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Now It’s Panama’s Turn In the Barrel

He’s burning through all the goodwill America has.

Our enemies will have their man in the White House again. I hope the Dollar survives as the reserve currency.
 
Unhinged, throw‐any‐shit‐into-the-fan‐if‐it‐means‐people‐are‐talking‐about‐me president elect is unhinged.

No surprise sadly.
 
Rexedgar said:
Someone needs to put a muzzle on Trump!
The story doesn’t say what set him off, maybe they are eating house pets too?

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You should do what that article didn't do: Read Trump's posts.

Here...I'll help.

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And?
That scenario is nigh impossible to revert to. But God Damn it sounds fantastic to the rubes.
 
I read the fake Twitter, business is business. We only have one chief executive at a time.
 
The US signed that treaty under Carter because the work at the time had been done and the US didn't feel the need to continue to govern the area. It was under the Panamanian president that the canal was widened in 2016 to allow for wider, longer ships to pass through. The project wasn't without its challenges, but why would the US again need to take something like this under our wing? Bloviating idiot!
 
marduc said:
And?
That scenario is nigh impossible to revert to. But God Damn it sounds fantastic to the rubes.
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shrug...

You are welcome to your opinion...and so it Trump.
 
God, this man is such a pillock. For starters, he gets the number of dead wrong because 38,000 Americans did not die building the Panama Canal. He's citing the total number of people which is on the high side of the estimated deaths. There were about 22,000 French who died during that phase of the construction, and close to 6,000 American citizens and about 4,300 from the Caribbean when the US took over. I know facts are hard for Donnie, but damn.

So now he's whinging about fees and it falling into the wrong hands, which are whose exactly?
 
Rexedgar said:
I read the fake Twitter, business is business. We only have one chief executive at a time.
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This comment doesn't even make sense.
 
This ain't Biden's student loan program where you can do whatever you want and everything is forgiven. Trump is doing the right thing with examining & verifying all our treaties and agreements and making sure other counties are holding up their end of the bargain.
 
Somehow China got control of ports on either side of the canal. That a strategic threat -but then China has been making moves in the western hemisphere
This one seems to be about escalating costs to transit...dont knw much more
 
Another long-term issue is a freshwater shortage
Reduced vessels using the canal

Drought, Climate, and the Panama Canal - Woodwell Climate

These 7 graphics illustrate the interplay between climate patterns, rising temperatures and drought in the Panama Canal.
www.woodwellclimate.org
 
anatta said:
Somehow China got control of ports on either side of the canal. That a strategic threat -but then China has been making moves in the western hemisphere
This one seems to be about escalating costs to transit...dont knw much more
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China doesn't control anything though.


 
anatta said:
Somehow China got control of ports on either side of the canal. That a strategic threat -but then China has been making moves in the western hemisphere
This one seems to be about escalating costs to transit...dont knw much more
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You're not wrong.

Q2: What is China’s influence in the Panama Canal?

A2: Chinese companies have been heavily involved in infrastructure-related contracts in and around the Canal in Panama’s logistics, electricity, and construction sectors. These projects fit naturally with China’s BRI vision, onto which Panama was the first Latin American country to sign in 2018. This, along with Panama’s recognition of China, boosted China’s already existent footprint in the Canal, and Chinese companies have since positioned themselves at either end of the Panama Canal through port concession agreements. In 2016, in a $900 million deal, the China-based Landbridge Group acquired control of Margarita Island, Panama’s largest port on the Atlantic side and in the Colón Free Trade Zone, the largest free trade zone in the Western Hemisphere. The deal established the Panama-Colón Container Port (PCCP) as a deep-water port for megaships, and the construction and expansion was carried out by the China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), a company also active in China’s island-building initiatives in the South China Sea, and the China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC). The location of the port on the Canal has since allowed China to capitalize on Canal expansion. Additionally, in March 2021 the Panamanian government began the process of renewing the lease of Hutchison Ports PPC, a subsidiary of Hong Kong–based CK Hutchison Holdings, which serves as operator for the ports of Balboa and Cristobal, two major hubs of the Canal’s Pacific and Atlantic outlets, respectively.

Furthermore, in 2018, a Chinese consortium led by CHEC and CCCC announced it was awarded a $1.4 billion contract for the Canal’s fourth bridge, which then-president Varela called “the fifth most important project in the history of the country.” More recently, China Construction Americas finished the Amador Convention Center along the Pacific side of the Canal, a project contracted under the Varela government and funded by Chinese loans. China has also invested in energy-related facilities along the Canal. For example, the Chinese group Shanghai Gorgeous invested $900 million to build a natural gas–fired electricity generation facility. As an economic foothold into Latin America, the Panama Canal is no doubt an important gateway for China’s bid for broader presence and a logistical hub for Chinese goods entering the region.
 
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Trump didn’t write those tweets. Way too coherent. Probably Steven Miller shooting off his mouth again.
 
watsup said:
Trump didn’t write those tweets. Way too coherent. Probably Steven Miller shooting off his mouth again.
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LOL!!

After four years of that puppet spouting off someone else's words...badly...you now want to talk about Trump's words??

This is the height of hypocrisy, dude.
 
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