Why Is Trump "taking back" The Panama Canal?

[@dannyv233]

I mean this is literally what trump always does and people are surprised every time. He starts with a crazy ask to get leverage and then is haggled down to some minor improvement that can be shown to the public as a win. It's not insane, it's literally just haggling.

[@mattROKX]

That's a way overly generous interpretation of Trump's decision making process. It's more like he gets held back by the more stable heads around him, the institutionalists that kept the ship running irrespective of who was in charge... all the people that have now been expelled from the Trump bubble and replaced with sycophantic loyalists Vivek) and backstabbing opportunists (Elon) among other such charmful characters in his cabinet, with over 13 billionaires.... But! I think you're onto something about how it works! I just think you've just got the roles wrong... So I have a question, who is he haggling for? Us? The American people Or the 13 billionaires that helped get him elected, and that he has now hired to help run America for the next 4 years? Who was he haggling for when he did the tarrifs last time he was in office that resulted in us sending millions of dollars back to farmers all across America for their lost revenue due to countries no longer importing our agricultural goods, farmers who still now going into Trump's second term have still not been made whole on their lost revenue? Who was he haggling for when he made a permanent tax cut for the wealthiest Americans and gave only a small temporary tax cut to working class people? But like I said I think you're onto something... Let's look at the election as an example. During the election, didn't he haggle with the American voters by "starting with a crazy ask to get leverage" (egg prices will go down, gas prices will go down) only then to admit in an interview a few weeks after he won that he probably can't actually do those things he promised, thus "haggling down to some minor improvement"? But the problem is the last part. It's not the public who sees this as a win. Well, it'd be the egg companies and gas companies who will see that as a win. I'd argue your theory actually makes sense if you think of it like this. He was haggling with the American people on behalf of the corporations that support him, and we're the ones getting haggled down (lied to and cheated) so he can show it to his billionaire buddies (i.e .the American oligarchy) as a win.

[@M30W3R]

I read The Art of the Deal and it's literally this and greasing the wheel.

[@mattROKX]

You know what? You're right about his strategy, but you're wrong about the who is who. The people he haggled with were the American voters, and he started with his "big offer" of bringing down the prices of eggs and gas and has now haggled us down by admitting that he can't do much to change the prices of goods. The people that are seeing this as an improvement are not the public but the oligarchs that benefit from exorbitant prices, who own the massive agricultural conglomerates and most of the rest of our economy... 13 of whom he has directly appointed to cabinet positions to run the government.

[@airborneranger-ret]

Ditto

[@isaiahxp9185]

@@mattROKXDude, we’re not idiots. We don’t expect a wall from sea to sea just because he promises it. We know that deflation isn’t a thing. We know we made a deal. The other side lost because they didn’t even bother haggling with us at all. Call it Christmas, say Jesus is King, and then we know you are haggling us. We don’t honestly think Trump is a serious Christian, but he at least knows he needs to respect us if he wants to win. Something the other side forgot.

[@itzangel0735]

A Panamenian here, the Panama Canal got an ampliation and upgrades some years ago, it was a masive project done by Panamá, also and more important, when USA owned the Canal there was a big piece of the territory where no panamenian could enter, back then, it was so insane some students enter the territory to put a Panamá flag and they got killed, that was the event that proceded the change in the ownership to Panamá.

[@kleigh5053]

Yo soy de Panamá también hermano 🇵🇦

[@stephenstowe9711]

Womp Womp, who was the one who built it in the first place?

[@yolamontalvan9502]

@@stephenstowe9711 So, If I build a huge port in California for giant ships, can I keep that piece of lands for my country? That would be great. When can we do that? DID YOU KNOW PANAMÁ USED TO BE COLOMBIAN TERRITORY? Anglo America with Roosevelt played another Texas in Colombia, now Panamá. The Unitedstatians picked a bunch of peasants in Panamá, gave them trinkets and told them to revolt and ask for independence from Colombia. That’s how the U.S. were allowed to build a canal and so they recovered the money they spent. The Panamá canal belong to Panamá and *WILL SERVICE THE WHOLE WORLD.* EVERYBODY IS TREATED EQUALLY.

[@Admiral_Jezza]

@@yolamontalvan9502 Nope. The trade-off is that the US would help the Panamanians get independence from Colombia, in exchange for the canal zone. Why would they help them for free?

[@carmen2689]

Además La Antártida También es Del IMPERIO ESPAÑOL, Descubierto Por España en 1603 Gracias Grabiel de Castilla,,,

[@NikephorosCaesar]

Vassals realizing they’re vassals

[@thebadstation8416]

Wild 💀

[@12Rosen]

i like canal

[@Daniel-jk7pe]

But I hate dry canal

[@ArtieArchives]

Canal 5

[@blark5]

i Love canal

[@airbusLAX]

Me likey

[@MathsOP]

kanal digital

[@Apple-mg6jr]

After I found out about the existence of these canals I was in awe. For anyone that doesn't know these canals are basically manmade wormholes to the other side of a continent, without them ships would have to travel around an entire continent just to get to the other side which would cost many days, and millions of dollars.

[@Quail-King]

Thank you, our country is beautiful

[@Conradd23]

Also, the "going around" option is incredibly dangerous because the ocean waves in that area are huge and super unpredictable.

