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highplainsdem

(55,639 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 [View all]

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 [View all] 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 Sunday #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 Sunday #18

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

Demented toxic old fool! lark Sunday #21

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