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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
(92,651 posts)brush
(59,435 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
(36,484 posts)I swear he thinks he is the Don of a mafia.
Irish_Dem
(67,344 posts)Blue_Tires
(57,596 posts)All because folks would rather die than vote for a black woman 👎
2naSalit
(96,307 posts)Without a war with China.
FakeNoose
(37,077 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
(49,046 posts)

mobeau69
(11,890 posts)Good God, four more years of this stupid shit from the convicted felon.
It’s more than my old body can take.
brush
(59,435 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
(11,890 posts)brush
(59,435 posts)Turbineguy
(38,943 posts)mobeau69
(11,890 posts)the way time flies for older folks!
brush
(59,435 posts)rasputin1952
(83,497 posts)A cargo ship blocked it for quite some time, backing up everything.
Tickle
(3,828 posts)I don't know why after 50 years we are talking about this
mobeau69
(11,890 posts)Meowmee
(8,285 posts)haele
(14,087 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.