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keithbvadu2

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5. First commandeer/confiscate/take over the canal using America's military might.

Reply to Javaman (Original post)

Mon Dec 23, 2024, 09:41 PM

Dec 23

First commandeer/confiscate/take over the canal using America's military might.
Then manage it for a while and discover that gov't cannot do it efficiently.
Then form a coalition of billionaires/big companies.
Privatize it.
American military still providing security on the taxpayers' dime.

Trump now whining that we pay too much for passage.

Want to bet how much it goes 'down' then?

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So why Panama? [View all] Javaman Dec 23 OP

AHA! elleng Dec 23 #1

Panama is obvious, they have that juicy asset. The Greenland obsession needs more explanation. unblock Dec 23 #2

the greenland obsession is a quiet admission that warming is real rampartd Dec 23 #6

(a) he's got nothing to lose (b) he thinks they might lower rates for American ships to shut him up muriel_volestrangler Dec 23 #3

It's not that convoluted... appmanga Dec 23 #4

First commandeer/confiscate/take over the canal using America's military might. keithbvadu2 Dec 23 #5

Oh, he just wants to outPutin Putin question everything Dec 23 #7