover, there have been no complaints by users, Mulino said. “On the contrary, it has been a source of strong international support and national pride,” Mulino said in his video address. “These treaties also established the permanent neutrality of the canal.”
“We Will See About That”
I agree with Panama “The sovereignty and independence of our country aren’t negotiable.”
I am mostly at a loss of words other than to say that this act of bravado is more than a bit disgusting. Seriously WTF?
I rather doubt any country in the world would side with Trump if he invades Panama.
The NT Post has a much better article than what’s presented here. Funny how Mish doesn’t point out $2.5B in Chinese investment, a Hong Kong-based company running both sides of the canal, & Panama turning its back on Taiwan.
Oh, and Panama abolished its standing army a long time ago, so the US retaking control would be no problem. It would be a good first test for Hegseth’s non-woke military.
Panama is violating its Canal Treaty — and risking US safety
Trump at it again with his BS
Same old same old trump is blow hard moron and a clown a swamp critter, we are going to have to wait and see what president musk has to say. The sh t show will start next month.
yawn… the war’s over now, you can get parts for your head.
“The sovereignty and independence of our country (Panama) aren’t negotiable.”
I also agree; however, it means applying the same approach to Israel and what it has done in the Middle East.
The bigger problem is increasing Chinese influence, which is not mentioned, except quoting Trump. The Panama Canal is a strategic issue, as much as its impact on trade.
Hey, it’s just the recycled open door (border) policies of Teddy and the Rough Riders after the Opium Wars in a no border world of drugs, thugs, and digital fiat currency in an MMT new world of limousine liberals. . . .
looks like trump’s phrase du jour is “we’re being ripped off”
The world gives the US valuable goods and commodities, and the US gives the world wheel borrows full of small pieces of paper. I couldn’t imagine a better deal than that.
Those small pieces of paper are claims on the inflated assets of the US. The world is getting tired of being defrauded
The we’re being ripped off statement is a lie attempt to deceive the American people and Trump knows it. The Republicans and Democrats in Congress are the ones ripping off the citizens they’re supposed to be serving.
Looks like Trump is on an acquisition spree. He is talking about Greenland again. Hail to the Chief!!!
The clown in chief is trying to channel his inner Putin and trying to take things that doesn’t belong to him.
What would we do in his position with hostile regime change in say Mexico or Canada Your hypocrisy is showing Mr MPO
Trump is going to give Alaska back to the Russians because they got a bad deal with Seward’s Folly. Maybe the French will take back the Louisiana Purchase.
Texit! and liberation for the Kingdom of Hawaii… oh and the British want Oregon back.
No need to change the moniker I have assigned…
Trump remains:
King Chaos the Shit Talker.
The Daily Bombast (forgotten in a week) is how Trump tries to keep his base energized – but it gets old fast…unless the Dems take up their Kabuki roles and playact phony DC political theater over threatened actions Trump lacks the attention span/skills to actually implement even if left entirely alone.
Next week Trump will threaten to assassinate Heat Miser to stop global warming and off Cold Miser to end winter.
It is all just his impressionistic Kabuki baloney.
Already getting old before his Admin even starts.
Obviously but what did anyone expect really ?
Looks like Trump is also reviving his 1st term efforts to aquire Greenland.
“…For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity…”
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113698764270730405
The owners (Denmark) May object
Donald Trump is simply a reflection of those who voted for him.
A big cross section of the country. Life long Democrat Marc Andreessen voted for him. More Hispanic Americans and black males than previously voted for a Republican president. On the flip side, Dick and Liz Cheney voted for Harris, along side some other establishment Republicans.
An important percentage of people voted for Trump or didn’t vote at all because the Dems put forth a very poor candidate in Harris.
Had the Dems fielded almost anyone else, Trump would be sitting home pondering which jail he was going to be sent to.
This SHOULD be a lesson for both political parties in the importance of choosing a good candidate but of course, neither will learn from the lesson.
careful there Jon. You a Biden voter?
And in the same light Biden is a reflection of those who voted for him: senile, corrupt, perverted, and idiotic.
