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Trump demands Panama lower Canal fees or return it to US (www.dw.com)

submitted 15 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23416568

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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[–] [email protected] 144 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

In other words: he was playing golf with some shipping magnate who complained about the high fees.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 hours ago

Nah, he's just trying to give Russia and China justifications to take back Taiwan and Alaska

[–] [email protected] 49 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Or there was a segment on Fox News.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Or Elon was trying to sound smart

[–] [email protected] 15 points 12 hours ago

There's a theory around that Elon even wrote the post.

https://bsky.app/profile/philco.bsky.social/post/3ldu7wfsr6k2g