BREAKING NEWS: Trump Says US Will Demand Return Of Panama Canal To Its Control When He Takes Office

[@seere3rd]

It's wild how people know absolutely nothing about the current state of the Panama canal or how it plays its part in shipping but are willing to just wholesale accept Trump suggesting/threatening sovereign nations about it. Especially since I guarantee if operation of the canal had remained in the United States budget the exact same people would be complaining about how much of a money pit it is and how we are footing the bill for everyone else to benefit more than us.

[@chefojose]

Panama is a sovereign country, how about is Mexico wants their land back that US annexed?

[@sincereflowers3218]

In both cases, they would be terribly ignorant people, because he who controls that canal controls a whole lot. Doesn’t sound like an empty threat.

[@iamcedricpowell8051]

Please enlighten us. What are we missing? Why shouldn't we want it back?

[@bowler7922]

@@iamcedricpowell8051Because then it costs taxpayers a significant amount of money to operate and it would lead to a huge diplomatic crisis with Panama and I doubt Panama would give their biggest asset away.

[@heimbone1]

@bowler7922 EXACTLY!!!

[@badgalkia10]

They didn't "give it away", we made a deal with them for 99 years. Its not in our country.

[@David-qo7lz]

China is trying to take it over. We cannot allow that. I sure don’t want to go to war over it.

[@bcwest56]

The US didn't have the Panama Canal for 99 years. Carter gave it away before 99 years had passed.

[@Guitar11player]

You dont even know the deal friend. Just repeating what the Democrats and their media want you to know.

[@thekingofnoobs8362]

Why are you guys so stupid it's ours we built it and yes carter absolutely gave it way were not going to be bullied with our property and yes we can take it back with ease even if they fight

[@jonathanquesada5275]

​@@thekingofnoobs8362You're talking about an open war against an allied country just to take over its resources after unilaterally pulling out of an agreement your own country made. Take a moment to think about how bad that sounds. The U.S. was the biggest villain for many countries in Latin America, and now it seems like they want to go back to that.

[@dre32pitt]

Like i tell my 5 year old . You can demand it all you want, doesnt mean it's gonna happen

[@CptRedBeard777]

Bruh you post COD clips. You are the five year old 😂

[@DookieSplatter]

Well, Like I always tell dumb comments, your 5-year-old isn't the President of the United States, and you are not this President's mother... So there's that...

[@Kate33108]

That's the way frump speaks and acts.

[@DookieSplatter]

@@Kate33108 And yet he has still accomplished much more in his life than you ever have in yours.

[@oo7-ro6bu]

​@Kate33108 your tds is showing

[@Ava02xw]

So how is this gonna lower my health insurance, housing prices, gas prices, and food prices? Can you not guarantee it?

[@nancysmith4848]

It willi creaseour safety.

[@Manni-Manni]

Go and ask Biden, he’s still your president

[@abandonedyoutubechannel3057]

Time is money and shorter travel time means less fuel. Saving. About the insures that a different issue all together.

[@BertStreetsenior]

Well you are in your own in housing and health insurance

[@DeeDee-cj7jx]

He already said no he can’t guarantee nothing in the interview he did a couple weeks ago

[@plantmanstudios]

I want to hear.about lower gas prices, affordable housing, job growth and lower grocery prices. I think pretty much everybody feels the same way.

[@datwee7576]

well good news, Trump already announced that he dosent actually have a plan for lowering grocery prices but he hopes the market will sort it out for him. So one campaign promise down and its not even 2025

[@jamesricker3997]

If people wanted those they would have voted for Harris. Trump's policies will achieve the opposite

[@lisasmith9311]

@@jamesricker3997that’s what started the high prices

[@ShaneTadros]

@@plantmanstudios the people didn’t vote for their own interests. So gullible, you’re right, Trump quickly forgot about grocery prices and gas prices. He realises that corporations are ripping consumers off. The government doesn’t dictate grocery prices.

[@msimon6808]

@@jamesricker3997 Prices under Trump were lower. Harris is as competent as Biden and covered up his ill health.

[@rock-n-rolls]

"Keep in mind, the news media are not independent; they are a sort of bulletin board and public relations firm for the ruling class-the people who run things. Those who decide what news you will or will not hear are paid by, and tolerated purely at the whim of, those who hold economic power. If the parent corporation doesn't want you to know something, it won't be on the news. Period. Or, at the very least, it will be slanted to suit them, and then rarely followed up." - George Carlin

[@dinahnicest6525]

Freedom of the press belongs to the guy who owns one.

[@seanohare5488]

Carlin was brilliantly.funny but also a truth teller

[@seanohare5488]

Carlin was not only brilliantly funny but a truth teller

[@victorbrown3570]

It was your pic of Jimi that caught my eye as I'm still a huge Hendrix fan.

[@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp]

What ever your read - news, scientific reports or sports - always ask - who paid for this publication. And you will know - how biased that info is. Follow the money trail and ask = WHY?

[@R_Priest]

America has an interest in the canal, but not like this. You don't threaten a sovereign state that is not a threat to you. You can easily woo Panama through friendship. So why start off at the outset with threats? What is it about the character of America that makes it such a hostile and belligerent country?

[@charlesbaer9971]

@@R_Priest he’s just going to do what Putin is trying to do in Ukraine. He’ll just send in the army to take it.