[@Trickaz94]

Yeah literally everybody already knows that, that is just basic education

[@RedLancerMoto]

​@@Trickaz94 You'd think so.

[@andresobon8714]

Its really impressive, specially irl. You can have a tour inside the canal where they show you how they all works. There is this one place called "Ciudad del Saber" inside what used to be an american millitary base (its like a huge park now) and there is a very cool spot I like chilling in to see boats slowly pass through, you can also see the ferrocarril from there.

[@ArmaDoggo]

"Operation Just Cause" but it's not justified and is actually "just because"

[@AmericansElite]

Ir because china stole it

[@42VS42]

So really it's "Operation Just 'cuz" haha love it

[@luckylmj]

what i thought it was before I heard someone say it out loud

[@YesMe-dw7pj]

Nonsense......built for a friendly nation given independence from Columbia by the US.....condition that it remain in friendly hands......China is not on the list of friendly Militaries

[@bighillraft]

I mean they did build the canal in the first place, imo they shouldnt have to pay fees

[@maxtucker7344]

One little correction The canal was not a “territorial lease” like you said it was actually seceded to the US upon the founding of Panama in exchange for US assistance for Panamanian independence from Colombia. It was incorporated as sovereign US territory. it was then through a gesture of goodwill given to Panama in the 70’s in a treaty that requires certain conditions are met.

[@jhpratt]

The US had extensive rights over the zone (in perpetuity), but it was not under US sovereignty. Legally it was a concession.

[@iandelcid7254]

The canal was given by a French man not elected without any representation 9f the panamenian people

[@hondacbx1975]

Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty of 1903, which provided the United States with a 10-mile wide strip of land for the canal, a one-time $10 million payment to Panama, and an annual annuity of $250,000

[@hondacbx1975]

Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty of 1903, which provided the United States with a 10-mile wide strip of land for the canal, a one-time $10 million payment to Panama, and an annual annuity of $250,000

[@tresphorempundu3185]

It was indeed a concession, it's common knowledge. Why are you reaching over something that is not complicated.

[@PAnon-sama]

The canal was expanded by the Panamanians in 2016. It had problems with the water levels due to a specialy harsh drought. That was the reason for the longer that usual waiting lines. And we are carbon negative. So not pointing any fingers, but climate change is definatelly not our fault. Nevertheless, there has being a strong anglocentered publicitary campaing against the image of the panamanian administration of the canal. So some how the cause of the problem finds a way to blame us. In fact you seem under the impresion that the crisis is still in effect. That is because while there were a lot of attention placed on the drought-caused lowering in canal crossings per day, there was pretty much none placed on the fact that the drought is over sinces months ago and the lakes are at capacity. 😅

[@TonyBro505]

"Climate change is not our fault." Bro you lost me there. That shit is just dead wrong.

[@PAnon-sama]

@TonyBro505 You blame the increase of global tempertures and droughts on Panama somehow? The fact is that water is not as plentyfull as it used to be. And the canal for better or for worse needs a lot of water to function. Panama as a country expends huge amounts of its fresh water that could be used for drinking and other needs on every transit that makes it possible for world commerece to happen as easely as it does now. Climate is deffinetly changing. If you think it is not industrialized countries' fault, that is your call. But the problem is real.

[@TonyBro505]

@@PAnon-sama oh shit no I misinterpreted that entirely, no i do Believe it's the industrialized countries fault. Sorry about that,

[@PAnon-sama]

@TonyBro505 No worries. I could have worded that better. English is my second language.

[@robertstwocents]

A Chinese Company has been contracted to run the canal since 1999. The company employs around 50,000 Chinese Nationals that live and work in Panama. This has provided the cover/ infrastructure for the Chinese Nationals that have migrated illegally to the US.

[@vladstefan5216]

I find it very telling that Americans will argue that they should own the Canal because they paid for it (not even the full thing today, as it was extebded by Panama, and only a fraction of today's trade could be confucted without that extension) and as soon as people point out the hypocrisy, since a lot of what the US has today, including their independence, was in part or in full payrolled by other countries, they default to "come and take it then". This is literally gunship diplomacy, brought to you by the President of Peace, Donald Trump. Say what you want about economic benefits and "might makes right". Truth is, this is just a double standard and lying about election promises. If the people that support this idea can't at least own that, then there's nothing good to say about their honesty or integrity.

[@blazeburner303]

One thing that wasn’t brought up was just how unsafe going south of Argentina is, it’s one of the most unsafe routes a ship can take

[@poli_zgaming3616]

Its the soul reason what got the united states to build the panama canal

[@mrjosediaz]

Fun fact. You actually travel East when you go through the Panama Canal from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and West when you go from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. I've gone through it twice and that's pretty neat.

[@joshuanorman2]

Man who's entire fiscal policy is charging other countries ridiculous fees for importing is mad that a country is charging completely reasonable fees for importing.

[@s0515033]

Trump is not charging other countries the ridiculous fees. He is charging Americans the ridiculous fees. Tariffs are paid for by us after the importer pays the tax. The exporter pays 0.

[@-eternal]

stay mad. our interests surpass yours, and you are weak.

