On Thursday, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and President Donald Trump stated from the White House that U.S. troops had been deployed to the Panama Canal.
“We’re taking back the canal. China’s had too much influence; Obama and others let them creep in. We, along with Panama, are pushing them out, Sir,” Hegseth told Trump at a Cabinet meeting in front of the press.
Sec. Hegseth visited Panama earlier this week and said Panama President José Raúl Mulino was positive about partnering with U.S. troops to get “the Communist Chinese out.”
“We’ve moved a lot of troops to Panama, and, uh, filled up some areas that we used to have, we didn’t have any longer, but we have them now, and I think it’s in very good control, right?” Trump said, turning to Hegseth, who responded, “Yes, Sir.”
Sec. Hegseth said that Panama President Mulino was “very complimentary” of President Trump. “He is a great ally,” Hegseth said.
According to the Defense Secretary, former presidents, including Obama, have allowed the Chinese Communists to move in. China has refused to let a Hong Kong company cancel the agreement to control two ports and turn them over to BlackRock.
ESG BlackRock is prepared to take over two key ports, but don’t they work with China?
HEGSETH: We’re taking back the canal
TRUMP: We’ve moved a lot of troops to Panama pic.twitter.com/FJn00pca9P
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 10, 2025
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Peanut head Jimmy Carter was considered the worst president until the literal dick-licker Barack Obama and Shitpants Joe Biden came along.
Offer Panama reentry back into the US. But let’s not stop there. I like the idea of offering other nations membership into the United States first as territories then a path to statehood where they relinquish their independent sovereignty. A country level immigration system. The same rules for apply, the population must speak English, citizens must be educated, skilled, and learn ans assimilate into our culture of freedom and liberty, and must have valuable natural resources or strategic value, etc…. No free loaders. Think about it: United States of Earth.
Back when we gave away the canal, there was that mandate in effect to give equal time in the media, I forget the name of it. There was no conservative media. PBS was about the only AM radio news, and of course they were for giving it away. I think Senator DeConcini was the deciding vote. He was a democrat but “conservative” because a liberal could not get elected in Arizona.