[@Cristian-sk6wi]

@@nilupulwijesinghe7186 that land is not the USA's lol thats like saying France will own the land of the statue of liberty because they gifted it to the USA

[@R_Priest]

@@nilupulwijesinghe7186 A contractor builds a house. You agree to buy it. You sign an agreement. The deed transfers from the developer to the new owner. Does the developer have the right to come back 25 years later and say he changed his mind? The US has been interfering in Latin America for over a century. One of the consequences is the migrant crisis The US must learn to mind its own business. American shenanigans do not benefit America. Regardless of who builds it, sovereign states always have the moral and legal right to assert its sovereignty. In the case of Panama, there was a negotiated agreement where in which control of the canal reverted back to Panama. The US agreed to it. The US must man up and learn to honor its agreements.

[@ldash]

Everyone knows that some nations are more sovereign than others ;)

[@JPMMA507]

​@@nilupulwijesinghe7186 did you build your house????

[@goodstufffromdavidpaul2246]

Everybody who went to grade school remembers... the US had a "99" year lease on the canal. But that means nothing to Trump- he didn't make it through grade school.

[@ThankGodimstraight]

Apparently grade school didn’t teach you how to lower inflation and cost of living.

[@goodstufffromdavidpaul2246]

@@ThankGodimstraight It's too bad you don't have a clue.

[@arseface2k934]

​@@ThankGodimstraight Inflation is already at 3%, which is right where it should be. In 6 months you'll all be celebrating Trump getting it down to 2.9% lol

[@goodstufffromdavidpaul2246]

@@arseface2k934 What is with your fixation with inflation? I didn't mention it in my comment on the canal? I won't be celebrating Trump for the next 4 years.

[@arseface2k934]

@@goodstufffromdavidpaul2246 I wasn't speaking to you lmao

[@vincenguyen2956]

If the US demands the return of Panama then why can China demands the return of Taiwan? Or Native Indians demands the return of USA and Hawaii demands the return of its islands. Hypocrite!

[@mrx1278]

Thus guy isn't just a hypocrite, he is totally deluded.

[@colorbugoriginals4457]

exactly, this is utterly insane

[@DavidDunihue-on1vy]

There is a difference of 20 years to a few hundred years and how the world has changed in the last 100

[@rolandcox5162]

Because the US has a stronger military, that's how it works.

[@fixitright9709]

Taiwan is China for thousands of years

[@heimbone1]

#1. We built it but we never owned it. We leased it. #2. It has no military significance to the U.S. Warships are too big to pass through the canal.

[@linusa2996]

Just the Carriers, the rest of the fleet can pass, but if the carrier can't use the canal, none of the other ships can either because they are not going to sail the carrier around south america without it's escorts and support ships

[@nathanhollywoodbrookshire1417]

@@linusa2996what good does it do to send the carrier fleet separate from the carrier they’re supposed to protect?

[@timothy4557]

We need to make them smaller.

[@Thebearfootgoddess]

Yes, the United States owned the Panama Canal for a period of time, but it was eventually transferred to Panama. I just don't understand why he thinks it's important to have it back. The only reason I can think of is Trump wants retaliation against Carter. Because of what he said before the election, which seems to be Trump's MO targeting all policies against The politicians he considers to be his enemies. It doesn't just stop there. He does it to people in the media. He does it to his own cabinet.His last administration was a swinging door are people just blind and not seeing the pattern.

[@linusa2996]

@nathanhollywoodbrookshire1417 that's why they don't use the Canal.

[@habazlambazazathe6th989]

it's called the Panama canal not the USA canal for a reason

[@nonapplicable2086]

Search the history of the canal and Panama’s independence and US’s involvement/investment before you open your assmouth.

[@Enrique-dk4jo]

The Suez Canal is not named after the "Suez" Republic. Ask any Panamanian, they all want the US control of the canal again to bring back the prosperity and safety they lost since 2000.

[@Geojr815]

It is called the Panama Canal because it’s in Panama😂😂. US built it. Carter gave it away. One of our biggest moneymakers of all time. It belongs to the US

[@bharris4517]

@@Geojr815the canal was not built. The US simply colonized and reconstructed it.

[@Geojr815]

@@bharris4517 wow. Please do yourself a favor and look up it’s history. And also please spare me from the “colonizer” nonsense

[@barryfowler6835]

I read not long ago that the canal needs lots of dredging to get it to a depth that modern ships can use. So we are going to take on the maintenance and the upkeep of a very tired system. Sounds like the rest of our infrastructure.

[@WillyJWill]

That’s not the largest issue. Yes big ships can’t enter. They have a lack of water and have reduced crossing due to climate change.

[@doctorstreamspunk9996]

Maybe one of his dumbest statements to date. Like when he tried to buy Greenland, and Putin asked for Alaska back.

[@ramongarcia-u5u]

Haha haha it was a joke but you believe everything from state media propaganda

[@chen_490]

DMT?

[@ramongarcia-u5u]

@@doctorstreamspunk9996 stop wasting state propaganda media it was a joke but state media propaganda which clueless people believe that it is real 😂

[@doctorstreamspunk9996]

@ Are you suggesting this is a deep fake? Looks and sounds like him to me. It may be a joke but he said stupider things and meant it.

[@ramongarcia-u5u]

@ I laughed my ass off when the liberal state propaganda machine that you actually believe everything they post or say just like all the fake lies about Hunter Biden laptop saying it was fake missed information WAS IT? Let Putin take back all NATO countries that were part off all soviet Union see how they like it.

[@jgarcia9296]

This is his typical "hey! Look over there" tactics, so you won't focus on Ukraine, gas, food, border.. Or any other promise he can't fulfill.

[@oo7-ro6bu]

Hasn't taken office yet.

[@Vade1313]

you mean all the problems Biden created and didn't fix right?

[@SearchableUsername]

@@oo7-ro6buwhich makes the fact that he already needs to resort to this even more pathetic

[@oo7-ro6bu]

@@SearchableUsername your tds is showing

[@paulsaulpaul]

It's just like the left to blame Trump for the state of things while Biden is still in office (and has been for the last four years). They blame anyone but themselves. It's a condition of narcissism.