[@joshuanorman2]

@@-eternal Does being mean on the internet make you feel safe

[@s0515033]

@-eternal his policy hurts you though. Classic case of punching yourself and saying you are the champion. Tariffs are inflationary, and the gop wants to cut social security and Medicare. You do you, though.

[@VerbalVantage]

Yes, why should other countries be able to have tariffs against us but we can’t have any against them? Also Americans built the canal, it should be ours

[@jacksonfuller1995]

2025 is gonna be a wild year 😂

[@hobog]

The lake refilling the canal is itself getting less reliably refilled, and it supplies growing communities. It's not just congestion justifying the high fees

[@poli_zgaming3616]

@@hobog so what your saying is the canal needs better management. And the states has the ability to do so

[@Seeyou45]

To be honest America also is Panama's defender as Panama has no military and kind of relies on it. It's an unspoken reality that if you rely on someone to defend yourself... you kind of should act in the ones defending you best interest because otherwise you're screwed

[@robymaru03]

Who is threatening Panama beside his defender.

[@Seeyou45]

@robymaru03 Besides various militant revolutionaries and the Necro Cartels who have proven repeatedly to be able to overpower the national militaries?

[@danmayberry1185]

It does have military, including US-trained special forces. It also has friends that rely on trade via the canal. Lil' Donna might find out who's backing Panama on this latest troll.

[@poli_zgaming3616]

​​​@@danmayberry1185we are also aware china is building bases around the canal. We will take it back if we have to use force

[@LUNE.44]

Trump in the title really creates a lot of yappy comments huh

[@kaiheaton4858]

Honestly these seem sane compared to reddit, you mention Trump and the lack of effort that was produced for the Kamala campaign relatively, and ur downvoted -100. If someone would use data and math which is the only objective thing in politics, I could change my mind, but some individual circumstances are ignored for the sake of political justification as people value how people perceive them over what is really true

[@A_Hardy_Lopunny]

​@@kaiheaton4858Thats most Reddit communities to be fair. Karma is not a good metric to measure discussion on polarising topics, people's passion will take over.

[@TrentConnor2010]

@@kaiheaton4858💯

[@Issthi]

@@kaiheaton4858 Yapping to someone complaining about yapping, totally vapid comment.

[@Issthi]

@@kaiheaton4858 "Reddit is dogmatic and tribal" 🤯🤯🤯 huge insight there dude

[@paradoxnova5043]

I don’t think you have mentioned that soft power also has downsides when overused that are just as bad, give or take better or worse, as overusing hard power. And that’s why Trump does what he does. When you overuse soft power your “allies” will eventually see it as natural and exploit you. And we have been exploited so much for so long many of us could care less about the rest of the world’s opinion. For many you all had your chance while we were playing nice. Playing nice didn’t work and you took advantage. Trump is simply saying no more playing nice, and if the world doesn’t like it they can be reminded why we are considered the most powerful nation on the planet.

[@superwaffle9312]

Is Panama exploiting the US or do you just want to use the excuse of how you paid for a fraction of an already started proyect a hundred years ago?

[@yankeedude252]

The thing about soft power is that it hasn't been working. Clearly, if we have these unfavorable trade deals and severely unbalanced defense deals and the such, our "friends" have been taking advantage of our unwillingness to resort to hard power. By threatening it, at least giving the perception that there is a true line in the sand, we can maybe start turning these deals back to a more fair position. The only people who think Trump would actually invade Panama are the ones who hate him to an unreasonable degree and are willing to jump on anything to insinuate anything negative about him. Fortunately for Trump, that's a significant portion of the world, so he can use it to his advantage.

[@totally...124]

1:10 min observation: No normal Brazilian says "I am American" normally says "I am Brazilian" if talking with some geography dumb says "I am South american.. or Latin American" ... and yeah technically at the MOST superficial level there are two continents named America so people inhabitanting are Americans... continents btw named on honor to an Italian (Americo Vespucci) ... the people US by its foundation didn't had any creativity so named itself with the name of the continent its located.. imagine a country in Europe occupaying ≈ 15% of the place named itself Europe💀

[@charlesyoung7436]

There is only one country on Earth with "America" in its name. That's US, folks!

[@BrandonQuezada-k2v]

That was perhaps one of the dumbest things I’ve heard someone say today, indeed

[@totally...124]

@BrandonQuezada-k2v I said "no normal" some do have paranthropos stuff

[@vicentun69]

I believe that calling us citicens "americans" rather than unitedsaters or something like that is better

[@Admiral_Jezza]

That last part about "15%" makes no sense since in English they're considered two continents, not one. So the US is taking up 80% of North America, hence them being called "Americans" makes sense.

[@Gastornis11]

The The Sankey Canal is the most important, it started the industrial revolution back in 1757, England

[@danmayberry1185]

Passage costs are about $10 per tonne. The canal opened at around $3.25/tonne, which would be $38 in today's money. Lil' Donna doesn't know what he's talking about.

[@joshuanorman2]

When has he ever known what he's talking about?

[@appa609]

I vote for the grand canal. China didn't have a Mississippi so they built one 2000 years ago, and it is the principal reason it has remained one nation through the ages.

[@gigachadgaming1551]

China has gone through numerous warlord periods 😭

[@phishENchimps]

don't forget the flooding. the earth doesn't like it when we move it's stuff.

