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.
The UK criticized US presidents mental health as ridiculous and demanded to increase the IQ requirements or the USA return to the UK
Head Of Lettuce demands to be un-wilted and returned to its former position as UK Prime Minister
Why would the UK get it and not indigenous people?
because we’re not talking logic here
Even with the shit BREXIT and fucking Nigel, I would be OK with the the Red Coats running the circus.
Damn, that shithead hasn’t even been inaugurated yet and he’s already power tripping.
May he die very soon.
I think in general this is a problem with how the US elections work, there shouldn’t be this 2 month window.
In the late 1700s it took months to get election results. Things that seemed normal hundreds of years ago…such as allowing bearing of arms in the form of a musket that maybe shot 1 bullet every 3 minutes… Today they are crazy…same rule applies to a machine gun that can spray hundreds of bullets in same time frame. The founding fathers had no idea what was to come.
They also saw the constitution as a living document that should change with the times. The bill of rights was already in the pipeline when it was signed. There have been barely any changes since due to the impossibility of getting 3/4 of states to agree on if water is wet, let alone something important.
such as allowing bearing of arms in the form of a musket that maybe shot 1 bullet every 3 minutes… Today they are crazy…same rule applies to a machine gun that can spray hundreds of bullets in same time frame.
I get where you’re coming from but in regards to the above, this isn’t remotely true.
Old powder fired guns made before a certain date (I think it’s like 1850?) can be owned by anyone, even felons.
Modern firearms require a background check and other requirements to be purchased from a legit store.
Short barrel rifles and suppressors require additional ATF checks, forms and taxes.
Machineguns have even more regulations on top of all that.
In addition, the seller is required to abide by additional rules, regulations, inspections, etc.
Source: https://regulations.atf.gov/
Lots of things about our elections were designed with the assumption that it would take ages for people to get anywhere, hence the delay. Not really relevant anymore, though.
In the future, the US will finally make a constitutional amendment that fixes this, and a decade later we’ll develop human teleportation, but it’ll be another 100 years before they get to updating the constitution again.
The constitution requires 3/4 of states to agree to an amendment. This kinda made sense when it was written. Now, unless something changes drastically, I can’t see the constitution amended ever again.
Well, it’s not like we’re going to have human teleportation in 10 years time anytime soon ;)
Where there problems of this sort with any of the previous presidents?
This specific problem, probably not, but in general the 2 month lame duck session is a problem. It creates a period of no accountability for the president giving up their power, and the window makes doing things internationally more difficult as the incoming president may do things differently and cancel/change things.
That’s one of the things about Trump that I think isn’t talked about enough. Now any agreements signed by the US seem like a crapshoot because the next guy in is just going to pull out or cancel them. Trump will do it for a second time to the Paris climate agreement. What about a peace treaty? Or a mutual defense pact? Why should another county trust us?
The only thing getting trump in office sooner would get us is ending the “american experiment” sooner. I’m not looking forward to that. Its evidently time for republican traitors to push us off the cliff we have collectively pushed so many other peoples off of. Not used to the idea that we have real consequential pain coming.
Not sure about him croaking, Just Dumb might be worse.
it’s not about thinking this is how it works. it’s about manufacturing consent from his cult
Why does he need to do that at this point? He won. He’s going to be the dictator. He doesn’t need their support, he can just get it at gunpoint if they don’t like it.
to froth them up so he doesn’t need to put us at gunpoint. let his cult do that
So, he’s a fascist cheerleader? Good fucking lord.
always has been
Yesterday was the 35th anniversary of the last time USA invaded Panama. We are all suffering from collective PTSD this weekend from that, and the events from such a traumatic event are still raw. And the Yankees decide today is the best day to threaten us with a second invasion?!
I’m not afraid… I’m angry.
As are we… As are we.
Our own government is so deeply corrupted with corporate interests, hate, and fascism it feels hopeless.
I can only hope that this government tries to make too many bad decisions and America gets the backlash it deserves.
Why is my government, not even in office yet, so offensive that I usually support “the enemy”? Even the fact that so many normal countries and institutions are “the enemy” is so effing ridiculous.
Next thing you know, we’re picking a fight with World Health Organization, because apparently sick and dying kids are “the enemy”
If its any small consolation, the evil, lies, and idiocy built into our system are finally causing us to turn the violence inward toward the system itself, and increasingly toward Americans. History shows that its the nature of this sort of corrupt governance always turns inward on itself eventually. It just takes far, far too long, and there is no restorative justice at the end. And the cycle continues without learnings from our history.
