*Double take*
Via Rupar:
#Trump on the #PanamaCanal: "They violated the agreement. We're gonna take it back, or something very powerful is going to happen."
panamacanal
“Marco #Rubio told #Panama ’s president in a face-to-face meeting Sunday that the Central American ally must reduce alleged Chinese influence over the #PanamaCanal area or the #Trump administration would take “measures necessary” to do so.”
https://apnews.com/article/panama-rubio-trump-canal-mulino-illegal-immigration-f159e218e66812bc0e462d8fb8bb5b5f
#Trump’s actions & statements suggest he might be envisioning a world in which each of the 3 so-called great powers—the #UnitedStates, #China & #Russia—dominates its part of the globe, #ForeignPolicy analysts say.
It would be a throwback to a 19th-century style of #imperial rule.
Trump has said he wants to take #Greenland from Denmark, annex #Canada & re-establish American control of the #PanamaCanal.…extend[ing] US dominance in the Western Hemisphere….
#geopolitics
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/us/politics/trump-russia-china.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=839DA511-2704-4676-B75F-1EF9BD8AE047