Summary
Donald Trump criticized Panama Canal fees as “ridiculous” and demanded lower costs or the canal’s return to the US.
In a Truth Social post, Trump also expressed concern about potential Chinese influence over the waterway, despite no direct Chinese control of canal operations.
The canal, transferred to Panama in 1999, is vital for global trade, handling 5% of maritime traffic.
Trump’s comments follow record revenues of $5 billion announced by the Panama Canal Authority. Panama has not yet responded to his statements.
we don’t need to report on every stupid thing trump says.
We’re in for a rough 4 years…
and another 50 cleaning up the huuuge shit pile left behind.
and that’s an optimistic estimate, requiring voters to choose planet and (all) people over party and self from here on.
Lmao.
This shit is not going to last 50 years. Buy a gun.
The shit that he broke last time still hasn’t been fixed yet.
It takes a lot more time, effort, and money to build or repair than it doesn’t to break stuff.
Even if Trump Vance and Musk all die in a plane crash, the rest of the MAGA-GOP would still be there being insane, and Project 2025 would still be grinding along puppetering whoever the next republican leader is.
I’m saying America, as a country, isn’t lasting 50 years. Not how it looks now.
The US won’t be habitable in 50 years.
You forget Musk-fuelled presidencies that set us back even more while we try to repair the damages, because morons keep voting R no matter what
When he’s the President of the United States, yes we will. Unfortunately.
We were so fucking close to never having to hear about this piece of shit ever again.
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Cause it’s about Panama…
yes but it’s really about TFG
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No, by definition it is international politics.
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Yes by definition the diplomacy between two Nations is International politics. If it was internal us politics then it would be United States politics. I’m not sure what’s complicated about this, it’s common sense.
Of course it could also be posted to a US News community. It could also be posted to a Panama news Community I suppose. Sometimes posts are appropriate more than one community.
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By your own logic, that wouldn’t be international news - it would be x country news and shouldn’t be posted here either. Why would it be “passable” if the news was about another country doing it?
When Trump starts threatening to glass the EU with ICBMs, would that be US news only and not international? After all, it would be about the US and its arsenal of nuclear weapons.
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Anything related to domestic policy? News from the regional, state and/or local levels?
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When one country’s (soon to be) leader directly threatens another country, this is by definition “international”.
I agree that Trump is getting far more attention that a person like him deserves, but him being the next head of a major nation makes him impossible to completely ignore.
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This does seem important globally. We know from history, and this shows he’s starting again from before he matters, that US diplomacy will be threaten first. Unfortunately this what y’all have to look forward to as our way of doing business, with allies, independents, and competitors
This one may not be that important, but I would like to remind you that unfortunately the bullshit 'murica does does affect the rest of us.
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Some vp some where