[@UPdan]

Its not an American asset. It belongs to Panama or does Alaska belong to Russia? Does Texas belong to Mexico? The Plains belong to Spain? Does the Military industrial complex read history books?

[@linusa2996]

the Military Industrial Complex wants none of this Panama Canal BS

[@harryrobinson260]

Ship the Statue Liberty back to France while he's at it

[@normanbirk3075]

Americans built it. After the French failed. Panama charges the US too much,

[@JoeJohnson38n121w]

If they could read they’d be very upset.

[@SeanCoppedge]

If we take it back we're going to have to pay for it. Some areas need overhaulin g and water levels are low due to drought. Can you damn may have to be built to address this problem. Are we sure we want to step in so we can foot the bill?

[@jfk1792]

How do you take something back that legally doesn't belong to you ? That isn't in your country's territory ? You gonna go to war and invade a sovereign nation ?

[@Thomas.3698]

It will pay for itself

[@The1stDukeDroklar]

While I'm a Trump supporter, I don't agree in trying to get it back for the reasons you mention. More trouble than it's worth and it's strategic value doesn't matter until war makes it needed, then we can annex it if needed. Until then, there's no point.

[@jfk1792]

@Thomas.3698 Doesn't it require a willing PANAMA ? Or are you just gonna go take by force like the US is used to doing ?

[@jfk1792]

@The1stDukeDroklar But you are ok with taking it by force if it suits the US later ? What kind of shit is that ?

[@nigiastephens6984]

The entire Caribbean helped to build the Panama Canal and got paid like two dollars to do it. They couldn’t leave the country so they stayed. That’s how Panama was shaped with the people from the canal. The people he’s talking about were basically the guys in charge of, thousands of black construction workers. It’s the one thing that I hate about Teddy Roosevelt. There’s a lot that I like about him, but dammit, he used Black people like ringing out a rag.

[@amarilisdelgado]

The history told by someone who doesn't read sounds different from the history I read in books.

[@JorgeGarcia-yw3xw]

"We have accomplished so much in just 47 days since the election, but that's only the beginning of what we will achieve together"🤣😆🤣😆

[@TB-zw7dt]

@@JorgeGarcia-yw3xw What's Joe up to? The sitting Resident couldn't hang with Trump for twelve hours. Perhaps 2 hours with meds? I doubt even that.

[@tpkdm71]

He doesn’t care about history. He’s doing exactly what Hitler did before he invaded his neighbours in the 1930’s and what Putin did in the 2010’s before invading Crimea and Ukraine. He’s threatened Canada and Mexico with annexation, now he’s threading to go to war with Panama.

[@JorgeGarcia-yw3xw]

@@TB-zw7dt Yeah you are right!! Sorry I forgot 38,000 men died during the building of the Panama canal. Jimmy carter sold for $1. Make Panama great again!!!

[@saludconsciente5671]

His facts are wrong, he is delusional.

[@Maria_Espino]

Keep in mind that NY’s immigrants at the time were sent to build the canal - NOT citizens. But those that passed through Ellis Island. My great uncle was one of them, an Italian cabinetmaker and carpentry designer. He was sent there for 2 years to work and repay his restitution.

[@konstantinoskantzios2587]

The Panama Canal the US had 100 years to use it and now it belong to Panamanians.

[@JoJo843-r1t]

ah it's their nation, not ours.

[@normanbirk3075]

The Americans built the canal, after the French failed. We lost 35,000 American souls to build it. SO FU

[@libleftsoyjack]

@@normanbirk3075idgaf, it’s PANAMA, not America

[@rgrifferon]

Say president Trump, how about the cost of our eggs and inflation and your concept of a health care plan working out?

[@abandonedyoutubechannel3057]

He working on it . That what the canel is for.

[@rgrifferon]

@ keep on believing that.

[@tinycmo]

Bingo. We should never have lost control.

[@rogerdodrill4733]

If potus could control economy , all past ones would have made it better to get reelected

[@rgrifferon]

@@tinycmo you are not in control, nor will you ever be in control, GOD controls everything.

[@lecaprice2572]

Carter also told the CIA to put the Ayatollah in power. That turned out nicely didn’t it ?

[@LeL-q9e]

Be that as it may. There's more to that story. In 1957 England wanted to control Irans oilfields. The agreement between Iran and England was skewed in Englands favor. In response the (democratically elected) Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh nationalized the industry. England, the US and the CIA staged a coup, installed the Shah of Iran and put Mosaddegh under house arrest. He died shortly after. The secret police under The shah tortured, and murdered many Iranians. Later refusal to turn the Shah over for prosecution to Iran when the Ayatollah was installed created hatred which caused the hostage crises in 1979. If The British hadn't been so greedy and left Iran's democratic country alone all that drama would've been avoided. No need for an ayatollah later and look at Iran today. They are on the verge of nuclear war with the west.

[@0Naheed0]

they lost control of the shah, i suspect the same will happen to all the other mid east leaders

[@fletchdrums5693]

He sounds like he's wasted!

[@james124___2]

I mean, he did rallies nearly every day for the last two years. he needs a bit of a break.

