Rubio: President Trump say the canal is his and he wants it back or he’ll attack. Panamanian leader José Raúl Mulino: The canal will remain in Panama’s control, but we’ll put the operation of the canal up for bid. Rubio: Okay.
Rubio tells Panama to end China's influence of canal or face US action Mulino, after the talks with the top U.S. diplomat in Panama City, signaled he would review agreements involving China and Chinese businesses, and announced further cooperation with the U.S. on migration, but reiterated that his country's sovereignty over the world's second busiest waterway is not up for discussion.
It was always ours the minute we wanted it, but in the meantime was being paid for by someone else. Now we get to pickup that dime. Awesome! Nothing like paying for something you get for free to show people how "smart" you are.
Cancellation of Belt and Road much a-do about nothing. China-funded rail and port projects were cancelled in 2019 and a bridge will continue as it’s already well underway.
Ah, yes, "Disagree Bacon" without a single fact to back up said "disagreement". Guess it "disagreed" with "The Narrative".
I disagreed because I had posted the Panama agreement that Rubio worked on thread several minutes before jj posted. That should have been enough of an explanation.
Still doesn't refute the point that we pickup the cost if we take it over or that we're not going to incur more costs as a result of this. . . when we got it all for free before. Not sure what's so difficult to understand here. I get it. You voted for him and you don't want to believe he's the idiot he is. But he IS. And no amount of cognitive dissonance is going to change that.
Frankly I have no idea what influence the CCP has in Panama or the canal. A Hong Kong based company has a couple of ports there as they do in several other countries, but they’re privately owned. My guess is this is a distraction and Trump is fishing for a reason to take over the canal by force.
So, the leftist playbook is now going to "desperate panic mode downplaying any and all accomplishments of the Trump Administration."
