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If Trump Gets Control Of The Panama Canal (Original Post) gab13by13 5 hrs ago OP
Trump can't even get control of prices in the US IE this distraction away from broken campaign promises for middle class uponit7771 5 hrs ago #1
The idea that trump will take the canal by force will never happen. brush 3 hrs ago #9
That's a nice ship you got there, would be a shame if anything happened to it. Diamond_Dog 5 hrs ago #2
He is a mob boss now. The head of the US division of the Russian crime syndicate. Irish_Dem 4 hrs ago #6
+1 dalton99a 4 hrs ago #7
The world's biggest protection racket Blue_Tires 3 hrs ago #18
That's not going to happen... 2naSalit 5 hrs ago #3
The only way this could happen, it would be an "act of war" FakeNoose 5 hrs ago #4
Nato would not be on it at all, as Panama is not a Nato member and the US is. Celerity 3 hrs ago #13
Aren't most of the new cargo ships too big for the canal anyway? mobeau69 4 hrs ago #5
Is that true, the new cargo ships are too big for the canal? brush 3 hrs ago #10
Yes Turbineguy 3 hrs ago #11
Thanks for posting. mobeau69 3 hrs ago #14
That link is quite a lot to get thru. So is the expansion completed and larger ships are passing through? brush 3 hrs ago #16
Yes, since 2016. Turbineguy 3 hrs ago #17
I read that when the canal was recently close because a big container ship got stuck. It was probably 2 or 3 years ago mobeau69 3 hrs ago #12
What does time flies for older folk have to do with it? brush 3 hrs ago #19
Are you thinking of the Suez Canal? rasputin1952 2 hrs ago #22
We once had control Tickle 4 hrs ago #8
50 years reminds me of Roe. We're going back campers! mobeau69 3 hrs ago #15
Same as merdalago now 1 m 😹 Meowmee 2 hrs ago #20
...The Panama Canal will start to break down quicker and... haele 2 hrs ago #21

uponit7771

(92,117 posts)
1. Trump can't even get control of prices in the US IE this distraction away from broken campaign promises for middle class
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 11:51 AM
5 hrs ago

brush

(58,283 posts)
9. The idea that trump will take the canal by force will never happen.
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 01:10 PM
3 hrs ago

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)
2. That's a nice ship you got there, would be a shame if anything happened to it.
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 12:01 PM
5 hrs ago

I swear he thinks he is the Don of a mafia.

Blue_Tires

(57,208 posts)
18. The world's biggest protection racket
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 01:46 PM
3 hrs ago

All because folks would rather die than vote for a black woman 👎

FakeNoose

(36,164 posts)
4. The only way this could happen, it would be an "act of war"
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 12:07 PM
5 hrs ago

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.

mobeau69

(11,716 posts)
5. Aren't most of the new cargo ships too big for the canal anyway?
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 12:07 PM
4 hrs ago

Good God, four more years of this stupid shit from the convicted felon.

It’s more than my old body can take.

brush

(58,283 posts)
10. Is that true, the new cargo ships are too big for the canal?
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 01:16 PM
3 hrs ago

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?

Turbineguy

(38,563 posts)
11. Yes
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 01:24 PM
3 hrs ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal_expansion_project

"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."

brush

(58,283 posts)
16. That link is quite a lot to get thru. So is the expansion completed and larger ships are passing through?
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 01:35 PM
3 hrs ago

mobeau69

(11,716 posts)
12. I read that when the canal was recently close because a big container ship got stuck. It was probably 2 or 3 years ago
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 01:27 PM
3 hrs ago

the way time flies for older folks!

rasputin1952

(83,348 posts)
22. Are you thinking of the Suez Canal?
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 02:56 PM
2 hrs ago

A cargo ship blocked it for quite some time, backing up everything.

haele

(13,711 posts)
21. ...The Panama Canal will start to break down quicker and...
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 02:43 PM
2 hrs ago

....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.

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