[@arseface2k934]

They'll throw a fit about Biden being senile but this guy rambles nonsense for hours and they think he's the greatest thing that ever happened to them

[@raymondheckard234]

The Turn over of the Panama Canal was part of an US security council resolution in 1974 which lead to the 1974 Tack-Kissinger agreement, recognized Panama's Sovereign over the canal, and was the frame work for the Torrijos-Carter Treaties in 1977 that transferred the Panama canal to Panama on December 31, 1999. Trump thinks he will march in a violate international law, and while the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty of 1903 was a perpetual lease to the United states of the canal zone, it resulted in several military conflicts since 1964, and there is a National Holiday celebrated in panama on January 9th, titles Martyrs' Day, which is from January 9, 1964 when 22 Panamanian Students was killed and 4 military offices was killed by US forces in the canal zone. Trump is an Idiot who does not understand the full conflict over the panama canal and the UN resolution, and treaties. The USA does not have the authority to step in and demand the Panama canal back, and it is international recognized as property of Panama , to do so will result in international sanctions on the United States, and Panama has signed a defense pact with China who as invested heavily into panama and the Canal, so it would be the Start of WW3.

[@CheddarChess-ft7hj]

Lol your last statement actually debunks your entire argument. The US was foolish to even not “take” that land for itself.

[@Reve_Hyrulier]

It’s wild, bro repeats anything anyone whispers in his ear. If he took one look at how half this stuff came about. Arrogance is wild.

[@Reve_Hyrulier]

@@CheddarChess-ft7hjwe would not be able to maintain it not with the way our government dose budget it would be a chess piece in almost every funding bill that would ultimately f trade up around the world

[@BillyTurner-vb3hf]

Treaties can be broken.. ask the Indians

[@raymondheckard234]

@ well you have to remember Trump flunked out of Fordham university and daddy bought him his degree from Wharton school, where the people who knew him their said he was dumber than a box of rocks, and was the but of the class jokes!

[@dannyisnow1004]

Retaking the Panama Canal will not only increase prices but start a war and good old rationing.

[@Ferzobud]

We never wanted USA here in Panamá yet they saw an opportunity to infiltrate our country, its call Panamá Canal for a reason, you can demand all you want it doesnt necessary will happen.

[@DavidCelestialKnight]

Todo el mundo hispano esta con Panama. Los Gringos no pudieron ni con Vietnam ni con Afghanistan. España, Argentina, Perú, Venezuela, Brazil, todos nos uniremos.

[@larrymcabee9379]

Trump will take your canal...... USA

[@richardprice5978]

go read history as zone started-off as Brazil or arginine ( local's in city/jungle wanted USA rights and passports ect ) sorry im forgetfulness on 1890~ map's( technically the french and Spanish started the construction but found it to hard and or leaseing ground from argentine government to $$$ on top of malaria ect ) but the usa did this to Florida and Texas and hi and in 1980 almost decided to... as after a week or so the governor surrendered so it's possible again how-likely is a different question and in 1970 panaman's had passports like how hi was pre1950/state-hood entry still a politically mistake's as canals+gulf+island's makes a better borderline than the reo-grand river does

[@TheMrTopman]

Relax over there!!! President Trump will be making AMERICA great again…

[@ATLBraves1992]

@@DavidCelestialKnightOh yeah real tuff talk 😂

[@wailinburnin]

This is like an AI speech, the voice has no idea what the next word is, what the subject is, beyond the guess made by the algorithm. The idea of changing the name Denali back is enraging (the Panama Canal stuff is twisted), The writers are insane, it’s like an extemporaneous performance, Trump never read this, he doesn’t “do homework”, he’s learning about the writer’s research on McKinley as he reads it for the first time on the teleprompter. This is so wacky, it has that sort of Hunger Games Capital City thing going on. What a freakout!

[@michaelk7111]

Trump might want to read up on the history of the Panama Canal, problem is, I don’t believe there is a coloring book about it for him ..

[@derekh1593]

Don't worry, "the 14th amendment will keep him off the ballots!" 😂

[@eyeofapophis888]

The second worst President in history gave the Panama Canal away. The United States should take it back after the worst President in history, Joe Biden , is done “governing”😂😂😂 on January 20, 2025.

[@brodriguez11000]

History? He doesn't understand economics.

[@BillyTurner-vb3hf]

​@@brodriguez11000are you a billionaire

[@TheSpartan3669]

​@@BillyTurner-vb3hfHe didn't have the luxury of inheriting the equivalent of 450 million dollars. What's funny is that Trump would be richer if he just stuck to simple index funds instead of bankrupting himself repeatedly.

[@phillbr51]

There was a time when the United States would do things for the greater good of humanity. We built the Panama canal, we fought WWII, we gave away vaccinations, etc. those days are over, now everything we do will only benefit us (corporate profits). In fact, we may consider not doing things if they benefit countries that don't bend a knee to trump.

[@grth-is6xv]

Good

[@JoJo843-r1t]

Ewwww not yet kiddo.

[@null1808]

Good. We built it, gave it away and now we pay for it. What a scam.

[@KennethCryan-v5k]

Patently untrue. We are constantly handing out money, military assistance, humanitarian aid to hundreds of countries, many of which hate us, but we keep doing it even though we are unable to take care of our own poor, homeless, disabled, and veterans. It is WAY past time for America to look to taking care of things at home instead of trying to be the savior of the entire world

[@null1808]

@@KennethCryan-v5k Agree

[@djkristi3207]

An estimated 5,609 people died during the American construction of the Panama Canal, which took place from 1904 to 1913

[@mnguardianfan7128]

Most of the workers who died were from the Caribbean.

[@DeeBrown-uz3gd]

4 times as many French died during the period they worked on building the canal. I don’t hear them demanding the canal back.

[@arieldoech]

im assuming you dont know how the treaty worked. Regardless of death toll, the time the US used the canal came to an end and so did the treaty, giving Panama full control of the Canal. You wanna be all about "papers" only when its convenient

[@Thomas.3698]

If Trump says we got ripped off, I believe it. And I've read about it before.

