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If Trump Gets Control Of The Panama Canal (Original Post) gab13by13 Jan 12 OP
Trump can't even get control of prices in the US IE this distraction away from broken campaign promises for middle class uponit7771 Jan 12 #1
The idea that trump will take the canal by force will never happen. brush Jan 12 #9
That's a nice ship you got there, would be a shame if anything happened to it. Diamond_Dog Jan 12 #2
He is a mob boss now. The head of the US division of the Russian crime syndicate. Irish_Dem Jan 12 #6
+1 dalton99a Jan 12 #7
The world's biggest protection racket Blue_Tires Jan 12 #18
That's not going to happen... 2naSalit Jan 12 #3
The only way this could happen, it would be an "act of war" FakeNoose Jan 12 #4
Nato would not be on it at all, as Panama is not a Nato member and the US is. Celerity Jan 12 #13
Aren't most of the new cargo ships too big for the canal anyway? mobeau69 Jan 12 #5
Is that true, the new cargo ships are too big for the canal? brush Jan 12 #10
Yes Turbineguy Jan 12 #11
Thanks for posting. mobeau69 Jan 12 #14
That link is quite a lot to get thru. So is the expansion completed and larger ships are passing through? brush Jan 12 #16
Yes, since 2016. Turbineguy Jan 12 #17
I read that when the canal was recently close because a big container ship got stuck. It was probably 2 or 3 years ago mobeau69 Jan 12 #12
What does time flies for older folk have to do with it? brush Jan 12 #19
Are you thinking of the Suez Canal? rasputin1952 Jan 12 #22
We once had control Tickle Jan 12 #8
50 years reminds me of Roe. We're going back campers! mobeau69 Jan 12 #15
Same as merdalago now 1 m 😹 Meowmee Jan 12 #20
...The Panama Canal will start to break down quicker and... haele Jan 12 #21

uponit7771

(92,302 posts)
1. Trump can't even get control of prices in the US IE this distraction away from broken campaign promises for middle class
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 11:51 AM
Jan 12

brush

(58,660 posts)
9. The idea that trump will take the canal by force will never happen.
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 01:10 PM
Jan 12

trump is just a big talker. IMO the military chiefs are loyal to the Constitution and the nation, not trump. They will not invade Mexico or Panama. Period.

Diamond_Dog

(35,695 posts)
2. That's a nice ship you got there, would be a shame if anything happened to it.
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 12:01 PM
Jan 12

I swear he thinks he is the Don of a mafia.

 

Blue_Tires

(57,596 posts)
18. The world's biggest protection racket
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 01:46 PM
Jan 12

All because folks would rather die than vote for a black woman 👎

FakeNoose

(36,451 posts)
4. The only way this could happen, it would be an "act of war"
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 12:07 PM
Jan 12

NATO would be on it immediately, as well as all the other defense alliance groups in the world. Chump has no balls for that. He likes to stir up trouble, but other people have to come in and clean up his mess.

mobeau69

(11,803 posts)
5. Aren't most of the new cargo ships too big for the canal anyway?
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 12:07 PM
Jan 12

Good God, four more years of this stupid shit from the convicted felon.

It’s more than my old body can take.

brush

(58,660 posts)
10. Is that true, the new cargo ships are too big for the canal?
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 01:16 PM
Jan 12

What, they now have to go around the horn, the southern tip of South America, a dangerous passage that adds thousand of miles to get from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific?

Is that really true?

Turbineguy

(38,674 posts)
11. Yes
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 01:24 PM
Jan 12
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal_expansion_project

"The new ships, called New Panamax, are about one and a half times larger than the previous Panamax size and can carry over twice as much cargo. The expanded canal began commercial operation on 26 June 2016."

brush

(58,660 posts)
16. That link is quite a lot to get thru. So is the expansion completed and larger ships are passing through?
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 01:35 PM
Jan 12

mobeau69

(11,803 posts)
12. I read that when the canal was recently close because a big container ship got stuck. It was probably 2 or 3 years ago
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 01:27 PM
Jan 12

the way time flies for older folks!

rasputin1952

(83,436 posts)
22. Are you thinking of the Suez Canal?
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 02:56 PM
Jan 12

A cargo ship blocked it for quite some time, backing up everything.

haele

(13,828 posts)
21. ...The Panama Canal will start to break down quicker and...
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 02:43 PM
Jan 12

....become non-viable for anything but mid sized shipping or pleasure boat travel within 10 years.

There's infrastructure investment that needs to be done, modernizing many of the locks and mules, making it larger and more able to withstand climate change.

Infrastructure investment is not something "Vulture Capital" and other financial Grifters and bottom line bean counters do any more.

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