[@dean_l33]

​@@gigachadgaming1551 But it never fully balkanized did it

[@beepboop9848]

​@@dean_l33 it literally did several times

[@hobog]

The current prc didn't build the canal

[@ewfse364u35jh]

7:00 The only reason why Suez canal is not owned by UK and is open to all ships is because UK was the main loser of WW2 and USA was the main victor, that established laws that guarantees open access to ships for trade and from which USA profited the most in post-WW2 world, as it had main manufacturing power to provide goods. China did not win world war and it decides nothing - USA made China as "factory of the world" provided that it plays by rules - by US rules. Trump is reminding in least elegant way that USA is top dog on this planet. PS I am not American, I do not always agree with what I observe. World is not fair - it is what it is but not all the people fully understands how it functions and what Trump can do, does not equate that other equally dumb people can do as well as they are not given representation what Trump has.

[@Leecostomo]

"UK the main loser" idk man, Germany lost significantly more. I'd argue that the USSR is the main loser. Even in the modern-day the echo caused by operation barbarossa is felt.

[@ewfse364u35jh]

@@Leecostomo UK lost colonies and ceased to exist as British Empire - and it had the largest market all closed for others and USA gained access to all that after WW2. These are not even my thought - it is a known fact, that UK was the biggest loser of all the participants in WW2. Yes, they did not lost that many people compared to Soviet losses, but apart from human lives they lost everything. Soviet Union unfortunatelly was not a loser - it gained new slaves and new territories, though Stalin was clearly preparing to a war to get significantly more(whole Europe) - than they gained, but it was not a loss from our POV. Though, If you are refering that Soviet Union lost soldiers, then many of them were not Soviet in the first place - my grandfather was conscripted regardless what he would have thought about Soviet rights to conscript colonized people, so any loss in that case would have not been Soviet loss in the first place. Also, according to the Soviet rate of loss of soldiers during the war they still did very fine, but what you are hearing and parroting about "lost lives of Soviet soldiers liberating people from Nazis and all the terrible future" is a pure propaganda. Any liberator that does not leave after liberating becomes oppressing nazis themselves. I know it is magic, but those are the rules.

[@Leecostomo]

@ewfse364u35jh Yeah you're proabably right about UK being the greatest loser post-war, although they are still reaping benefits from from once being a colonial power (english being a global language, thus the 3rd world brain drain favours them and the US. Plus the way they built the economies of their colonies means that they have a bad time as independent nations, which means countries like the UK can now establish favourable trade deals with former colonies, like Cameroon and Ghana. And with former-colonies that are now nations with developed economies like Australia and New Zealand they can establish trade deals because of the good relations with them.) Also when I mention the USSR, I'm talking about the fact that USSR-participation in WW2 wasnt beneficial to Russia (and other soviet states) as a country in the modern day. The demografic impact can still be felt today. I do not see the USSR as a "liberational force" in the war, but the war was still fought in the eastern front with soviet blood. Most sources im looking at rn say 8.7 million soldiers conscripted by the soviet union died (a majority of them proabably russian, considering that it was the predominant ethnic group in the USSR, although maybe a larger percentage of other ethnicities might have been conscripted (especially since I imagine the average age of a siberian or an asian from central asia would proabably be lower considering those areas were less developed).

[@42VS42]

"I used to go on tangents..." 😀 ...PLEASE don't lose your tangents!

[@elbryanto]

Everyone wants to annex Panama until they realize that gives Panamanians the right to migrate and work in the US.

[@JCardo2502]

We are hard workers, I don´t see why that´s a bad thing

[@elbryanto]

@ It’s not, but the people clamoring to annex or “claim it back” are also the people that have been complaining the most against “too many immigrants.”

[@siyacer]

​@@JCardo2502"hard workers" wholesome

[@superwaffle9312]

@@elbryanto yeah i was thinking that if the Panama Canal gets annexed then too many people would just migrate to other countries like the US, basically would make Panama Venezuela2

[@VasileIuga]

Half their west was Mexican, the other French and the East Amerindian or British. Trump speaks the language of Russia, so he should start with Alaska.

[@Aaron_Guest]

We never should've gave it to them.

[@itzangel0735]

L, cry about it

[@aimankamil4818]

​@@itzangel0735okay bro, prepared to get invaded by the strongest military ever in the world

[@yvanaluz9994]

​@@itzangel0735time to give it back, hombre.

[@flameyoshi07]

You a zonian or something, that hasn't been USA's for decades

[@hydronpowers9014]

The world is going to be reminded why the US doesn't have free healthcare.

[@max00_oo]

Oh dear

[@godassasin8097]

It only has free unhealthcare

[@tallgirlhappyme]

*Because the US PAID FOR IT in the first place and sold it to Panama for $1.* 🇺🇸

[@Idk-dc7hv]

should France revoke the Statue of Liberty? how about the Louisiana purchase, should France retake their former territory? alaska too, by the logic of your comment then Russia will be justified in taking Alaska back, right?

[@gryph01]

The U.S. made a ton of money off of the canal. Many times over the cost to build it. The U.S. no longer has a claim on the canal.

