President Trump:

"American Ships, both Military and Commercial, should be allowed to travel, free of charge, through the Panama and Suez Canals!"

Just when you thought he couldn't get stupider or more historically ignorant...

His Orangeness Mango Mussolini, the Melon Felon, has a bee in his bonnet [1] about canals, but it's not just about #Panama now. On his social network - a fork of Mastodon, of course - he wrote:

> American Ships, both Military and Commercial, should be allowed to travel,
> free of charge, through the Panama and Suez Canals! Those Canals would
> not exist without the United States of America.

The Panama canal, maybe.

The Suez canal, however, was proposed by a #Frenchman, financed primarily by #Europeans, built by forced and voluntary labour sourced from countries in the region under the management of the French, and then operated by a French company with a contract for 99 years.

The USA had absolutely #zilch to do with the Suez canal. Which is probably for the best, because the USA was kind busy fighting its own civil war and then the #reconstruction that followed it - the canal was built from 1859 to 1869.

So, Mr. Trump: pull your head out of your ass, admit your ignorance, apologize to Egypt, France, and the rest, and slink off to your history-free corner of D.C. with your tail between your legs.

[1] Maybe it's good he has a bee in there. There isn't much else rattling around in that particular bone soap dish.

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The United States says it doesn’t want migrants and refugees. But “third countries” like Panama that have agreed to accept them have taken on a greater task than they bargained for. #panama #refugees #trump

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Yankee Imperialism Intends to Send Troops to the Panama Canal

Donald Trump announced on April 10 that he would send troops to the Panama Canal under the guise of confronting the growing Chinese influence in the region. Nova Democracia (AND) reports that the announcement came two days after Peter Hegseth, the U.S. Secretary of Defense, stated that he would not allow China or any other country to interfere with U.S. plans for the canal. On Wednesday, he stated: “The Panama Canal is key territory that must be secured by Panama with America, and not with China.” The Panama Canal handles 40 percent of U.S. imperialist container trade and 5 percent of global trade.

The exact number of troops to be sent to Panama is still unknown, but AND reports that they may be stationed near the Canal, and warships will be able to use the canal for free and with priority. According to local media, U.S. troops may use several other facilities to deploy their forces: The Teniente Octavio Rodríguez Air Base of the National Aeronaval Service located in Panama Pacific; the Vasco Núñez de Balboa naval base; the naval base Captain of Frigate DEM. Noel A. Rodríguez; the Cristóbal Colón Naval Air Base.

The agreement reached by the Panamanian lackey government led by President José Raúl Mulino with U.S. imperialism has been strongly criticized by activists and local movements, who denounce that this movement is an invasion. There were already strong protests and flag burnings when Trump announced his interest in securing control of the Panama Canal earlier this year.

AND reminds Panama’s key role for U.S. imperialist interests: “The Panama Canal functioned as a military and commercial base controlled by the Americans until 1999, when, worn down after decades of conflicts against the popular masses of Central America, the Yankees handed over formal control of the route to the Panamanian government. Panama was also home to the School of the Americas, a U.S. military center run by the Pentagon to train Latin American military personnel in counterinsurgency strategies and combatting the ‘internal enemy‘. ” Furthermore, AND explains that this return of U.S. military presence occurs “amid intense conflicts of interest between U.S. imperialism and Chinese social-imperialism,” in which the latter has carried out numerous operations and added several countries to its project known as the “New Silk Road.” Thus, U.S. imperialism is making this move alongside other actions such as military exercises in Latin American countries and along the coasts of Central and South America, as well as direct military interventions in Peru and Colombia.

https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=18432