[@The1stDukeDroklar]

@@DeeBrown-uz3gd You mean the french who tried and failed to build it? How can they own something they failed to build?

[@Merry-yk2to]

No not nonsense Pure lies to brain wash his cult.

[@goodolboy5228]

Where does he get 38.000 men died? America lost 5609. France lost 22,000 in the 1880s because of malaria, yellow fever and accidents.

[@DavidDunihue-on1vy]

But France didn't finish we.did

[@goodolboy5228]

@DavidDunihue-on1vy We? You were there? Thanks for your service.

[@The1stDukeDroklar]

France failed and left. Later the US took it up and built it.

[@DavidDunihue-on1vy]

@@goodolboy5228 I meant America I wasn't even born yet nor was any one else unless their about 130 years old

[@delanceysamuel4770]

@@DavidDunihue-on1vy doesnt change the fact trump was wrong about numbers. By a long shot. again.

[@Dan210871]

Trump's ignorance is limitless. Every statement he makes is embarrassing.

[@derekh1593]

Don't worry, "the 14th amendment will keep him off the ballots!" 😂

[@Tdotttttt]

@@derekh1593 LOLLL

[@msimon6808]

@@derekh1593 "Don't worry, "the 14th amendment will keep him off the ballots!" " A conviction is required.

[@frankdrake902]

wtf dude. Like what has Panama done to show us they won't allow us to use the canal???

[@paulsaulpaul]

It's not about using it, it's about not paying the toll to use it and about collecting the toll for ourselves instead of giving it to Panama.

[@kboroumand]

They charge us a million dollars to cross when we built it. Thanks to the peanut farmer president.

[@kirby-hm4mb]

@@paulsaulpaul It is their land though

[@VictorM-nz4jv]

​@@kboroumandIt is our land, you built in an old land, The Isthmus is 100% Panamá

[@frankdrake902]

@VictorM-nz4jv this makes no sense....... but sure dude. That's not how leases work. Watch the US start backing away from its treaties and commitments. See how long it takes for the world to go to China.

[@edgardomunoz2688]

I think mista Trump should be concentrate in solve the americans problems, like inflation, dr0gs epidemic, ammo supplie, oil drill, infraestructure, N energy and space exploration intead of this bs.

[@msimon6808]

Drugs are not a problem. Government is. Drugs fill receptors. What empties receptors (injury, PTSD) causes a desire for drugs. Drugs CAN'T cause addiction.

[@EverettLang65]

USA lost 5,000 men….not 38,000 men during the construction of the canal. However, 20,000 died during the French efforts)

[@RagnarokGenesis00]

history repeats itself if not learnt from it

[@amiechumbler8561]

He’s always coming up with things to distract us from his broken promises! The Panama Canal is practically obsolete! The newer ships are too large to pass through!

[@ywonder4141]

No it’s not leave that country alone 🤬

[@brendahallmcdonald1292]

My father-in-law, who was a WWII vet serving in the SouthPacific, never got over JC giving it away.

[@nhjhbmkuy7173]

It was required as per the treaty. Unless you want all treaties penned by the U.S. to be voided he had to.

[@chaostheoryfilms]

@@nhjhbmkuy7173 The treaty that Carter signed...Not the original treaty.

[@nhjhbmkuy7173]

@ in between the two the us signed a new one that outlined the lease as temporary

[@thomasbleming7539]

Google: Panama 🇵🇦 Echoes From A Revolution.

[@wirebrushproductions1001]

If it was "ours", then why did we pay rent to Panama? Answer - it was never ours in the first place. Although we did use our military force to "influence" the separaton of Panama from Colombia.

[@CharlesWinters-ie3jy]

The tariff act of 1890 were a disaster. The put large tariffs on good from over seas. American companies then increased prices on American made goods.

[@alabamaflip2053]

Does Trump know this history lesson?

[@wendyrock4260]

The country that it is in should own it.

[@the_expat_whisperer_pty]

The “new” canal was not even built from the US: The newer Panama Canal expansion, known as the Panama Canal Expansion Project or Third Set of Locks, was built by an international consortium called Grupo Unidos por el Canal (GUPC). This group included companies from multiple countries: • Sacyr (Spain) • Salini Impregilo (Italy) • Jan De Nul (Belgium) • CUSA (Panama) The project was completed in 2016, adding a new set of locks (Aguaclara on the Atlantic side and Cocolí on the Pacific side) and doubling the Canal’s capacity. This allows it to accommodate much larger ships, known as Neopanamax vessels, which are vital for modern global trade. The project was managed by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), a fully Panamanian organization, ensuring the entire expansion remained under Panamanian sovereignty.

[@WilliamReyes-l2j]

What is this WWF History!

[@garymcadams8328]

The agreement to return control of the canal to Panama, is a contract between the U.S. and our ally Panama. I know Donnie doesn’t respect his word, but America should.

[@KennethCryan-v5k]

The contract was for us to pay to build the canal and then give it away. What a dumb deal. We are constantly handing out money, military assistance, humanitarian aid to hundreds of countries, many of which hate us, but we keep doing it even though we are unable to take care of our own poor, homeless, disabled, and veterans. It is WAY past time for America to look to taking care of things at home instead of trying to be the savior of the entire world.

[@garymcadams8328]

@ we are only as good as our word. Respect and honor are the true currency in life.

[@josephkostinko739]

Nothing new from King Trump.

[@Cristian-sk6wi]

@@KennethCryan-v5k dumb deal doesn't mean oh lets take it back. Will Mexico get its states back because they sold their states to the US for super cheap and by threatening matter?

