Posted on 01/22/2025 8:07:18 PM PST by bitt
Some people have thought that Trump’s talk about the Panama Canal was just talk. They were wrong.
Newly confirmed Secretary of State Marco Rubio is already planning his first international trip – to Panama. Why do you suppose he is going there?
Could it be because the new Trump administration is serious about the United States retaking control of the canal? It sure looks that way.
Politico reported:
Rubio is heading to Panama
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to visit Panama — the country whose canal President Donald Trump has suggested he’d seize — as early as next week, according to three U.S. officials briefed on the plan.
The Rubio trip — scheduled to run from late January to early February — also includes Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic, the officials said.
The trip is expected to be Rubio’s first foreign travel as secretary of State, said one former official who was also briefed on the plan. All were granted anonymity as they weren’t authorized to discuss travel plans publicly.
All of the individuals also stressed that the travel plans are tentative.
Rubio is expected to use the travel to cover at least two issues at the top of MAGA foreign policy agenda: curtailing illegal migration and Trump’s push to reclaim the Panama Canal, according to one of the current officials and the former official.
They are wasting no time.
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
While he’s there, I hope he addresses issues concerning the Darien Gap.. the highway for illegal traffic north.
I wish him a safe trip.
The ChiComs are building a permanent road through the Darian. Yon has documented this.
No real need to Seize yet.
A Yuge need to kick the CCP out.
Good thinking. I know Mr. Homan is thoroughly aware of it.
Yon is a good man.
Future: Panamerican Canal!
It’s nice that he speaks Spanish natively. He should talk to all of the Panamanians and Latin America residents directly.
Cementing a paved road throughout the Americas makes for quite the ChiCom dream of conquest.
Dear Lord, Please protect that man.
Amen
Amen.
I keep recalling statements that the canal is too small and unreliable for modern vessels.
So maybe we should just upgrade Gulf of America ports and connecting rail lines?
Build from scratch, fully modern and non-Union.
Panama would be a good way station for deported immigrants.
I wonder if China is making a deal with Ortega to make a canel through Nicaragua
They could build it in 2 months.
Tier Del Fuego?
Cue Van Halen
I see I’m not the only one to have fears for the safety of any of the Trump associates. Hope he’s got extra Secret Service protection.
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