True both are ridiculous
To paraphrase another great leader, Stalin –
How many nuclear powered aircraft carriers does Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino have?
One needs to understand how American diplomacy works.
Bull-In-China-Shop level diplomacy..
But, I will say this about Panama: when I went there in 2002, just a few years after the canal handover, the Chinese presence was shocking.
When I went back in 2006, MORE Chinese.
And, it’s just increased since then.
And what you won’t hear in any media, except possibly local media in Panama, is the resentment of the Panamanian people towards China because of the number of Chinese that have migrated to that small country.
If we somehow came to control such an important chunk of formerly Chinese controlled infrastructure that close to China (Hong Kong?), they would be doing the same thing.
Although, they probably would not have let it go in the first place if they could have prevented it.
the CCP has to send men out as labour to developing countries because there’s not enough work for them in China, and the CCP is increasingly terrified of mass rioting and counter-revolution in their imploding economy. Even small group social meetings have to be reported!
– “Welcome to the United States Canal!,” says Trump.
> While crass, and they know Trump better than most Americans, it’s simply a distraction. He often makes his points in this manner. Those that understand Him and how he works, don’t have a problem at all with it. More often than not, they do the same back at him. It’s makes them both look dominant to their respective Countries, and shows “Strength and Leadership”
– “We’re being ripped off at the Panama Canal like we’re being ripped off everywhere else,”
> He’s absolutely right when given the context. It would be like me having a home given to me by my kids when I retire, and then many, many years later, demand that I start paying them Rent! No!
– His comments drew an angry rebuke from Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino, who took office in July. He rejected Trump’s threats as an affront to Panama’s sovereignty.
> As I said above.
– “Every square meter of the Panama Canal and its adjacent area belongs to Panama and will continue to be so,” Mulino responded in a televised address Sunday afternoon. “The sovereignty and independence of our country aren’t negotiable.”
> Until “They Are” that is, and again see above.
– “We’ll see about that!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform later in the day. He added in another social-media post featuring an image of a waterway and an American flag, “Welcome to the United States Canal!”
> See above.
– “Trump believes the U.S. gave away something for nothing,”
> I doubt nothing, but we need Mr. Greeley to hand over his bank documents from the last 40 years to prove it, amongst others I am certain.
– said John Feeley, who resigned as U.S. ambassador to Panama during Trump’s first term.
> Hmm… Why the abrupt resignation?
– “For him, it’s yet another example of a country taking advantage of the U.S.”
> Um, maybe you meant to say: “For him, it’s yet another example of a country taking advantage of sitting U.S. Government Employees. They screw the US Citizens, by being paid to play, or pulling a Biden/Kamala as some refer to it as…
– Trump said the handover of the canal was solely for Panama to manage, “and not for China or any other country to manage.”
> I agree, as he meant “Adversarial Countries”
– “These treaties also established the permanent neutrality of the canal.”
> Then the “Rule of Law” should be applied in Any Disputes.
– I am mostly at a loss of words other than to say that this act of bravado is more than a bit disgusting. Seriously WTF?
> While agreed, it’s Trump. Look at the way other World Leaders behave. Heck, look at how Biden still is behaving. It’s personality, and that’s all. You must not allow yourself to get caught up in the weeds. Then your lost…
– I rather doubt any country in the world would side with Trump if he invades Panama.
> I agree, but I think he is referring to China assuming control, in which case the World would support him, but especially America, as we depend on it immensely!
This is what you voted for, now you’re getting it. Stupid is defined by one physiologist as doing something to injure another party(s) that will knowingly injure yourself. Lots of stupid voters. You had to know, it was never hidden, it was reveled in every speech, every action, yet you had to injure the “left” even though you had to know it would injure everyone, maybe even you more than your imagined enemy’s.
Maybe you aught to pay attention to what the left has been doing. DEI, CRT, so called social justice, lawfare, censorship. Corruption at the DOJ/FBI. Andreessen talked of 30 tech company founders who were debanked, with no recourse, under Biden. A Democrat, he voted for Trump, as a result. The lack of meritocracy injures everyone, as it reduces quality. Those 30 tech founders could have made some important technical advances, beneficial to all.