[@carminzira6234]

Built and give it away? Ahhh you only read the USA government approved story side. Ask Panamá people how a good samaritan came , built something for their benefit and say its a gift for you…

[@Bobby-li9th]

Has anyway ever heard of the Panama Canal? Not a single person on the planet, ma'am. Thank you for informing everyone of this amazing feat of engineering. Now, we can utilize this marvelous asset like never before! This needs to be our focus. Better healthcare, lower grocery prices, lower gas prices.......that can all wait.

[@colorbugoriginals4457]

omg who told him abt this, i'm positive he JUST NOW learned that the canal exists.

[@DrTzeus]

I am old enough to remember when a Republican President invaded Panama to take out the drug dealer he put in power himself when he was CIA director. I have been there too, seen a few ruined buildings never rebuilt after the USA invasion. Giving the canal to Panama was more complicated then blaming Jimmy Carter.

[@thomasbleming7539]

There were TWO invasions of Panama 🇵🇦. The first one (1979) failed. Google: "Panama 🇵🇦 Echoes From A Revolution."

[@msimon6808]

And "taking out drug dealers" does nothing about the business. People will pay a lot for pain relief. Drugs fill receptors. What empties receptors (injury, PTSD) causes a desire for drugs. Drugs CAN'T cause addiction.

[@mantamamma]

Stay away from us!

[@Cam-vz2zk]

Republicans (Teddy Roosevelt) built it, Democrats (Carter) gave it away

[@lavluvlov]

And mostly used by Americans that made money from it

[@CandiceMMartinez]

That's our fault. We have to live with our bad choices. It's not Panama's fault our parents and/or grandparents voted in Jimmy Carter. We should be a nation of accountability. Let's learn our lesson instead of doing takesbacksies. We can't undo giving away the Panama Canal. But, we can make the generation, who voted in Carter, accountable by making them explain their vote to the younger generations, and the consequences of that vote.

[@bird4816]

Teddy was his own thing, just like Trump

[@donnaleveron5711]

​@CandiceMMartinez, if the terms are not being met, yes we can, Panama has broken the agreement.

[@RBZ-1]

Thought it wasn't "given away" until 1999?

[@robertgreen9150]

Mr. Forbes, have you "fact checked" Any of these lies and Bull?!

[@ThankGodimstraight]

No, but I’m sure you did, just like you believed the media about Harris being ahead in the polls… then they admitted it was a lie after she lost.

[@bartelgrant]

Why did you vote for this guy?!

[@stantonfriedman]

We dont want the Panama Canal . Just do what you said you were gonna do

[@seere3rd]

He knows that he can't. He's going to throw smokescreen after smokescreen to try to make it seem like he's working on the problem. When the Panama canal thing doesn't work out, he's going to say "well I tried to lower food prices by invading Panama to take over the Panama canal"

[@Drwnifgop-i6q]

Panama gave the land to make the canal to the United States in exchange for support to gain its independence from Colombia. It was a fair trade that both sides were thrilled with. The USA gained the canal fair and square

[@avocadoarmadillo7031]

Except it was leased, not gifted. China has a massive port leased in Peru (and much more all around the world) doesn't mean it is China's once the lease ends.

[@jeanlucpetard2313]

A man, a plan, a canal, Panama! Finally our military will show a profit, and the new wall will be so much shorter. Genius

[@ancienteagle5941]

The government of panama that DID NOT build the canal and never had the capability to accomplish such an engineering feat just wants to sit back and charge exorbitant toll fees for ships to pass 👎👎

[@PieroMinayaRojas]

Forbes try not to fuck up the audio challenge (impossible)

[@sandikolp-tocco2466]

Forbes is actually doing a way better job than Fox!!

[@Viv-y7z]

I don't remember hearing anything about the Panama Canal or Canada during his campaign. What I heard was that he would lower gas and grocery prices. Rents would go down. More bs.

[@Cam4Cameron]

The hilarious part of this is that anyone born within the canal district is considered a US citizen citizen (John McCain was born there).

[@Daniel-mt96]

"Was" not "is". During the period which the US had jurisdiction over the canal after August 4, 1937 if a person was born in the Panama Canal Zone and was also born to at least one US citizen parent then they would be considered US citizens at birth. Today even if a person is born in the Panama Canal Zone but is not a child of an American citizen he/she is NOT granted US citizenship at birth. Please don't spread misinformation.

[@Cam4Cameron]

@ “don’t spread misinformation” 😂 Obviously I meant if the Canal Zone was returned to being a US possession and not currently. You can’t be that dense!

[@aboveusall22]

The countries in Central and South America are beginning to develop the US don't want that to happen yet they complain about immigration issues.

[@marcanthony356]

So will Russai reclaim Alaska? France Louisiana?

[@fixitright9709]

Don't forget part of California they owned it at one time

[@k7jeb]

And Mexico will take back Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada and Colorado

[@jonpaul3868]

Taking over Panama canal, threatening EU with tariffs, US citizen: why the hell the world is hating on us

[@Snargfargle]

Trump is woefully incorrect. An estimated 27,000 men died during the construction of the Panama Canal, including 5,609 American workers. Most of the deaths were in the late 1800s before America was involved with the canal though.

[@ruebzrandomreactionz3488]

Yea the French lost around 22,000 before they called it quits. Then America came with a shit ton of pesticides and dropped the death toll substantially.

[@aamh6913]

The 5609 number is the estimate for the number of *workers* who died during the American phase of canal construction, but most of those workers were from the Caribbean. I haven't been able yet to find the number of *Americans* who died, but guess it was a small fraction of the 5600.

[@awaitingthetrumpetcall4529]

I appreciate the history lesson. I was born in 1953 but was never taught much about President McKinley.

[@elizabethtruscott2888]

Trump got a lot wrong. The world uses the Panama Canal built by China. Also climate change has affected the amount of water that is needed to use the canal efficiently.