I wish american citizens could give you something better than that, but we honestly don’t know how. From one human being to another, I’m sorry, and what happened to your people should not have happened.
It’s not that there’s someone intentionally deciding when and what Mr Trump should say that is the most insulting and offensive thing possible from one minute to the next … but that’s impossible to prove with the evidence at-hand.
In other news, Donald trump has demanded that cats now bark.
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.
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.
What would US politics be, then?
Anything related to domestic policy? News from the regional, state and/or local levels?
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
I wonder who even brought up the Canal and why? You know there’s no way in hell he thought of that on his own.
“Donors” would be my guess
I got u fam… He just sat down with Jeff bezos a few days ago.
Bezos and Musk at the same time.
Eiffel tower style
Maybe Troomp checks the economic news for his government picks and saw it:
Trump’s comments follow record revenues of $5 billion announced by the Panama Canal Authority
$5 billion, woah, that sure is a lot of dosh!
By stealing all the revenue of the Panama Canal for the US, Trump could fund the US military for… a whopping two days.What makes you think he’d do anything for the US? He’ll do it for himself. This entire term will be him and his buddies slashing and looting everything they can.
5% of global maritime trade? Military priority? Cuts weeks off travel between pacific and Atlantic? A monopoly? At the same time, dominating the country’s resources and infrastructure? $5B seems low
My bet Is on him hearing the song.
Pay attention to me! Ignore Luigi and Elon. I’m the news! I will have order!
The next 4 years are gonna be a blast. Thanks America!
The trauma of 2016-2020 was still raw, but you guys really love sequels!
I am personally sorry and I don’t know how to fix it. :’-(
Get armed, take a safety class, and be ready with your weapons and first aid supplies. Get some wound vacs and learn how to use them, you could save someone’s life.
If you really want to help fix it, join or start a local mutual aid group. This is where I stall out. I work and travel so much I need my days off to make my back not hurt so much and reset my brain.
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Hohoho, you think it’ll only be 4?
I appreciate their optimism.
4 years eh? Didn’t he already signal that he wanted to kill the term limit??
Good luck getting enough support to change the Constitution on that
As if the constitution matters to these people…
Exactly it’s just a piece of paper if it’s not actually enforced it means nothing.
Just like all the laws and regulations that are regularly broken and ignored by the rich and have no enforcement.
The law doesn’t mean anything anymore if you have enough money and power. And when the law and justice system fail the citizenry it’s the citizens job to take the law into their own hands.
At this point, I’m on board with a global trade war against the US. Build your stupid wall, surround yourselves with it and rot in the Maga stew you voted for. Come back out to talk to us when you’re ready.
Sadly, they have trilions of debts in the war machinery.
Another 30 years probably
Yet you could say and do worse, and I’ll just shake my head and sadly say “yeah, can’t blame you”
Trump is that old lady in a backed up check out line arguing with the cashier over her expired coupon. And paying with a check.
And waving around a nuclear arsenal and the most powerful military in the history of the world.
Congress specifically exempted him and only him from direct access to the various superweapons (nuclear, chemical, and viral) that the US has in stockpile, during his last term. That still applies. He has to get permission from Congress and/or the Joint Chiefs to use them
Do you have a source or something for further reading?
I don’t know if it passed, but I seem to recall that it did
That doesn’t describe legislation. From what I understand, that situation is just Pelosi asking for a favor, not much else.
Or their loose change that was accumulating
The canal is on a crash course with climate change. They’re going to need absolutely massive investment to operate once the lake dries up, and they’re not pulling in massive profits to pay for that. If Trump wants lower fees, he best be ready to pay for them. The reality though is that he’s probably just betting on failure.
You may think me mad but it is like this Trump fella doesn’t have the best interests at heart for the ole U.S. of A.
Putin’s sock puppet?!
You misspelled Fleshlight
So I guess the drought finally eased, and the reservoir that supplies the fresh water for the locks is doing better, but yeah, even with a new dam that should finally get started soon, the canal probably has 50 years or less as a viable commercial route, though honestly 150+ years isn’t a bad run as an economic project, and one of Jimmy Carter’s most humane legacies was overseeing its transfer back to the people who were dominated into letting Americans build it in the first place.
You seriously think Trump is considering further out than next months news cycle?
I think someone looking to milk billions in government contracts has been talking to Trump, and offering kick backs.
I watched a documentary that the canal also tamed the yearly monsoon. I think that’s where they get the water. Granted we’re in for a rollercoaster on rain too.
Love watching this dumbass destroy the empire.
The asshole isn’t even in charge yet…
Just cut to the chase and invade Poland already you giant twat.
Big baby wants something but can’t have it?