[@MrEpicface97]

​@@Idk-dc7hvI would like for them to militarily try....

[@d.p.2386]

Yeah, lets return Alaska to the Russian to start with! lets do it baby....

[@elbryanto]

Can I build a shed in your land and claim it then?

[@bridezilla3758]

Days of COAL?!?? 😂😂😂 Man thinks we still sailing STEAM SHIPS out here lmfao

[@ibx2cat]

I like picturing a steam ship driven by one guy and a shovel, let me keep imagining it

[@bridezilla3758]

@ibx2cat one guy and a *talking* shovel

[@PawLurk]

[18:02] NordVPN are Headquartered in Panama - that would have been an appropriate Sponsor!

[@wendyraffel4382]

I’m watching the drunk stream-mas stream on the main channel right now and just wanted to thank you for another wonderful year of being my favorite streamer. You’re awesome and your videos and lives have provided me with some of the best chill times during a crazy stressful year. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. 🌲💖😽

[@MrTohawk]

A big important canal you're missing is the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal, allowing ships to go from the north sea to the black sea straight through europe without having to go the long way around.

[@Azeri_Gamer]

You guys own the whole fucking world the canal is ours PD: Fuck this shit i never tought this was gonna blow, im gonna leave polytics and move to New Zealand

[@Quail-King]

Thank you! We want to be independant and have our territory

[@Azeri_Gamer]

@Quail-King i am panamanian and i was talking against trump bruh i just spoke in english

[@TheRockkickass]

Nah. We are gonna take it. Try and stop us

[@Azeri_Gamer]

@@TheRockkickass you know france can protest to get the Statue of Liberty because they builded it

[@Quail-King]

Sure ig, a bit hypocritical with being anti imperialistic type country but yall do whatever you need to do to stay relevant

[@xbox_cheeto5338]

lol I love the ballsiness of this. In an era of entrenched anti colonialism buddy is just going to straight up say "I'll do it again" 🤣

[@experimentosocial3396]

Y están dispuestos está vez a patearle el culo, porque Estados Unidos ya perdió su trono. Simplemente es un perro que ladra...Trump es una vergüenza

[@jocta9666]

It’s funny cause it’s not your country

[@Hispanocel]

@@jocta9666 we built that canal in your country

[@jocta9666]

@@Hispanocel I’m not from Panama and you know that most of the labor was local right? Also a lot of French people worked on it initially and the canal as is today is basically completely different then the one originally built thanks to the many modernizations.

[@Hispanocel]

@ we will just buy it

[@danmarsh5949]

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are managed as a single port (they're adjacent). They should probably be considered together, in a map like the one you showed. Seattle/Tacoma is the other major west coast port.

[@RandoomDude]

Taking over the Canal, lowering the rates to increase trade wealth and using it as a bargaining tool for countries going through like China could be a big win

[@beedalton9675]

He a manchild and declining fast ...we have it back what's.wronf with that orange child??

[@DominicPayne-q2r]

Brother, we own the of Panama canal for the longest time, because we built the thing. And they got it back pretty much out of just a generous lease. And with the idea of building a new Panama through either Mexico or one of their other neighbors to increase the trade route, and because it's becoming A bit of a problem for even the local government to handle both in maintenance and because they've had to flood lakes, which reduces panamas overall size for food and housing in industrial locations. It's probably for the best that Panama. At least gives some control back to the United States. Because they clearly can't handle It, and it's also pretty much the only thing that's holding the country together. It makes up like ninety percent of their economy

[@elbryanto]

Cool. Take the structure and flop it down some other land the US owns.

[@DominicPayne-q2r]

@elbryanto you're talking about the Panama now, correct? Yeah, I mean, just rip it down. If they're gonna continue to rip us off, they can't maintain the structure, and they're more than willing to flood most of their country, because they're economy is a monolith economy and basically relies on it solely. I swear if they didn't have it, they'd turn into third world country instantly. And the US isn't at war at the moment, and we really should start throwing our weight. Around again, especially within the north and south american area, if we want to get the economy back to a stable place

[@itzangel0735]

Yeah and it better stays as it is, not being able to enter a big chunk of your own city is not fair, yung panamenian that tried to defend our nationalism got KILLED and that was the event that let us to get the Canal in our hands

[@DominicPayne-q2r]

@itzangel0735 yeah if they don't got a bit of a deal. We might as well just take it back. Trade it like that one island in the Philippines. When the japanese took over, just f******, fill it with oil and and make the entire canals, structural integrity, which is already crumbling break and then leave and let them deal with the aftermath. We'll just take one through Mexico instead, or what are their other neighbors? Both of which are viable and already looked at options

[@dilly1863]

Because China has heavily invested in Panama, see Genoa!!! The shipping fees are set for all shipping no matter where they sail from! US pays the same as everyone else!!. T does not know history or understand Panama's history!