[@f1pro910]

Lol.. then build canal in your country. Don’t build a canal in other country and ask it back 😂. Its like britishers think all colonial countries belong to them

[@wc2195]

Say you’re clueless without saying it.

[@mrx1278]

Gotta agree with that logic.

[@oo7-ro6bu]

Countries belong to the winners. It has always been that way.

[@Pipizzakitchen]

​@@mrx1278you should probably take a look at a few maps first 😅.

[@johnnyfeng2228]

tell me how you're gonna build a canal from the Atlantic to the pacific through the united states.

[@kenho-wr5ul2rh7m]

Poor Panamanian to have a northern friend like this

[@TwoRiversFarm707]

All because they caught him cheating on his taxes in Panama? “Anybody ever heard of the Panama Canal?” What an ignoramus.

[@Reve_Hyrulier]

Panama owns it because we can’t afford to maintaining it we run 70-75 % of our trade through it and that’s on a bad year. Keeping up with the canal would be a nightmare for our government because every side would use it in a budget bill, which would mess trade up real real bad, mainly we are too far from it, military we would constantly had to be protecting it. And wildly no one else is trying to acquire the canal. But crazy enough, we don’t own it now because the government would use it as an excuse to blow taxes through the roof.

[@theschwaz]

Did Trump clear this with his Daddy-Elon Musk?

[@ronlugbill1400]

In other news, Trump wants the Philippines back.

[@linusa2996]

Some Pinoys would be happy to become a US state, but an equal number will pick up guns and will make keeping it a very expensive and bloody affair

[@PeterMoss54321]

He wanted Greenland, so what's to stop him from pursuing Cuba, the Bahamas, Hong Kong, Macau, Prince Edward Island, County Cork, Ceuta, Melilla, Corsica, Sardinia, and Crete?

[@kbee]

He keeps saying "we" but about 90% of the laborers who physically constructed the canal were Black men from the West Indies NOT people from the U.S. There were some African-American men who were also laborers but the the majority came the Caribbean.

[@erzabetf9544]

Listen to our impressive new president slurring his words, barey able to speak over … what? Poorly fitted dentures? He’s rambling on about something he’s just heard of for the first time. Dude knows nothing about the Panama Canal. “They charge us … like … like … it’s a disgrace.” This is why this guy is so scary. He’s going to pick a fight that he doesn’t know how to pursue over an issue he knows nothing about and that he can’t win because he’s not a good businessman and he’s surrounded himself with nincompoops. Geezus.

[@KennethCryan-v5k]

When I first started reading this I thought you were talking about Biden. lol

[@erzabetf9544]

@KennethCryan-v5k Well … more than one thing can be true. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Trump is an abomination. That doesn’t mean Biden is not also useless at this point. But Biden at least hasn’t suggested petulantly demanding that Panama … Do … what, exactly? Reinstate our lease? And then, I guess, the US government would run the Panama Canal - or maybe Leon would run it as WaterX - and … not charge American ships to use the Canal? So Trump’s cronies can hoard some more cash, and the American taxpayer can fund yet another perk for modern-day robber barons? Trump isn’t even pretending anymore that he has the interests of regular Americans in mind. And he hasn’t even been sworn in yet. So … yeah, no wonder you thought this was about Biden. 😂

[@erzabetf9544]

@KennethCryan-v5k None of Biden’s faults mean that Trump doesn’t have faults. If you could let go of irrelevant comparisons, we might be able to hold our government accountable for their actions. Trump is an elderly man, past a prime that wasn’t particularly impressive - other than his ability to manipulate a bored press in NYC, a place as full of unsophisticated, self-important rubes as any other US backwater. Trump is easily swayed by his cronies, and it makes him ineffective. We provide aid to Panama; why not just make that aid contingent on free access to the canal for the US military? That seems simple and maybe even effective. What doesn’t seem effective is slurring bizarre threats out of nowhere. I’m also pretty sure it’s not the military asking him for this; it’s private businesses who think Trump will do something for them, so they can keep the fees in their pockets. Even if he’s able to do something that results in reducing or eliminating costs to US-registered ships, you and I will not benefit from it. The government will just keep playing these games that divert our tax dollars into the hands of billionaires. Are you okay with that?

[@biekgiek]

Just another bs point to rile up his base. He is a consummate scam artist.

[@cupitosbornejr.7905]

I could be wrong but weren't we leasing the canal

[@chrisper7527]

Yes.

[@cupitosbornejr.7905]

@chrisper7527 ok so if that's the case and the lease wasn't renewed what's the reason trump is complaining about it

[@chrisper7527]

@cupitosbornejr.7905, Panama makes the decision on the lease which expired. There was no provision to renew, and United States did not want to renew. The agreement is over. It’s Panamanian territory, and if Trump just takes the Canal, that violates treaty.🤔

[@The1stDukeDroklar]

We were leasing the land but full owners of the canal.

[@luigivincenz3843]

@@cupitosbornejr.7905 the lease is based on agreements in favor of the canal overseer. Not America. Carter sold us out.

[@hcn6708]

“Durrrr but Kamala wants to draft us to fight Iran 🤓”

[@pattilemonhouse7911]

Viva Mt. McKinley.

[@Bootiesandbonnets]

We'll see how much Trump will accomplish. It's easy to talk about all the problems we have. He says , "He has a concept "

[@marcarrete5049]

We all know about the Panama Canal you’re the only one that had no idea what it was

[@keksterbojester818]

Most maga people didn't and now they'll spend the next two months repeating his speech to each other like they're expert historians about it

[@rogersmith8589]

In 1971, I ran the projector on the Atlantic side, explaining why the Panama Canal was out dated and that we could build another canal in one of three other countries. Every military personnel in Panama was required to view the presentation. I saw first hand that it wasn't the President running things, but the deepstate. Years later Carter gave the Canal to Panama after almost a year of the United Nations and News media condemning the US for the inequalities between how the US military lived vs the Panamanians just across the fence. Tens of thousands of former troops went back to the States and when the issue was brought up, they were indoctrinated into believing the canal was obsolete! The shadow government plans worked!