Most of all. maybe you aught to think of what Harris was trying to hide with her word salad speeches. She was being deceptive.
Voting for Kamala was also voting for stupid in other ways. You had 2 stupid options, pick your stupid.
Panama was a part of Colombia. The EEUU made the new country to control the Canal. I suppose colombians have the right to get their land back.
Congress wouldn’t approve that. Can Trump act without the supporto of the Congress?
Trump was the One Who Promised to end all wars. But this wouldn’t be a war, only a special military operation, I guess.
All the world would be impressed, especially China. Why Panama it’s OK and Taiwan isn’t?
“I agree with Panama “The sovereignty and independence of our country aren’t negotiable.””
This is a delusion. The sovereignty and independence of all countries is negotiable, whether via cultural and economic soft power, or by finlandization or via becoming a tributary state… all of this stuff has always happened throughout human history.
Yes you have “independent sovereign countries”, but how independent and sovereign are they really? It mostly comes down to how much they have in terms of resources, not just any one resource, like people, but minerals, food, infrastructure, education, patriotic solidarity, and a list of other similar things. Is the DPRK democratic now?!
People still think “free will” exists, but all the science points to it being an illusion; so too for “independence”, whether as an individual or as a country – it’s all contingent.
When there is a serious threat, all of the illusion melts away, and we see the cold hard reality of where power lies and what it must do, and why we must support it.
You don’t want to live in a CCP world, you want to live a world with the illusion of liberal democracy, free speech, and property rights, none of which would exist under the CCP. So when it comes down to it, places like the Chagos Islands, and Panama, are not really sovereign or independent, they are pieces in the chess game that you want your side to win.
=finlandization
wft is finlandization ? do you mean Finland after ww2,?
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do you even know that Finland before 1917 never had independence!!!
Russian tsars got Finland from Sweden after long NORTH WAR in 18th century!!
it was part of peace pact! yeah. before Finland was part of Sweden before.
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Russians after ww2 rightly thought why they must give up own territory after having one for over 100 years!!
it is same situation w/ Texas-California in USA.
only USA took away most of California and Texas by force in the war from other ind. country called mexico.
Stick to your native Mandarin Chinese, you’re English is incoherent, like your thoughts.
=finlandization
btw, baltics were not ever independent countries before 1917
never existed.
again, thanks bolcheviks.!!
Lithuania was a large monarchy for several centuries that controlled territory across parts of Russia, Belorussia, The Ukraine, and Poland, but you’re not Russian, so you wouldn’t know that.
he is just typical american, =grab by pus11sy= businessman!
read somewhere each and every Trump business got bankrupted one way or another.
so USA debt is $37 trln, 120% gdp, annual debt increase is about from 2 to 3 trln$
debt service (only percent) is 2d biggest expense in budget, and will become biggest
next year.
AND THIS IS MORON IS TALKING
ABOUT 50*100 % tariffs,
Canceling debt limit!
Greenland needs to be bought.
Channel is USA property despite being on sovereign land!
and his presidency even has not started yet!
Military budget of 900 billion. Its not joking sum of money.
Itching to use it.
Even shadow following is my enemy.
Yes, this is an embarrassing start.
Hillary or Biden already look like way better.!! they are devil but sane!
Highly debatable
What a mo11ron!!! it is just amazing. i really cant believe my ears= eyes!
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so USA debt is $37 trln, 120% gdp, annual debt increase is about from 2 to 3 trln$
debt service (only percent) is 2d biggest expense in budget, and will become biggest
next year.
AND THIS IS MORON IS TALKING
ABOUT 50*100 % tariffs,
Canceling debt limit!
Greenland needs to be bought.
Channel is USA property despite being on sovereign land!
and his presidency even has not started yet!
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Hillary or Biden already look like way better.!! at least they devil but sane!
ps
i am russian in Russia ,so dont much care about repubs or democrats!
dont see much difference actually!
You’re not Russian, comrade moron, you’re Chinese, that much is obvious.
