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.

  • @njm1314
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    232 months ago

    No, by definition it is international politics.

      • @njm1314
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        222 months 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.

      • @[email protected]
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        92 months 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.

          • @[email protected]
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            82 months ago

            I totally get it, I live in the US and I’m so goddamn sick of hearing about this nonsense. The worst part for everybody else is how much money is in the US economy, which means that basically everything we do affects the world and is therefore international/world news.

            • @MutilationWave
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              22 months ago

              One of the first things he’s going to do is increase taxes on the poor and what’s left of the middle class and give tax breaks to the rich and corporations. Even that is world news in my opinion just because of the US status as pretty much the only world superpower. My country spends more on the military than the rest of the top 10 combined.

              • @[email protected]
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                22 months ago

                Don’t forget that about half of those countries are also our allies (at least for a few months longer).

      • @[email protected]
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        2 months ago

        What would US politics be, then?

        Anything related to domestic policy? News from the regional, state and/or local levels?