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highplainsdem

(55,977 posts) Sat Apr 26, 2025, 05:35 PM Apr 26

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Trump says US ships should be allowed to travel through the Panama and Suez canals for free

Source: Reuters

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.

"I’ve asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio to immediately take care of, and memorialize, this situation," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

The Panama Canal crosses the narrowest part of the isthmus between North and South America, allowing ships to move more quickly between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It carries about 40% of U.S. container traffic each year.

The U.S. completed construction of the canal in the early 20th century but gave control of the strategically important waterway to Panama in 1999.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-american-ships-should-be-allowed-travel-through-panama-suez-canals-2025-04-26/

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Trump says US ships should be allowed to travel through the Panama and Suez canals for free (Original Post) highplainsdem Apr 26 OP

He belongs in a mental institution. walkingman Apr 26 #1

He would have to be medicated to the max. Irish_Dem Apr 26 #3

The world must bow down and give everything away free to the orange hitler. Irish_Dem Apr 26 #2

Memorialize? Memorialize what? Freeloading? n/t Cheezoholic Apr 26 #4

Yep. Fresh off another world stage event johnnyfins Apr 26 #5

Ignorant fool Iamscrewed Apr 26 #6

Aren't most registered to foreign countries? LakeVermilion Apr 26 #7

But the U.S. had nothing to do with the construction of the Suez Canal question everything Apr 26 #8

Every day is another opportunity Turbineguy Apr 26 #9

Now China can come in BidenRocks Apr 26 #10

What a fucking man child. sakabatou Apr 26 #11

Here's a link to the Reuters article without a paywall red dog 1 Apr 26 #12

Reuters isn't paywalled, if you clear your browser cache/history regularly. I think I encountered the highplainsdem Apr 26 #13

I'm not sure about that...I may have exceeded the limit for this month. red dog 1 Apr 26 #14

I delete browser history, cookies, etc. at least once a day. highplainsdem Apr 26 #15

Thanks red dog 1 Apr 26 #16

Reuters has a metered paywall with limited free articles per month. Clearing the cache or going incognito Eugene Apr 27 #20

THIS is the one fucking thing he thinks should be free? LOL! Karasu Apr 26 #17

And I insist that all my groceries are free RainCaster Apr 27 #18

How much money would this save the government compared to TFG's frequent golf outings? Rhiannon12866 Apr 27 #19

Demented toxic old fool! lark Apr 27 #21

The US had no role in building the Suez Canal NickB79 Apr 27 #22

walkingman

(9,230 posts)

1. He belongs in a mental institution.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Apr 26, 2025, 05:36 PM

Apr 26

Irish_Dem

(69,673 posts)

3. He would have to be medicated to the max.

Reply to walkingman (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 26, 2025, 05:38 PM

Apr 26

To prevent the staff from going crazy and shoving him into a locked room.

Irish_Dem

(69,673 posts)

2. The world must bow down and give everything away free to the orange hitler.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Apr 26, 2025, 05:36 PM

Apr 26

Cheezoholic

(2,966 posts)

4. Memorialize? Memorialize what? Freeloading? n/t

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Apr 26, 2025, 05:39 PM

Apr 26

johnnyfins

(2,078 posts)

5. Yep. Fresh off another world stage event

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Apr 26, 2025, 06:41 PM

Apr 26

(pope's funeral), where he was AGAIN humiliated, he needs to assert his power. Fuck. It's like we have a 5 year old in the office. Heckuva job GOP!

Iamscrewed

(286 posts)

6. Ignorant fool

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Apr 26, 2025, 06:41 PM

Apr 26

When can we use his carcass to plug the drain to the swamp.

LakeVermilion

(1,325 posts)

7. Aren't most registered to foreign countries?

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Apr 26, 2025, 06:48 PM

Apr 26

I think they want to avoid United States regulations.

question everything

(50,258 posts)

8. But the U.S. had nothing to do with the construction of the Suez Canal

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Apr 26, 2025, 07:00 PM

Apr 26

Turbineguy

(39,030 posts)

9. Every day is another opportunity

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Apr 26, 2025, 08:06 PM

Apr 26

to be an idiot.

BidenRocks

(1,486 posts)

10. Now China can come in

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Apr 26, 2025, 09:40 PM

Apr 26

and militarily back up the canal's denial of transit to freeloaders, because chump does not understand the meaning of NO!
The law of unintended consequences.

sakabatou

(44,723 posts)

11. What a fucking man child.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Apr 26, 2025, 09:46 PM

Apr 26

red dog 1

(30,965 posts)

12. Here's a link to the Reuters article without a paywall

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Apr 26, 2025, 09:54 PM

Apr 26

https://newsweek.com/donald-trump-panama-suez-canal-free-2064641

highplainsdem

(55,977 posts)

13. Reuters isn't paywalled, if you clear your browser cache/history regularly. I think I encountered the

Reply to red dog 1 (Reply #12)

Sat Apr 26, 2025, 10:07 PM

Apr 26

paywall only once, after reading a lot of their stories in one day.

red dog 1

(30,965 posts)

14. I'm not sure about that...I may have exceeded the limit for this month.

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #13)

Sat Apr 26, 2025, 10:09 PM

Apr 26

highplainsdem

(55,977 posts)

15. I delete browser history, cookies, etc. at least once a day.

Reply to red dog 1 (Reply #14)

Sat Apr 26, 2025, 10:13 PM

Apr 26

red dog 1

(30,965 posts)

16. Thanks

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #15)

Sat Apr 26, 2025, 10:37 PM

Apr 26

Eugene

(65,016 posts)

20. Reuters has a metered paywall with limited free articles per month. Clearing the cache or going incognito

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #13)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 06:43 AM

Apr 27

is a trick to work around it. If you go incognito at Reuters from the same IP address too frequently, they will throw a captcha at you as a suspected robot. A simplistic paywall is still a paywall.

Karasu

(1,128 posts)

17. THIS is the one fucking thing he thinks should be free? LOL!

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Apr 26, 2025, 11:48 PM

Apr 26

RainCaster

(12,854 posts)

18. And I insist that all my groceries are free

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 01:48 AM

Apr 27

Fucking dumbass gangster wannabe.

Rhiannon12866

(234,234 posts)

19. How much money would this save the government compared to TFG's frequent golf outings?

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 02:33 AM

Apr 27

Which require Secret Service, overnight stays and flights to and from??

lark

(25,022 posts)

21. Demented toxic old fool!

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 09:44 AM

Apr 27

Bet he wants the ships to pay a token fee to him every time they pass!!

NickB79

(19,908 posts)

22. The US had no role in building the Suez Canal

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 09:53 AM

Apr 27

Pretty sure Trump feels we're owed compensation for our warships defending against Houthi drones and missiles.

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