trump is demanding Panama returns the canal

[Zincwarrior]

Hahaha you wish. You're pathetic, put down the shot glass

President Musk myst be pissed about paying a fee for hir uber yacht

 

[TimFitz]

I know, someone trying to help the american people and democrats laugh at them....whoda thunk it....

Why did calling our Panama for how much they charge a stupid stunt?

Why do you hate America and want us to have.a horrible deal??

Because it is a stupid stunt.

It was intended to appeal to the flat earth parochial Trump base.

There is no “deal”. The US does not control the Panama Canal. No one owes the United States anything.

your beloved fuhrer has no idea what the charges for passage on the Canal are, nor is it his business.

He was counting on folks like you to fall for it and eat it up.

He’ll be on to a new gimmick in a few days.

You’ll fall for that one too.

 

[Crepitus]

Irony.

You and I both know you don't understand the concept.

 

[justoffal]

Because it is a stupid stunt.

It was intended to appeal to the flat earth parochial Trump base.

There is no “deal”. The US does not control the Panama Canal. No one owes the United States anything.

your beloved fuhrer has no idea what the charges for passage on the Canal are, nor is it his business.

He was counting on folks like you to fall for it and eat it up.

He’ll be on to a new gimmick in a few days.

You’ll fall for that one too.

Wrong on all counts and you suck as a businessman. Trump is well tuned into the money mechanics globally even if he is a noxious asshole. He is ABSOLUTELY CORRECT about the thieving parasites living on the fringes of the American economy. The canal debacle is only one of hundreds more like it.

 

[Crepitus]

Biden wasn't a laughingstock, retard?

He is/was neither of those things

 

[struth]

Because it is a stupid stunt.

It was intended to appeal to the flat earth parochial Trump base.

There is no “deal”. The US does not control the Panama Canal. No one owes the United States anything.

your beloved fuhrer has no idea what the charges for passage on the Canal are, nor is it his business.

He was counting on folks like you to fall for it and eat it up.

He’ll be on to a new gimmick in a few days.

You’ll fall for that one too.

Um yes there is a deal, literally a series of treaties Geez man you are clueless, we built and paid for the thing for goodness sake.

You just are clueless

 

[ThisIsMe]

Because it is a stupid stunt.

It was intended to appeal to the flat earth parochial Trump base.

There is no “deal”. The US does not control the Panama Canal. No one owes the United States anything.

your beloved fuhrer has no idea what the charges for passage on the Canal are, nor is it his business.

He was counting on folks like you to fall for it and eat it up.

He’ll be on to a new gimmick in a few days.

You’ll fall for that one too.

I think the point was, if we are being charged exorbitant fees and if there is corruption going on there, trump wants to stop it. Of course, the dem position is to just roll over and let it happen.

 

[struth]

I think the point was, if we are being charged exorbitant fees and if there is corruption going on there, trump wants to stop it. Of course, the dem position is to just roll over and let it happen.

The dem party is compromised the CCP

 

[TimFitz]

Wrong on all counts and you suck as a businessman. Trump is well tuned into the money mechanics globally even if he is a noxious asshole. He is ABSOLUTELY CORRECT about the thieving parasites living on the fringes of the American economy. The canal debacle is only one of hundreds more like it.

Well, he does know his way around global money laundering! He has been living off of it for 30 years.

I don’t know what my alleged business skills have to do with anything.

There is no canal debacle, and Trump has already forgotten about it.

He rope a doped you (again). And you fell for it.

 

[justoffal]

Um yes there is a deal, literally a series of treaties Geez man you are clueless, we built and paid for the thing for goodness sake.

You just are clueless

He's a sycophant...sycophants are not concerned with either history or facts.
He feels sorry for the bloodthirsty cartel that poses as the government in Panama. Doesn't see that they are not maintaining the canal because the money is being siphoned off to private bank accounts. Doesn't care that the rising fees are due partially to corruption.
Not interested in helping the economy because the wrong people won.

Jo

 

[justoffal]

Well, he does know his way around global money laundering! He has been living off of it for 30 years.

I don’t know what my alleged business schools have to do with anything.

There is no canal debacle, and Trump has already forgotten about it.

He rope a doped you (again). And you fell for it.

So? Who cares? What I care about is that he helps the US.

 

[Crepitus]

So it's a personal problem?

Yes, it's a personal problem that I get irritated by people who say stupid things.

Like the post I quoted, for instance.

You obviously wanted that to be an insult, but the way you phrased it it is not.

 

[TimFitz]

I think the point was, if we are being charged exorbitant fees and if there is corruption going on there, trump wants to stop it. Of course, the dem position is to just roll over and let it happen.

He is not President of anything right now, much less Panama.

Don’t you recognize Trump cofeve when you see it?????????

He’s been feeding you BS like this for a decade. It’s his act.

And that’s all this is.

 

[Crepitus]

The current situation at the Canal is untenable. The water levels are unacceptably low and Panama lacks the resources to do anything about it. Accordingly, they are charging outrageous transit fees, delaying transit for essentially all ships, but accepting bribes for those wanting to jump the line. The situation is seriously fucked up, with no resolution in sight.

It would be to our great advantage to take over the Canal at this time, even if we had to invest some billions to access a supplementary source of water. If we don't do it, the Chinese will make them an offer they cannot refuse.

Can you say "climate change"?

Probably not, but that's the issue here.

The Canal is fed by an upland lake that isn't getting enough rainfall to maintain it's levels.

 

[White 6]

Um yes there is a deal, literally a series of treaties Geez man you are clueless, we built and paid for the thing for goodness sake.

You just are clueless

US Navy, typically does not pay any toll to pass through and most commercial ships passing through are not of US Registry. We aren't even in the top 10. There is no reason for me to give a shit about the Panama Canal.

 

[Crepitus]

Do you really think?

The locks are fed by a fresh water lake. Why is that and not salt water? C'mon and explain it, Einstein.

These idiots don't know how anything works. They think the Panama Canal is just a big ditch.

 

[ThisIsMe]

He is not President of anything right now, much less Panama.

Don’t you recognize Trump cofeve when you see it?????????

He’s been feeding you BS like this for a decade. It’s his act.

And that’s all this is.

I agree he can't take back the canal, but the story is about wanting to normalize the practices there, for the benefit of cargo ships bringing goods to the eastern seaboard.

 

[struth]

US Navy, typically does not pay any toll to pass through and most commercial ships passing through are not of US Registry. We aren't even in the top 10. There is no reason for me to give a shit about the Panama Canal.

What are you talking about? We are the number one customer, China is number two

 

[TimFitz]

So? Who cares? What I care about is that he helps the US.

Well, that’s fine.

Just think a bit before you jump on the bullshit bandwagon next time.

Trump does this; buying Greenland, rerouting hurricanes with a sharpie.

It’s his buffoon act.

He puts it on because most of them revolve around old right wing tropes. Like this one.

Trump knows that he can get Al the old Limbaugh loonies heads bobbing over the Panama Canal. Folks who have that particular world view are easy prey to an out of left field attack by their beloved.

This thread is full of people who fell for it.

Trump plays you. The only thing that’s likely to come of it is that people stopped talking about how he and z musk got their asses kicked by Congress last week.

 

[Crepitus]

The U.S. built the freaking thing. U.S. ships should get free passage at least. It sounds like a plan.

We built it something over 100 years ago mostly with local labor.

And the Canal itself is of waning usefulness. The bigger ships won't fit, and the water that it runs on is drying up so passages are limited anyway.