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Donald Trump criticized Panama Canal fees as “ridiculous” and demanded lower costs or the canal’s return to the US.

In a Truth Social post, Trump also expressed concern about potential Chinese influence over the waterway, despite no direct Chinese control of canal operations.

The canal, transferred to Panama in 1999, is vital for global trade, handling 5% of maritime traffic.

Trump’s comments follow record revenues of $5 billion announced by the Panama Canal Authority. Panama has not yet responded to his statements.

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[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 21 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Yes by definition the diplomacy between two Nations is International politics. If it was internal us politics then it would be United States politics. I'm not sure what's complicated about this, it's common sense.

Of course it could also be posted to a US News community. It could also be posted to a Panama news Community I suppose. Sometimes posts are appropriate more than one community.

[–] fxomt@lemm.ee 13 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

On second thought, yeah, you're probably right. I'm just really tired of hearing about trump, and my comments were a knee jerk reaction. Sorry.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

It's so unfortunate that any of his big moves have international consequences. I don't want the world to suffer from our mistakes but that's the way it is.

[–] TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee 6 points 10 hours ago

As an American, so am I.