Trump demands Panama lower Canal fees or return it to US
Trump demands Panama lower Canal fees or return it to US
In a post on social media, the incoming US President Donald Trump described fees charged to use the key shipping lane as a "complete 'rip-off.'" He also warned of it falling into the "wrong hands."
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.
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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.
Not all of us are American, I for one would love to block all news from the US; It's extra salt in the wound that this was posted on WORLD news.
Cause it's about Panama...
yes but it's really about TFG
It's about trump threatening panama, is that not US politics to you?
The main focus here is clearly the US, panama is just the subject.
No, by definition it is international politics.
What would US politics be, then?
This is about the US, and its diplomacy with panama. It is not, by definition, international politics. The US and trump, as i said, are clearly the focus in this article. If it was vice versa, ie, X country interacting with the US, for example, it would be passable. This is US internal politics.
Why couldn't have this been posted to a US news community? why this of all places?
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.
On second thought, yeah, you're probably right. I'm just really tired of hearing about trump, and my comments were a knee jerk reaction. Sorry.
As an American, so am I.
It's so unfortunate that any of his big moves have international consequences. I don't want the world to suffer from our mistakes but that's the way it is.
You seem to be american, so i'll put things into perspective.
I subscribe to this community to get away from constant spam of US news, even when unrelated. I know US politics more than my own country's at this point.
Sure, this could be international politics by definition, but it's still the same old US news, with trump and his bullshittery. the same reason why i subscribed to this community.
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.
That was probably a bad definition, sorry. I'm just tired of hearing of US news. But yeah, i would agree that the example would be international news.
I totally get it, I live in the US and I'm so goddamn sick of hearing about this nonsense. The worst part for everybody else is how much money is in the US economy, which means that basically everything we do affects the world and is therefore international/world news.
Yeah, same. and probably hearing trump's name all the time will make you easily annoyed by hearing the word "US".
One of the first things he's going to do is increase taxes on the poor and what's left of the middle class and give tax breaks to the rich and corporations. Even that is world news in my opinion just because of the US status as pretty much the only world superpower. My country spends more on the military than the rest of the top 10 combined.
What would US politics be, then?
Anything related to domestic policy? News from the regional, state and/or local levels?
As i've already said in other comments, i've changed my mind, and i agree. I was just tired of hearing of trump and US news all the time, and made that comment.
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.
Yup, as i said in another comment, i've changed my mind. I just really am annoyed of hearing of trump all the time, and made this comment.
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.
Yep, i agree. It's just really tiring to see US news most of the time. This was probably a knee jerk reaction from me. Sorry.
Won't someone think of the ad revenue?!?
Some vp some where