Militarism. it’s who we are…
Maybe not as efficient or effective as the Spartans, yet…
Any one of you disagrees is living in an alternate reality.
Trump knows who we are!
MIC4EVER!
Please answer this simple question, “what do all our beloved warriors do for work when world peace is upon us?”
Sleep well comrades 🤙🏿
Shows how little you know about the military and what a military is supposed to actually do.
The first job of any military is to be strong enough to prevent a war or aggression by another country.
The second job of any military, if someone is dumb enough to start a war or aggression with their country, is to utterly destroy the other country or aggresor so that they no longer are a threat now or in the future.
A military doesn’t exist to spread democracy, do country building, or implement social experiments or policy.
One has to wonder why the US military is unable to field a working hypersonic missle yet Russia has them as apparently a rag tag outfit in Yemen also has them.
The idiots in the Biden administration have so wrecked US military capability, readiness, and military ammunition and weapons stocks that I doubt the US could even manage to conduct offensive operations for more than a month.
Bluster is all the US has left….
It’s not about taking the canal. He’s putting focus on things going on there that are a threat to the US. Typical Trump tactic that obviously still works. If he called out the concerns nobody would care. Calling Canada a US state put focus on how weak Canada is economically for example.
Trump is handing out red pills… Canada knows it’s a tributary state, and Panama too.
I agree with you Mish. Is he losing his mind like Biden???
It’s a crazy statement. He could discuss this Panama Canal once he gets in office in a different manner or create tariffs to counter if he’s not satisfied. This crazy talk is despicable and embarrassing.
He needs to shut his mouth, but he can’t. Focus on the problems in America like our debt, crime, border/immigration, budget, infrastructure, etc. But again, he’s going to just create problems around the world taking over from the previous nutty administration.
I’m really concerned about my country and I fail to see leadership either by Democrats or Republicans i.e. the Uniparty.
=Is he losing his mind like Biden???
i am sure Biden had one 10 years ago, not sure about Trump at all !
he is just typical american, =grab by pus11sy= businessman!
read somewhere each and every Trump business got bankrupted one way or another.
You sound like that lone Japanese soldier on a pacific island decades after WW2 had ended.
It would actually be a massive win-win if Panama became a state of the USA… Panama has a small population compared with the USA, and a lot of US expats and retirees already anyway, and it’s a strategic crossroads that would enable the USA to stem the flow of illegal aliens, and project influence throughout northern South America, Mesoamerica and the Caribbean. Obviously stymieing any attempts by the CCP to infiltrate Caribbean island nations and Latin-America in general.
Another question: if China and the Russians are going to deliver long range missiles for Panama to defend itself, will they give permission to fire them at targets in the US?
what for.?
for russia, and esp for China no need at all.
just look at geography! china in no need of this channel!
main trading partners of china are in in europe, and asia.
s america is quite poor.
A huge amount of China trade goes through the canal; and it’s very much in China and Russia’s interests to secure and deny mineral resources and official national support of small developing countries in Latam and Africa.
w/ whom?
china can ship stuff along n. america- western coast, and can drop in any port in south-central america
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who is on east coast beside USA, Cuba and some insignificant Caribbean resorts?
90% stuff china ship through channel for USA east coast.
buddy, do you really know what you are talking about?
Countries in Asia are putting up massive tariffs against China… Thailand and Indonesia are sick of being flooded with your cheap tat, and Japan is sick of vulgar Chinese tourists, and has put 200% tariffs on some CCP products. There is economic stress in APAC and the EU, and these are the markets you want China to rely on?! Maybe you should stop sending Chinese fleets out to steal fish.
“buddy do you really know what you’re talking about?”
Pengyou, do you?
“March 29, 2024
Nearly 6 percent of global trade and 57.5 percent of the cargo transported in container that ships from Asia to the East Coast of the United States passes through the Panama Canal”
https://dialogo-americas.com/articles/panama-chinas-strategic-hub/
=Russia’s interests to secure and deny mineral resources and official national support of small developing countries
s and central America is fu1ck11d up beyond repair.
only reasonable stable country is brazil. more or less
rest of are mud pit w/out proper gov, educated population , etc
look at Argentina or Venezuela.
