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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf Trump Gets Control Of The Panama Canal
How much will he charge every ship? Just for protection, you know.
uponit7771
(92,117 posts)brush
(58,283 posts)trump is just a big talker. IMO the military chiefs are loyal to the Constitution and the nation, not trump. They will not invade Mexico or Panama. Period.
Diamond_Dog
(35,406 posts)I swear he thinks he is the Don of a mafia.
Irish_Dem
(60,612 posts)Blue_Tires
(57,208 posts)All because folks would rather die than vote for a black woman 👎
2naSalit
(94,011 posts)Without a war with China.
FakeNoose
(36,164 posts)NATO would be on it immediately, as well as all the other defense alliance groups in the world. Chump has no balls for that. He likes to stir up trouble, but other people have to come in and clean up his mess.
Celerity
(47,115 posts)mobeau69
(11,716 posts)Good God, four more years of this stupid shit from the convicted felon.
Its more than my old body can take.
brush
(58,283 posts)What, they now have to go around the horn, the southern tip of South America, a dangerous passage that adds thousand of miles to get from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific?
Is that really true?
"The new ships, called New Panamax, are about one and a half times larger than the previous Panamax size and can carry over twice as much cargo. The expanded canal began commercial operation on 26 June 2016."
mobeau69
(11,716 posts)brush
(58,283 posts)Turbineguy
(38,563 posts)mobeau69
(11,716 posts)the way time flies for older folks!
brush
(58,283 posts)rasputin1952
(83,348 posts)A cargo ship blocked it for quite some time, backing up everything.
Tickle
(3,230 posts)I don't know why after 50 years we are talking about this
mobeau69
(11,716 posts)Meowmee
(6,444 posts)haele
(13,711 posts)....become non-viable for anything but mid sized shipping or pleasure boat travel within 10 years.
There's infrastructure investment that needs to be done, modernizing many of the locks and mules, making it larger and more able to withstand climate change.
Infrastructure investment is not something "Vulture Capital" and other financial Grifters and bottom line bean counters do any more.