[@williesandersYT]

The St. Lawrence Canals would be 3rd important in my opinion. That connects cities like Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, and Montreal to the world. Also, each of those rust belt states have economies stronger than most European nations. Cincinnati, Ohio benefits from the waterways just as much as every us city within driving/rail distance of those great lakes. Chicago is a major rail hub for getting goods to and from the St Lawrence waterways

[@stuckonvenuzz]

You failed to mention that even though the construction of the Panama is considered american, most of the workers were panamenians citizens, african slaves, and chinese slaves who were brought into the country, also U.S. didnt 'steal' Panama from Colombia, Panama wanted to be an independent country since Colombia was mistreating them as a department, U.S. just helped Panama gain independence so that they could be in "good terms" with Panama, also U.S. mistreated the Panamenian Citizens, wouldnt met them in unless you were american, and claimed a zone inside of the Panamenian territory even though its clearly an independent country, then Invaded the country with the excuse they wanted to catch Noriega, bombed and left debree in the country and its obvious they did all that to regain conrrol of the canal

[@Jake-jb4we]

if trump can annexe the panama canal then Britain can have its empire back

[@appa609]

Britain is weak

[@ConnorFraser-vh2xr]

Sounds good to me 👍

[@gigachadgaming1551]

No it doesn’t. America has the power to exercise power around the world. Britain can’t even patrol its own borders

[@OscarDirlwood]

Anglo Suez again?

[@archyarchfiendx2938]

Good luck to you

[@BurchellAtTheWharf]

8:05 no, its the st Lawrence seaway in Canadian waters then the artic seaways which are yet to be routed

[@someperson3883]

To Make the Panama Canal Great Again

[@experimentosocial3396]

...Qué tal esta frase: "Castiguemos filibusteros de nuevo" 😂😂😂🌹

[@beedalton9675]

That orange child is gonna ruin the world...... he wanted to nuke a hurricane ....... this is elder abuse

[@stephenstowe9711]

@@beedalton9675lol your Biden boo already ruined the us for 8 years

[@loganlove9986]

@@beedalton9675So like . . . The last 4 years?? Just sayin’

[@KamiTenchi]

Might aswell just annexe Panama.

[@robymaru03]

They can't because there's a moronic law that forbid ships not entirely made in the US to dock on 2 American port consecutively, and that's why you can't visit the Hawaiian isla d in boats.

[@loganlove9986]

@@robymaru03Can you elaborate further?? Why is that a thing??

[@charlesmilenko511]

South America does not include any part of Panama.

[@Kingedwardiii2003]

Watching a Minecraft KZbin comment on foreign affairs is interesting to say the least

[@CasuallyIncredible]

Old bro wanted to take Greenland, Canada, a d now Panama!? What's next, Europe!?

[@poli_zgaming3616]

Well we subsidize all of Europe welfare programs and crap so..... If europe want to rip us off then they can be a state. And yes, they actually take us money and soend it their welfare programs so they dont piss off their pooulation whime they do stupid crap. US doesnt have a say in how that money gets disperse within their country. What was for defense purposes was funneled off into their social safety nets by the leaders of those countries.

[@BrandonQuezada-k2v]

They already have Europe as a vassal anyways

[@JCardo2502]

As a half Panamanian half Spanish guy, please leave us alone. We have enough problems as it is, if Panama gets annexed to the US we´ll get US related problems too. Please no more, we´re tired chief...

[@KindaOutofHere]

@@JCardo2502you get guns bald eagles and Walmarts! Rahh 🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@JCardo2502]

@@KindaOutofHere We already have guns and we have an equivalent to Walmart here called Super 99, we don´t want to be part of America, so please mind your business and leave us Panamanians alone

[@tsmspace]

The canal is expensive, and the US is not lead by a single person. The president can be influential but a large number of people working together try hard and make very informative collections of information that generally make it clear that there is usually only one reasonable course of action for most geo-political situations, and in this case I am confident that although the US is interested in projecting influence in the region it also benefits from a stable Panama and a stable Panama needs to be able to charge adequately at the Canal to generate the revenue it requires to maintain the canal and it's own stability. Therefore it is actually in the interests of the US for Panama to be as prosperous as possible given the other geo-politics of the region, namely cartel influence and the general threat of cartel war. Naturally at all times industry will try and get the best price out of the canal but I do not think that the US will project military might to capture the canal unless the region becomes hostile enough to present an existential threat.

[@Quail-King]

Yes you are completely right

[@robymaru03]

The US doesn't like that stability because it encourages population growth and those people are using the same water the canal is using, in a few decades the canal will have to be shut down and Panama will have to change it's economic model to a more sustainable one, but the biggest loser will be the US, they'll be left with no canal and the country divided in 2,

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

Until 20 minutes ago I thought the Panama canal was natural.

[@Themrine2013]

nope all man made

[@Chance_Rice]

Why would you think that?

[@-Katastrophe]

Ehhh that's just his way of opening negotiation.

[@experimentosocial3396]

La negociación está cerrada...Trump está exponiendo a Estados Unidos a una humillación mundial sin precedentes.

[@Brucemcleod2345]

The Darien scheme did not propose to build a canal but an overland route.

[@maxinefinnfoxen]

People on the vintage story (a game that started as a minecraft mod) server im playing on are building a canal to connect all our towns to increase trade. (Sanctuary served)

[@Scribit339]

*WE ARE NOT INVADING PANAMA* *Again........*

[@genericname998]

The name of the country is the United States of America, meaning they have the right to claim any territory within the American continent

[@Leecostomo]

so true, go off, king

[@flameyoshi07]

Big brain move eh?