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You think Brazil is stable?! LMFAO!!! vc nao saber nada trata se o Brasil, mano.
https://valor.globo.com/brasil/noticia/2024/12/19/cenario-externo-adverso-traz-crise-de-confianca-para-o-brasil-e-poe-em-risco-atividade-economica-entenda.ghtml
As you’re an expert in Brazil, I’m sure you can read Portuguese.
What an idiot you are.
The USA is China’s main trading country by far.
=The USA is China’s main trading country by far
you uneducated mo1ron who never open a geo. map! or knows nothing about world trade.
CHINA uses ports on west coast Seattle-LA to deliver goods, it does not need Panama channel!
get lost mo11ron
Tongzhi, everyone knows what the CCP is up to in Panama, fengzi.
You think all ports are the same? You’ve probably never even been on a ship, and you have no knowledge of global trade mechanics!
I ordered two beers from a Chinese bartender in Colon in 2004
Why don’t we just take all of Panama?
It would in fact be a win-win for most central american states if they became US states.
=win-win for most central american states if they became US
sure.
have you ever been in Detroit, or camden, nj?
It is my understanding that China has a very large facility at each end of the canal. And even more, those facilities are important to both the operation of the canal and the economy of Panama.
If you accept that China’s economic model is a threat to the U.S. model, then you have to accept that is a matter of concern for the U.S. Of course, you must first understand that the Panama Canal is essential to the operation of the U.S. economy. If America loses practical access to the canal, it doesn’t matter in the slightest that it was all done by some set of rules that devastates the American economy as a result.
Trump is currently not President. He can say anything he wants to say without restriction. Some of the things he says are intended to concentrate the mind wonderfully for certain sectors of society, both American and global. The message he is sending to the world concerning his forthcoming Presidency of the U.S. about everything is….that was then, this is now…..
So for all the commenters here sneering at the half of America that thinks that China poses a problem for America in *their* experience, they see *you* as the problem. Because if you think Trump is crazy then you think they are too. So when Panama starts talking about international rules or whatever, Trump responds with …the Monroe doctrine is the only rule that matters to me…… he is doing what many people in America want.
America paid the French for taking over their abandoned Panama canal project, effectively forcibly created the country of Panama to facilitate the construction, and then years later paid the Colombian government which owned the territory at the time, long after building what became known as the Panama canal. The stated purpose at that time was as a matter of American national security by enabling the movement of American naval fleet assets from one coast to another.
Cost to the American government in todays dollars was approximately ten billion dollars. Not counting the relatively minor cost of seizing the territory from Colombia
America has already gone into Panama a couple of times previously, given them a bitch slap, a head shake and made sure they got with the program. America created the country after all for the express purpose of the operation of the canal in America’s interests.
Trump is making sure that when he sends someone down to Panama to find what the hell is going on, the authorities there are going to listen up. (if they know what is good for them)
I commend him for making sure that Panama understands he is paying attention. One tweet and all of a sudden everyone is on the Panama case. One embarrassing joke at the well deserved expense of Trudeau’s pride while having dinner with him and the Canadian government falls, chaos reigns about what to do about the new America and the resulting election will be about their economic relations with America and the rest of the world.
Go Trump. Keep on tweeting.
= China’s economic model is a threat to the U.S. model
USA model is making wars,and force everybody keep money in $$!
if 20 % of USA population even traveled in china for 2-3 weeks, they would know
CHINA IS ALREADY WAY AHEAD.!
USA is 2d world country. w/ 3d world social and race problems!
So you are a Chinese troll then?
You must be joking –
China will block the canal?
And devastate the US economy?
Really?
It is called “Non provoke aggression”
China is an economic basket case, it’s economy is imploding right now, high unemployment, wage cuts, corporate and personal debt defaults, exports down like -25%, cost of living crisis you can’t believe. Xi is fighting for survival.
All toe the line.
I’m coming.
We already have too many dumpster fires. I hope we don’t end up wishing for somebody who is senile like our current President.
