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highplainsdem

(55,565 posts)
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 05:35 PM Saturday

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 Saturday OP
He belongs in a mental institution. walkingman Saturday #1
He would have to be medicated to the max. Irish_Dem Saturday #3
The world must bow down and give everything away free to the orange hitler. Irish_Dem Saturday #2
Memorialize? Memorialize what? Freeloading? n/t Cheezoholic Saturday #4
Yep. Fresh off another world stage event johnnyfins Saturday #5
Ignorant fool Iamscrewed Saturday #6
Aren't most registered to foreign countries? LakeVermilion Saturday #7
But the U.S. had nothing to do with the construction of the Suez Canal question everything Saturday #8
Every day is another opportunity Turbineguy Saturday #9
Now China can come in BidenRocks Saturday #10
What a fucking man child. sakabatou Saturday #11
Here's a link to the Reuters article without a paywall red dog 1 Saturday #12
Reuters isn't paywalled, if you clear your browser cache/history regularly. I think I encountered the highplainsdem Saturday #13
I'm not sure about that...I may have exceeded the limit for this month. red dog 1 Saturday #14
I delete browser history, cookies, etc. at least once a day. highplainsdem Saturday #15
Thanks red dog 1 Saturday #16
Reuters has a metered paywall with limited free articles per month. Clearing the cache or going incognito Eugene 22 hrs ago #20
THIS is the one fucking thing he thinks should be free? LOL! Karasu Saturday #17
And I insist that all my groceries are free RainCaster Yesterday #18
How much money would this save the government compared to TFG's frequent golf outings? Rhiannon12866 Yesterday #19
Demented toxic old fool! lark 19 hrs ago #21
The US had no role in building the Suez Canal NickB79 18 hrs ago #22

Irish_Dem

(68,774 posts)
3. He would have to be medicated to the max.
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 05:38 PM
Saturday

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

johnnyfins

(2,001 posts)
5. Yep. Fresh off another world stage event
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 06:41 PM
Saturday

(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!

LakeVermilion

(1,319 posts)
7. Aren't most registered to foreign countries?
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 06:48 PM
Saturday

I think they want to avoid United States regulations.

BidenRocks

(1,364 posts)
10. Now China can come in
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 09:40 PM
Saturday

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.

highplainsdem

(55,565 posts)
13. Reuters isn't paywalled, if you clear your browser cache/history regularly. I think I encountered the
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 10:07 PM
Saturday

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

Eugene

(64,574 posts)
20. Reuters has a metered paywall with limited free articles per month. Clearing the cache or going incognito
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 06:43 AM
22 hrs ago

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.

Rhiannon12866

(232,916 posts)
19. How much money would this save the government compared to TFG's frequent golf outings?
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 02:33 AM
Yesterday

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

lark

(24,947 posts)
21. Demented toxic old fool!
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 09:44 AM
19 hrs ago

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

NickB79

(19,878 posts)
22. The US had no role in building the Suez Canal
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 09:53 AM
18 hrs ago

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

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