[@melvinlee5684]

What a fool. It’s not in our country. Are we going to war to get it and then have to guard it for eternity.

[@derekh1593]

You think their "military" will fight the U.S. for it? 😂🤣😂

[@lugubarious]

@@derekh1593yes why wouldn’t they

[@richardcg5]

@@lugubarious because america is big bad bully on the playground and to some that means you can just hurt others and take whatever you want. its actually sociopathic when you think about it

[@ozzy.8413]

@@derekh1593 Conservative brain thinking its a normal thing for us to start threatening smaller and weaker countries and making demands out of them and then if they decline we should use military force. How do you not see how unhinged that is.

[@Redosnda]

@@derekh1593their military and others I’d wager. The us hasn’t won a war since the 40’s y’all need to remember that

[@woke_rd124]

Trump heard of the canal last week and came up with this idea on the fly

[@freemarketjoe9869]

Oh, I always thought it was crazy Carter gave our beautiful canal way, giving it to a country that never could have built it. Just B.S...the reason I voted for Reagan.

[@adamenstrom]

Reagan was trash

[@pandora6997]

you do understand that the Panama Canal is in fact...in Panama, not the US? Its literally not ours.

[@jeangordon]

@@pandora6997 We built it at great cost in both lives and money, and incompetent Jimmy Carter gave it away.

[@mahto54]

Carter did not give it away. It was signed over in a treaty signed in 1974 (i think) 70 something and then ratified in 1999

[@SetsunaTheAngel]

@@pandora6997 It was ours in the same way a military base in another country is considered American territory.... The Panama Canal was signed over by Carter so long as we can use it with no politcal issues stopping us. It was handed over in 1999. LAWFULLY.

[@jesussavesfirst1268]

America should be in control of the Panama canal since America built it.it's a beautiful canal ,i visited it.

[@lovely_earth]

a bully always acts like a bully.

[@Thatguygeorge3131]

American DOMINANCE

[@jasonscottjenkins]

He will never make to the end of his term...

[@tammyp8260]

I hope he doesn’t

[@michaeljohnson7945]

He's going on about the Panama Canal as retaliation for Panama wanting him to pay back taxes and Social Security payments on his hotel. What a baby!

[@AngelValenzuela-zv8ox]

are his voters really proud of themselves?

[@Pipizzakitchen]

No. Just relieved that there were still enough sane adults left to change the bulb.

[@GH-zy2dh]

TRUMP 4 KING

[@derekh1593]

Asks the foreign bot with an 10 month old account 😂

[@TheHauntedKiwi]

They love endless war now

[@RobertMontgomery-p3p]

I think we should take it back!

[@fromthefrunchroom]

He sounds like a boy learning to read😂

[@k7jeb]

It's coming right off Steve Bannon's teleprompter

[@bobbywalker8337]

omg this man is out of control,i mean trump has lost it

[@Tespony]

He sounds drunk. He’s so desperate and what a sad human.

[@DenkiElectro]

He is just an idiot😂

[@theseriousprepper4372]

1. Trump sounds senile. And looks bad. 2. Taking back the Panama Canal, which is impossible to do, would put such a drain on our money that it’s not even funny. The Panama Canal has water issues which would take trillions of dollars to fix. Cut another canal.

[@zfontain1975]

He does, I have noticed that for a while.

[@MsMigueleduardo]

So France can demand the return of Louisiana, Spain for Florida and Russia for Alaska?

[@CCJJ160Channels]

Trump’s embarrassed that his shutdown demands failed so now he’s changing the subject to Panama 🤣

[@GalbraithDesmond]

The main problem is lack of rain. How is Trump going to fix that?

[@drbnaz8901]

Take it back! It is a matter of national security!

[@502opz346]

It is their country, their land, their waters ! Doesn't matter who build it, there was a deal and it is all over ! U can't demand what is not yours... Trump acts like putin big time !

[@edwinhernandez8276]

That's stupid. It is like going to your house and letting the builders come and take it. It is stealing and it is the way the communists behave. Panama is a capitalist country, friend of the USA. I feel Trump is betraying an ally.

[@gearboxworks]

Take it back? You sounds like Putin with respect to Ukraine. My god, the more information the average person has access to, the dumber Americans have become. NO WONDER they love Trump so much. 🤦‍♂️

[@Francis-m2d]

You're funny.

[@2009pepepanama]

Take Canada too! Canada did burn the White House once

[@hugoramirez9295]

He has a mouth and is not afraid to use it 😂

[@JamesMPogue]

Carter acted like a stupid fool giving it away.

[@xerorenegado15]

How explain how it benefits the US lol

[@agentmith]

The only good thing to come out of the Carter administration was Billy Beer.

[@TheGangstaNunOnTheRun]

@@xerorenegado15it eliminates almost 45 days of shipping time. It eliminates having to go all the way around Africa which was a 6 week delay when it was built. KNOW why the canal was built and you wont as such a dumb question.

[@gearboxworks]

How did Carter "give away" geographic territory that was never ours to begin with? No wonder Trump claimed that he loved stupid people. 🤦‍♂️

[@jettslappy7028]

@@TheGangstaNunOnTheRun South America maybe, not Africa? sheesh

[@tonytoloczko5243]

Go after it!