Its going to be four more years of increasing craziness. The combination of oligarchic ill will and economic delusion will over step and hopefully result in the general populace FINALLY realizing that we’ve never really had a democracy and so a reasonable economy and money system. Awakening to the new monetary paradigm is the only way to break the spell of the current paradigm of Debt Only which has blinded and enslaved humanity for the entire course of human civilization.
At the moment, the idea of an “invasion” is only in the minds of those with TDS.
This is like those ridiculous claims that Trump was going to use the military to take control of the US after 2020. Nevertheless, this is what the simpletons who listen to liberal media want to hear and so no doubt it is what you’ll hear for the next couple of weeks on those channels. Just didn’t expect to see it here too.
trump said same sh11it about Greenland!
he is just crazy 80 years old mo11ron!
USA deserved one.
The Peronality is (generally) set in stone by about age six.
Trump’s “delivery” has always been his greatest weakness/enemy.
To those who expected something different this round, well.. shame on you.
The hubris and narcissistic arrogance of Trump, and complete disregard for international law and state sovereignty, is surpassed only by that of most commenters to this blog, it seems. Says so much about what is wrong with the US, and hence the world, today.
ARe we going to start hearing about ‘terrorists cells’ in Panama now needing attention.
Wouldn’t bet against it. Its the modus operandi of Globohomo.
I thought the best defense was walk softly and carry a big stick, not the coverse.
“I rather doubt any country in the world would side with Trump if he invades Panama.”
Can you explain why you think he means to “invade” Panama? Did I miss something? I mean, for a moment there I thought I was on NBC’s website by mistake.
If Liz Cheney had a blog
The US wouldn’t need to invade most Central American countries, most of them would happily allow America to buy them and make them territories like Puerto Rico, or states like Alaska (sold to the US by Russia).
We just shot down one of our own F-18s.
How the hell does Trump think Comrade Kamala’s woke US military is going to take back the US border, much less the Panama Canal? Let’s give Hegseth at least 12 months before we move on the canal, okay? Maybe if we’re lucky, the CBP hasn’t gone full on woke, so fingers crossed they can do the job. I have my doubts though.
Brandon has cocked up quite a bit over the last 4 years, despite spending half his time on vacation.
“Sleepy Joe” literally made families of the 13 fallen Afghanistan soldiers wait for him to nap prior to starting the dignified transfer ceremony at Dover AF Base? WTF?
Welcome to the new circus! A daily tweet, a daily diversion from who knows what. For example, any insight as to why the laws to restrict US firms from operating in China was pulled from the final stop gap measure. Did Musk wnat it out or was it a bad bill?
The man is truly a narcissist. You would think that after that bullet grazing his stupid head that he’d try to be more diplomatic and not create strife. He’s like George Constanza’s boss in Seinfeld. Seriously, he’s like a blabbering ADD patient who is noncompliant with his meds. I voted for this fool three times because the other fools were worse. I’m telling what I think, he’s a nut and someone (maybe Gabbard will wake him up) needs to try to make him think about his behavior. We look like madmen when this goofball speaks.
You voted for it, now you’re getting it. Want some cheese with that whine.
Trump is spot on once again. This opens the door for reducing tolls!
Why would you have to invade Panama?
The US has the worlds largest and strongest navy. A few warships parked on either end of the canal can exact a ‘toll’ for passing by them and using the canal under the guise of an ‘inspection requirement to ensure there are no terrorists on the ships or rogue actors who might want to damage the canal with the ships’.
The canal technically remains under control of Panama but the US de-facto decides whose ships can pass through and what toll they pay and how long they might be delayed before entering…
The idea of an “invasion” is only in the minds of those with TDS. This includes the president of Panama. Or perhaps he personally has reasons to fear a Trump presidency. I don’t know anything about the guy, but I heard stories about many past banana republic would-be dictators in that region.
houti entered the chart! about strongest navy
Reeks of desperation to me Why would we want to do something so stupid
Timely for us…. We’ll be in Panama this week!!
Sorry for your plight
Maybe Trump is using the Panama Canal as leverage on China to negotiate with him on trade.