[@Arkansas112]

100% brain power moment

[@christianklotzle1252]

The US wouldn't have to invade to take the canal We have the biggest navy in the world we could just park ships on both sides Until they hand it over😂 and should

[@guillermogouldburn763]

Then when China invades and takes back Hong Kong you'll have no moral authority to criticize.

[@KerriFromTX]

Panama has breached the contract thousands of times. Give all the facts.

[@Batmans_Pet_Goldfish]

It's likely that he'll just haggle down to getting another lease or rent it, given his MO. Panama won't have to pay for upkeep and gets paid for it, and the US won't have to pay fees. Win Win.

[@jocta9666]

How is it a win exactly to be threatened with invasion and have to give over control of part of your assets to prevent the death of your people?

[@stevemcgowen]

So if someone steals your house, you would be ok with it, if they mowed the lawn?

[@Quail-King]

I mean, its still land occupation and would be occupying like 1/4 of the population of Panama within that zone so i dont believe just because the government would moniteraly gain from it they would give up the countrys main economic output and a lot of its population

[@jocta9666]

@@Batmans_Pet_Goldfish by your logic you should give California back to Mexico so you don’t have to deal with the homeless people

[@retrictumrectus1010]

​@@jocta9666I mean, you don't honor your promises, you die in shame. I don't want it to happen, but it happens all the time. Remember the CEO of that insurance company. He did not honor the promises of his company, so he died.

[@andresobon8714]

I'm Panamenian and without our canal we are absolutely doomed

[@ConnorFraser-vh2xr]

Sorry, (unpanama's your canal)

[@andresobon8714]

@ConnorFraser-vh2xr NOOOO LMAO

[@JustARandomFio]

When the Brits take the US back and we Italians take London back, we'll return it to you, so no worries ;-)

[@mcluvin106]

@@JustARandomFioBrits can’t even take their own country back. Stop coping

[@sirlordofderp]

As a state yall would get immeasurable benefits. Just something to consider

[@evanlimes9206]

Is it bad that you are my main news source?

[@curtiswfranks]

The Erie Canal is historically important because it made NYC 𝘵𝘩𝘦 big city in its region of the planet and also made several other U.S. cities exist. Not third-place-worthy though, I expect. Something in Asia probably is.

[@JSG4361]

10:30 sent me down an hour-long rabbit hole about savannah georgia thanks toycat

[@ThatGuyPotatoes]

Invading Panama would invoke the Rio Pact.

[@danh508]

You might also want to look at what Chinese are doing in that country which is not being covered by the news were they are building military infrastructure and bases around the area in Panama to seize control of it when they failed to build there own version in Honduras. It was in the news a few years ago and they never stopped building that and so when trump said these it was in direct relation to these seen that would literally put a strangle hold in America goods and services when it comes to deliveries.

[@borisdelaine9797]

People are learning to ignore MOTUS after continuing to make outrageous statements to lead into a negotiation.

[@crazedmancer2122]

I just want the day where I get a senzu bean irl not worry about hospitals or living just by throwing a capsule out in the wild and have a house space come out of nowhere like dragon ball

[@smolpener7430]

Military budget was $980billion last I checked.

[@GrizzlyGroundswell]

Are you trying to be that character from that old show the young ones? Rick with the silent P? LOL! I just could not get over that thought but interesting video. I think Panama hats will come back into style in the states. I wonder how many states we will end up with in these next 4 years?

[@supersim1357]

Your presentation style is super upbeat 😅

[@CountofSerenno]

As a Cuban-Grenadian-Canadian with ancestors who participated in building the Panama canal, I'm pissed.

[@gumpyflyale2542]

Tough we built that canal it's pur and belongs to us

[@fkz0303]

he wants you so bad ❤

[@centur1um]

Who upgraded and modernized it? 🇵🇦​@@gumpyflyale2542

[@SF-eo6xf]

You are a lot of things, lol

[@Chance_Rice]

Yea sure

[@morewi]

For the canal, im going to say something in the Netherlands. I know they are expanding and moderning canals over there so modern ships reach paris

[@SomeRandomPersonOnTheNet]

How about I go to my local Wendy’s in Orange Park, Florida… and tell them Toy Cat says “sir this is a Wendy’s”

[@SIC66SIC66]

Seems like a very short term way of doing things. Yes you might get a few things done now by threatening people, but in the long run this is going to cost the US a LOT more...

[@JCardo2502]

Say hypotetically they´ll annex the Canal and Panama and say Canada collapsed like many people say it will and it becomes part of the US. You know what other countries will do? they´ll start making allies to fight against the US if they start making threats. It´ll be the Roman Empire 2.0...

[@ringthatbell9597]

I think it’s based tbh, and I’m not even American

[@Quail-King]

Why? its blatant imperialism

[@martillodelajusticia7211]

to intervene in a country previously intevened by yout country before, seeting coup to matain your interest?

[@ringthatbell9597]

@ yes.

[@pao5567]

It's cringe the moment the amerimutts do it

[@RealWatch1]

you need a strong relationship with your allies and your allies have to be strong to stay a superpower. history might repeat itself again

[@the0ne809]

Pissing off everybody including your allies seems like a bold move.

