Trump Threatens to Retake the Panama Canal

Monday, December 23, 2024

Incoming US president Donald Trump on Saturday slammed what he called unfair fees for US ships passing through the Panama Canal and threatened to demand control of the waterway be returned to Washington.

Posted by Corky at 10:32 PM | 26 COMMENTS | permalink

A man, concepts of a plan, a canal, Panama

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-- DANA STEVENS (@thehighsign.bsky.social) December 21, 2024 at 7:08 PM

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"He continued that if Panama could not ensure "the secure, efficient and reliable operation" of the channel, "then we will demand that the Panama Canal be returned to us, in full, and without question."

Panama is the new House of Reps... they'll ignore his tantrums, too. And suffer about as much, which is not much at all.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2024-12-21 10:59 PM

Has Senior Co-President Elon approved this?

#2 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-12-21 11:07 PM

IMFG He's off his rocker. He's totally bonkers to say the least.

#3 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2024-12-21 11:09 PM

IMFG He's off his rocker. He's totally bonkers to say the least.

We're back to the "Monkey with a Machine Gun" administration.

#4 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-12-21 11:35 PM

Panama should do a reverse Noriega on the Fat ------.

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-12-22 01:36 AM

Esposito: From this day on, the official language of San Marcos will be Swedish. Silence! In addition to that, all citizens will be required to change their underwear every half-hour. Underwear will be worn on the outside so we can check. Furthermore, all children under 16 years old are now... 16 years old!

Fielding Mellish: What's the Spanish word for straitjacket?
(Bananas, 1971)

#6 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2024-12-22 06:41 AM

Caligula constructed a bridge across the Bay of Naples.

Just saying.

#7 | Posted by Zed at 2024-12-22 08:37 AM

The United States elected a man for the presidency who is profoundly unwell.

This is just the start of Donald's crazy behavior.

Someone is already, and literally, wiping this man's ass.

#8 | Posted by Zed at 2024-12-22 08:39 AM

What will be Donald's response to the bird flu pandemic? Sending the 82nd Airborne to Panama.

Millions of Americans will die, and Donald will have gotten us into his first war.

#9 | Posted by Zed at 2024-12-22 08:43 AM

Has Fat Smelvis made David Lee Roth the ambassador to Panama yet?

#10 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2024-12-22 09:18 AM

And the folks who elected him because he stayed out of foreign conflicts will cheer as Trump turns the US into the world's belligerent drunken uncle.

#11 | Posted by jpw at 2024-12-23 09:08 AM

Teddy Roosevelt:
A man, a plan, a canal: Panama

Donald J. Trump:
Oozy rat in a sanitary zoo

#12 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2024-12-23 10:46 AM

here's hoping that Jimmy Carter is still alive to see it.

#13 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2024-12-23 11:56 AM

Has Fat Smelvis made David Lee Roth the ambassador to Panama yet?

#10 | Posted by reinheitsgebo

2nd time you've actually been funny today.

who's feeding you the posts ?

#14 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2024-12-23 11:57 AM

#14

AFKABL2

#15 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2024-12-23 02:40 PM

And Greenland.
Yee haw.

#16 | Posted by YAV at 2024-12-23 05:56 PM

www.msn.com

Makes a lot of sense now

It's always about the corruption

#17 | Posted by truthhurts at 2024-12-23 07:23 PM

Corruption?

By whom panama?

Does any one know anything about the new fees?

No, given 17 posts of narrative BS.

Yet here are some facts ...

A quick Loadstar calculation found that an average vessel with around 12,500 teu would recoup some $500,000 in surcharges for the transit, while a 9,000 teu vessel would gain some $360,000.

One new ACP measure, which aims to discourage late cancellations and no-shows, issues a hefty surcharge, equivalent to 250% of the reservation fee, if the vessel does not arrive within seven days of the booked date.
theloadstar.com

Ridiculous even China is complaining.

#18 | Posted by oneironaut at 2024-12-23 07:44 PM

I hear the Drake Passage is nice this time of year.

#19 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-12-23 07:56 PM

1nut has promised to let us know when China threatens to invade Panama, too.

You know, when his non-analogy might make at least some semblance of sense.

#20 | Posted by Corky at 2024-12-23 08:03 PM

here's hoping that Jimmy Carter is still alive to see it.

#13 | POSTED BY SHRIMPTACODAN

Wanting a man in hospice to get "owned" like the lib he is ...

And these s%^*heaps get all angry when called garbage people.