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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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.
Don't forget that about half of those countries are also our allies (at least for a few months longer).
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.