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.
"Ive 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/

walkingman
(9,131 posts)Irish_Dem
(68,774 posts)To prevent the staff from going crazy and shoving him into a locked room.
Irish_Dem
(68,774 posts)Cheezoholic
(2,881 posts)johnnyfins
(2,001 posts)(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
(160 posts)When can we use his carcass to plug the drain to the swamp.
LakeVermilion
(1,319 posts)I think they want to avoid United States regulations.
question everything
(50,109 posts)Turbineguy
(38,975 posts)to be an idiot.
BidenRocks
(1,364 posts)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
(44,638 posts)red dog 1
(30,748 posts)highplainsdem
(55,565 posts)paywall only once, after reading a lot of their stories in one day.
red dog 1
(30,748 posts)highplainsdem
(55,565 posts)red dog 1
(30,748 posts)Eugene
(64,574 posts)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
(1,006 posts)RainCaster
(12,714 posts)Fucking dumbass gangster wannabe.
Rhiannon12866
(232,916 posts)Which require Secret Service, overnight stays and flights to and from??
lark
(24,947 posts)Bet he wants the ships to pay a token fee to him every time they pass!!
NickB79
(19,878 posts)Pretty sure Trump feels we're owed compensation for our warships defending against Houthi drones and missiles.