
To quote Breitbart:
“There is no possibility for this president to talk about anything that seeks to rethink the legal-political reality of the Panama Canal in Panamanian hands,” Mulino said. “If that is where the intention to talk comes from, there is nothing to talk about.”
“The canal is Panamanian and belongs to Panamanians, there is no possibility of opening any kind of conversation about this reality, which has cost the country tears, sweat and blood,” he added.
Last week, President-elect Trump started an ongoing debate over the Panama Canal, built by the United States in 1914 and whose control was handed over to Panama in 1999 as per the terms of a deal agreement signed by both nations under the administration of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter in 1977.
Trump, through a Truth Social post, expressed that the United States should take back control of the Canal because of the “exorbitant” transit fees imposed to U.S. ships, which Trump described as a “rip-off.”
In another Truth Social post, dated Wednesday, Trump asserted that Chinese soldiers are “lovingly, but illegally” operating the Panama Canal.
To those who think it Panama is a non issue – I expect things in Latin America will change – and the target is not just their corrupt leaders – but the CCP – the real threat to America – all Americans – including the ones in Canada, Mexico, Central and South America. Mulino talks tough about the rights of Panama “which has cost the country tears, sweat and blood” – he needs to be reminded that the failed Democrat President Carter gave them the canal that the United States of America built and the 20,000 plus French and over 30,000 Americans who DIED building it – and yes, it took the USA to actually give the world the Panama Canal after the French gave up the project. Just because a fool named Carter handed it over to the country of Panama – it can never actually be anyone’s property other than the country that made it happen – The United States of America – certainly not the Chinese who have bribed this tin pot quasi dictator named Mulino! We have our 21st Century Teddy Roosevelt – and I hope that Trump is not simply bloviating when he talks of taking back the canal. Time to revisit the Monroe Doctrine – and instead of the 200 year old fear of invasion from Europe – confront the real invasion from China.