BlackRock strikes deal to bring ports on both sides of Panama Canal under American control

The same evil people buying up rental properties and housing supply are gonna run the canal, awesome!

 

A 'little common' sense should tell you Blackrock enriching themselves further does nothing for me or you, and that 'national security' is just a buzzword used to obscure the most evil and heinous shit Americans pursue abroad

 

These are just private ports at either end of the Canal and will have no affect on Trump’s original grievance that Panama was letting capitalist principles guide their pricing structure.

 

A business makes a move to enrich their investors is bad? Lol...

 

That’s confusing. Trump said the U.S. is going to take back the canal, but all I see is if he’s going to take it back he would have to confiscate it from an American company.

 

Trump thinks Panama making business moves to charge what the market will bare for Canal access is bad, though, right?

 

Appears to be a big win for the consortium (hopefully), but does literally nothing to improve our national security. Meanwhile, our Manchurian Candidate president has higher tariffs on our neighbors and allies than our greatest enemy. National Security indeed.

 

That's Blackstone. They're Trumpies.

This is Blackrock. Typically associated with D's (but just in it for the $$$$).

 

China's COMMUNIST governance is antithetical to free market business. BlackRock is not my favorite business either, but at least they are still an American company.

 

You can’t conflate China buying a couple ports near the canal as control over the canal itself. Panama runs the canal like a capitalist business. They maximize their profits by auctioning off canal passage times. The more you pay, the faster you get access. You can even outbid another ship at the last minute to take their spot. That’s capitalism, baby. Why does that piss Trump off?

 

Bull crap, I can and I did...

 

Then you can be misinformed, that’s your choice,

 

Whatever the case, their wikipedia has a section on "Investments in China" section. And Florida has divested because of their ESG policies. Woke runs the canal baby!

 

An American company heavily invested in China

 

Isn't this a company you said has too much control and should be broken up? Now, you are cheering them gaining more control?

 

Yep, hence my apprehension about that company being involved.

 

They actually wrote DEI (i.e. the corporate rollout, not the organic sentiment).

 

I'm afraid woke has won Rick, call your senator