Trump demands Panama lower Canal fees or return it to US – DW – 12/22/2024
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In a post on social media, the incoming US President Donald Trump described fees charged to use the key shipping lane as a "complete 'rip-off.'" He also warned of it falling into the "wrong hands."

Summary

Donald Trump criticized Panama Canal fees as “ridiculous” and demanded lower costs or the canal’s return to the US.

In a Truth Social post, Trump also expressed concern about potential Chinese influence over the waterway, despite no direct Chinese control of canal operations.

The canal, transferred to Panama in 1999, is vital for global trade, handling 5% of maritime traffic.

Trump’s comments follow record revenues of $5 billion announced by the Panama Canal Authority. Panama has not yet responded to his statements.

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      644·
      20 hours ago

      When he’s the President of the United States, yes we will. Unfortunately.

      We were so fucking close to never having to hear about this piece of shit ever again.

      • fxomt@lemm.eeEnglish
        1910·
        20 hours ago

        Not all of us are American, I for one would love to block all news from the US; It’s extra salt in the wound that this was posted on WORLD news.

          • fxomt@lemm.eeEnglish
            613·
            18 hours ago

            It’s about trump threatening panama, is that not US politics to you?

            The main focus here is clearly the US, panama is just the subject.

              • fxomt@lemm.eeEnglish
                118·
                18 hours ago

                What would US politics be, then?

                This is about the US, and its diplomacy with panama. It is not, by definition, international politics. The US and trump, as i said, are clearly the focus in this article. If it was vice versa, ie, X country interacting with the US, for example, it would be passable. This is US internal politics.

                Why couldn’t have this been posted to a US news community? why this of all places?

                • njm1314@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  221·
                  18 hours ago

                  Yes by definition the diplomacy between two Nations is International politics. If it was internal us politics then it would be United States politics. I’m not sure what’s complicated about this, it’s common sense.

                  Of course it could also be posted to a US News community. It could also be posted to a Panama news Community I suppose. Sometimes posts are appropriate more than one community.

                  • fxomt@lemm.eeEnglish
                    13·
                    18 hours ago

                    On second thought, yeah, you’re probably right. I’m just really tired of hearing about trump, and my comments were a knee jerk reaction. Sorry.

                • EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
                  9·
                  18 hours ago

                  By your own logic, that wouldn’t be international news - it would be x country news and shouldn’t be posted here either. Why would it be “passable” if the news was about another country doing it?

                  When Trump starts threatening to glass the EU with ICBMs, would that be US news only and not international? After all, it would be about the US and its arsenal of nuclear weapons.

                  • fxomt@lemm.eeEnglish
                    41·
                    18 hours ago

                    That was probably a bad definition, sorry. I’m just tired of hearing of US news. But yeah, i would agree that the example would be international news.

            • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              10 hours ago

              This does seem important globally. We know from history, and this shows he’s starting again from before he matters, that US diplomacy will be threaten first. Unfortunately this what y’all have to look forward to as our way of doing business, with allies, independents, and competitors

            • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
              12·
              17 hours ago

              When one country’s (soon to be) leader directly threatens another country, this is by definition “international”.

              I agree that Trump is getting far more attention that a person like him deserves, but him being the next head of a major nation makes him impossible to completely ignore.

              • fxomt@lemm.eeEnglish
                31·
                17 hours ago

                Yup, as i said in another comment, i’ve changed my mind. I just really am annoyed of hearing of trump all the time, and made this comment.

        • hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          8·
          18 hours ago

          This one may not be that important, but I would like to remind you that unfortunately the bullshit 'murica does does affect the rest of us.

          • fxomt@lemm.eeEnglish
            31·
            18 hours ago

            Yep, i agree. It’s just really tiring to see US news most of the time. This was probably a knee jerk reaction from me. Sorry.

      • adarza@lemmy.caEnglish
        562·
        20 hours ago

        and another 50 cleaning up the huuuge shit pile left behind.

        and that’s an optimistic estimate, requiring voters to choose planet and (all) people over party and self from here on.

          • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
            15·
            17 hours ago

            The shit that he broke last time still hasn’t been fixed yet.

            It takes a lot more time, effort, and money to build or repair than it doesn’t to break stuff.

            Even if Trump Vance and Musk all die in a plane crash, the rest of the MAGA-GOP would still be there being insane, and Project 2025 would still be grinding along puppetering whoever the next republican leader is.

        • seejur@lemmy.worldEnglish
          8·
          20 hours ago

          You forget Musk-fuelled presidencies that set us back even more while we try to repair the damages, because morons keep voting R no matter what