U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that American military and commercial ships should be allowed to travel through the Panama Canal and Suez Canal free of charge.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/trump-says-us-ships-should-be-allowed-to-travel-through-the-panama-and-suez-canals-for-free/


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    1 month ago

    Trump is going to try and choke the world with the Panama Canal. The world needs to recognize this as an attack and prepare to defend their access to free trade with their military.

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    1 month ago

    The same Republican playbook for decades: cut money going to a service, the service has problems operating, the republicans blame liberals until people support the Republicans taking over it, and then the Republicans privatize it.