Panama bends the knee

Teflon Don said:
Same will happen with Trudeau and Mexico. They will bend the knee as well. They are trying to save face with their people, but they will bend to Trumps will

Remember he imposed tariffs the first time around and inflation didn't balloon until Biden got into office with all of his spending
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LMAO. That didn't age well. trump caved at both borders, and Panama sent Lil Marco packing. trump got his ass kicked by Xi the first time around.

Remember the $32 billion it cost the taxpayer to bail out the soy industry? Inflation started due to trump's tariffs, but really got out of hand as a result of the trump virus.
 
archives said:
Telling, the MAGA posters are all giddy over what they think is a biggy, but only have two word responses when others point out why it is just another photo op
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trump had to regain the news cycle after his TSA disaster was trending.

And...he ran interference so Musk could take control over all of our banking information.
 
"Bend the knee"? Do you toothless incels really have no self esteem? You have to talk like cavemen about American allies to make yourselves feel big and important? You're all idiots if you think Trump swinging around his micropenis is going to have a long-lasting or positive effect for the US.
 
martin said:
This tiny concession is letting Trump save face as his vow to wrest control of the canal into U.S. hands quietly goes away.
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You morons are hilarious, it gets better everyday. Seems like only a week ago, libtards were all saying, 'what threat? what overcharging? he's crazy, just power hungry" oh wait, that was last week.

Trump is getting exactly what he demanded and Panama has completely changed their entire tone and responses immediately after Rubio left. If they don't follow through and allow inspections and complete transparency and keep any hint of China's control out, we will take it back. Time will tell.
 
Althea said:
trump had to regain the news cycle after his TSA disaster was trending.

And...he ran interference so Musk could take control over all of our banking information.
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Did you see his self own? The Daily Show ran the tape. I can’t find it on any other news segment.

Felonious actually said, “I look at some of the deals made, I say, ‘Who the hell made these deals? They’re so bad,'”

I was cracking up! Felonious is the one. He was cutting down his own trade deals 🤣🤣

View: https://youtu.be/TLOuiApOnbw?si=ZA0JEjaVEkOKRG6Y
 
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Althea said:
Awww...you got your ass kicked earlier so you resort to grade school games?

Ironically, this post makes you look less ignorant than the ones that prove you know nothing about the market.
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I have forgotten more about the market than you will ever know. The fact remains that someone who turns 62 today would have been way better off with their money in an S&P500 fund than with socialist insecurity. They would be living off of way more money. Even with those corrections which by the way bounced back shortly thereafter. So nobody would have gone "bankrupt" as you claim. As always, you are over your skis
 
FastLane said:

Panama pledges to end key canal deal with China, work with US after Rubio visit​

Panama's president vowed Sunday to end a key development deal with China after meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and after complaints from President Donald Trump that the Latin American country had ceded control over its critical shipping canal to Beijing.

José Raúl Mulino, Panama's president, said his nation's sovereignty over the 51-mile waterway, which connects the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, will remain unchanged. But he said he would not renew a 2017 memorandum of understanding to join China’s Belt and Road global development initiative and that Panama would instead look to work more closely with the U.S.

"I think this visit opens the door to build new relations … and try to increase as much as possible U.S. investments in Panama," Mulino told reporters after meeting with Rubio on his first international trip since being confirmed.

Rubio, who was a senator representing Florida before Trump tapped him to be America's top diplomat, said his team is ready to push the U.S. agenda.


"Had the pleasure of meeting the incredible @USEmbPAN team during my first embassy meet and greet in my new role as Secretary of State!" Rubio wrote in a post on X. "Thankful for their dedication and ongoing efforts to promoting President Trump’s vision of an America First foreign policy."

During his visit, Rubio wrote in a post on X that "the United States cannot, and will not, allow the Chinese Communist Party to continue with its effective and growing control over the Panama Canal area."

Trump has complained that China exerts control over the canal and charges U.S. ships six-figure premiums to cross Panama's isthmus. The canal was built over several decades by the U.S. and completed in 1914 but handed over to Panama during the Carter administration.

Trump has made regaining ownership of the Panama Canal a priority in his administration. House Republicans introduced a bill for the United States to repurchase the Panama Canal after Trump raised concerns that the critical waterway is under Chinese control.

The bill, named the Panama Canal Repurchase Act, was introduced by Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., a member of the Select Committee on China and the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.


"President Trump is right to consider repurchasing the Panama Canal," Johnson said in a statement. "China’s interest in and presence around the canal is a cause for concern. America must project strength abroad – owning and operating the Panama Canal might be an important step towards a stronger America and a more secure globe."

Panama announced it won't renew the Belt and Road Initiative with China after Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited the country. (Reuters)

If it becomes law, the bill would give the president authority to act in coordination with the secretary of state to "initiate and conduct negotiations with appropriate counterparts of the Government of the Republic of Panama to reacquire the Panama Canal."


The U.S. Department of State estimates around 72% of all vessels that travel through the Panama Canal are coming from or going to a U.S. port.

Noting the canal's strategic importance to the United States, Johnson's office also noted how the waterway is a key transit point for U.S. Coast Guard and Department of Defense vessels.


Without access to the canal, ships would be forced to travel 8,000 additional miles around South America.

"More than 10,000 ships use the Panama Canal each year, generating billions of dollars of tolls which would economically benefit America," Johnson's office said.

While the canal and China's role in the region topped the agenda, Rubio had other items to raise.

"We also discussed efforts to end the hemisphere’s mass migration crisis and ensure fair competition for U.S. firms," Rubio added.
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Panama has agreed to get out of China Belt and Road Initiative. Panama has agreed to allow US Navy ships to jump to the front of the line when transiting the canal and will charge them $0 to cross the canal. And Panama has also agreed to stop people crossing the Darian Gap and return them home with the US help financing the plane rides back home.
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1) No citation, you coward.
2) They pledged nothing but to consider non-renewal of a road's contract with China when it comes up for renewal.
 
Teflon Don said:
I have forgotten more about the market than you will ever know. The fact remains that someone who turns 62 today would have been way better off with their money in an S&P500 fund than with socialist insecurity. They would be living off of way more money. Even with those corrections which by the way bounced back shortly thereafter. So nobody would have gone "bankrupt" as you claim. As always, you are over your skis
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Indeed.
 
FastLane said:
See the BLUE title in the OP? It is a hyperlink dumbass. Also this sounds like a promise to me.

Panama's government has promised to give free passage to U.S. warships through the Panama Canal, a U.S. official informed Bloomberg on Sunday. ...
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That is Fox News wording. They did not vow to do anything. They said they would consider nonrenewal of a contract for repair of roads and bridges.

Look a little deeper, you will see its nothing new. Who does not reconsider contracts when they are up for renewal?
 
Jarod said:
That is Fox News wording. They did not vow to do anything. They said they would consider nonrenewal of a contract for repair of roads and bridges.

Look a little deeper, you will see its nothing new. Who does not reconsider contracts when they are up for renewal?
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Strange? It's not from Fox dumbass.
 
martin said:
This tiny concession is letting Trump save face as his vow to wrest control of the canal into U.S. hands quietly goes away.
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Not even tiny, Canada has already passed money for border security and Mexico’s is a “promise,” Donnie should have demanded the money for the wall he “promised” nine years ago
 
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