[@gororgelester985]

@@the0ne809 it is if he has no plans for new allies

[@kierano8390]

nato is gonna kick america out soon. i look forward to when our countries stop paying america so much money buying all its military equipment

[@thelordofcringe]

@@the0ne809 What allies?

[@Aaron_Guest]

@@kierano8390 Yeah you are a clown, America IS NATO.

[@chaosbringer2000]

Uh ibx you missed one crucial thing The U.S. made Panamá break away from Colombia, while they were in a civil war.

[@DavidSolimano]

I think the Grand Canal of China is extremely important. Also when we building the Russia to US train line?

[@MateusChristopher]

As an American my tap water isnt safe to drink 😢

[@thebeast9869]

I think this is the right decision as america built that canal and also the largest spender, so not getting a large discount is wrong

[@ewfse364u35jh]

There are American bases in Greenland and it is profiting from USA presence there. It looks like a Trump is making those claims to renegotiate rental agreement with Greenland, but pretty much the other option for USA is to just remove base from Greenland as that is not how it works unless USA really does something similar what it did with Panam Canal and secedes Greenland(from Denmark) and establishes local Inuit government there and do similar things in Canada as there are similar expenses to support USA installations in Canada as well. The issue of all these is that USA is involved in defence of USA and Canada and Greenland and is the only one that pays for that defence, however this is where USA becomes very vulnerable if it loses the ability to intercept those nukes coming from Russia while they are over North Pole. It probably would be much cheaper for USA to deal with the root problem - Russia by helping Ukraine to win the war and even more - help Ukraine to regain "historical lands of Ukraine" - all of the south of Russia and make Russia fall apart, because pretty much existence of Russia and mentality of Russians are one of the reasons why nuclear war is still an option and Russians are getting moronic even more than what you think Trump is turning into. And while the nuclear tech that Russia has is quite old, it still can kill millions and some of those in UK as well, as it is next main target after US.

[@eaglehead1]

Please stop calling it America it's the USA

[@Aaron_Guest]

It's both

[@siyacer]

america

[@james5460]

We could take the canal back in an afternoon. Then head north along the coast to California and Texas. Then we'd REALLY secure the border.

[@bootmii98]

You would run roughshod over Mexico and all the countries in Central America. Securing borders is about the borders you have, and in 1946 we decided those were inviolable.

[@MrFrazierCampbell]

Trent and Mersey is the 3rd most important canal

[@Kingedwardiii2003]

4:48 you are like 60 years late to the party my friend, the USA has been an imperialist global empire since the Korean War

[@pao5567]

Since the Spanish-American war*

[@coquimapping8680]

@pao5567 Since Manifest Destiny

[@Kingedwardiii2003]

@@coquimapping8680 since the war of 1812

[@noco7243]

Clearly not.

[@TheOfficialMentallyWill]

Just like the Soviets

[@tresphorempundu3185]

It's a nice try,but that area will never return in the hands of the USA. It's simply stupid to start certain discussions. Trump should have some respect for himself.

[@poli_zgaming3616]

You want to go down that fucking boat when china is building bases around the canal which is now becoming an american threat. Yeah get over yourself. We aint playing games anymore and the states is now pissed we were getting taken advanatage off. Should have thought about that before hand, we been trying to place nice. Guess we need to humble some countries once again

[@Baconboy-r2i]

Minor nitpick. We in North America call every south of Panama the country South America.

[@jeanssold2131]

getting more based by the day😎

[@policymatters-0801]

Honestly, I Really HATE Trumps Policies, But I Love The Big Dick Energy. Be Ruthless, Punish our Enemies, WIN!

[@Murderbot2000]

Because he wants to appear as if he’s doing some great (in the eyes of someone with a distorted view of masculinity) thing. It’s yet another example of Trump not knowing what he’s talking about and right wing entertainment gaslighting their audience that it’s something that it’s not.

[@Chance_Rice]

Our colonial Empire has begun first with Greenland then Canada and now Panama 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@sc1338]

Jimmy Carter gave it back early in the 1970s not 1999. Which was dumb and we should’ve never given it back at all

[@luiszidane2966]

How can you give terroitory and watet that doesnt belongs to you back?

[@josephlee5654]

​@@luiszidane2966Panama can also pay 16 Billion back but threats are exciting

[@dean_l33]

​@@luiszidane2966 1. We built everything on the plot of land 2. It's vital to national defence 3. Conquest is the right of the strong

[@Batmans_Pet_Goldfish]

​@@luiszidane2966 it did belong to them. They were leased it.

[@matthings4133]

Stupid comment

[@bradenmickan4789]

Economic and cultural domination can be more powerful than military power if done slowly and cleverly

[@austinshields2341]

I’d say the one in France that goes from the med to the Atlantic. That way we can forget all about Spain and Gibraltar

[@282XVL]

Make Monroe Great Again.

[@torstenheling3830]

He just wants to negotiate the issue.

[@piricarmen6726]

That needs to be voted on. This man is nuts!

[@EmoGuy-y9s]

Why is nobody talking about how china is operating all the ports in Panama Canal?

[@avail6797]

It's the new "Colonial Revolution."

[@PrimericanIdol]

If the US can do that, then Russia can assert uncontested dominance in Eastern Europe, and annex all former Soviet Republics.