We built it.
So what
China built stuff in the US too – do they get the land
Agree with Mish 100% here.
I would add that the US also plays a large, if not primary, role in rebuilding the countries we bomb to smithereens. By Steve’s logic, I guess we basically own alot Europe and the Middle East.
In ancient Empire of China, they had heqi, the tributary system that they imposed. Other Empires since, have imposed the same. This is reality. The modern Empire of the CCP is using loan-shark BRI debt to control countries like Panama to control strategic trade chokepoints around the world. It is naivety like yours that will cause the death of liberal democracy and economic freedom that you take for granted: the CCP is your enemy.
That is not only a very silly disingenuous comment from you (as if building a factory is comparable to cutting through the Continental Divide!), but you appear oblivious to realpolitik, or what China is engaged in in Panama, and how the CCP is undermining Panamanian sovereignty through loan-shark diplomacy, and using the country to stage an immigrant invasion and fentanyl precursor infestation of the USA, undermining global peace & security.
also stole land from natives, N.A. indians !
fancy to return?
Not only America was involved in that project, and how about that Suez canal, eh?
And we gave it back too.
Unlike some countries in the world such as China and the Soviet Union after WWII.
Just imagine how many countries that the US once occupied and removed itself from…. If we had stayed in all of them we’d have a huge empire now.
Too bad Presidents after Eisenhower were hell bent on wasting American lives and money on idiotic wars and conflicts.
President Trump needs to reorganise the US military, change its mission, and cut spending on military waste. He needs to get rid of a lot of useless crap at the 2, 3 and four star levels as well.
…but they are still occupied, with US bases… and the US does have a huge empire now, just via other proxies and acronyms like NATO. You don’t really see what’s just below the surface facade of “independent” countries.
Which countries in the world are truly sovereign and independent? Not many.
Hmmm. Is this good for a 4 lane tollway through the Darién Gap or not?
Take it. And Mexico too.
Would be a huge mistake to take Mexico. It’s a very difficult country to govern for numerous reasons. I also have very little confidence in today’s woke all volunteer military.
Use integration of East/West Germany as a model. The Mexican corruption is stifling … the US system of graft is preferable.
East and West Germany are not well-integrated, you can see that just in the polling and the economics data… the border still very much exists.
This would be an occasion to take Trump seriously, but not literally. Like the threatened tariffs on Mexico and Canada, he is “dropping the anchor” on his negotiating position. Trump’s bravado may deserve an eye-roll, but not a meltdown. Then again, maybe the eye-roll isn’t even justified — he has proven a good negotiator.
I wouldn’t want to fight China over Taiwan, but we might be able to take the Panamanians.
Only if they fear our army’s diversity and inclusion and most of all…its PRONOUNS. /deep sarc
The US assisted in Panamanian independence and this is the thanks we get.
If Don is trying to convince other countries to stick with the dollar or else, statements like this re Panama are arguably NOT helpful??
Perhaps more concern over another American killed by an illegal than your concern over mean tweets. You care more about the cost to deport than the safety of your own people. Shameful.
That’s a concern, for sure, but Don needs to tone down his penchant for stupid posts that sound great to the unthinking but don’t help MAGA. There’s a lot that needs to be done and not a lot of time to do it. Focus, Focus, Focus.
He can’t focus. He’s going to be all over the map again. The f*cking moron has some type of focus problem. I’m sure in business, his ADD is ok, but he’s running and representing a country and he behaves like a fruitcake with these kinds of comments. I’m worried that he’s close to his 80’s and that’s when the dementia really kicks in. Between 80-85 is when it strikes for a lot of people and this guy is in charge of the national and foreign policy. I believe that you should not be President if you’re going to over 75. It’s too risky for the country.
looks like the opposite… noticing that cheeky China is trying it on in Latam.
Trump and the Republicans, just like the Democrats dont want to deport hardly anyone because the Unipartys wealthy political donors want the immigrants for cheap labor. All the deportation talk is just attempt at fear mongering pandering the American people.
That taco joint on 43rd and Broadway was great Must have had twenty guys working there and it sure was delicious