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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf Trump Gets Control Of The Panama Canal
How much will he charge every ship? Just for protection, you know.
uponit7771
(92,302 posts)brush
(58,660 posts)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)I swear he thinks he is the Don of a mafia.
Irish_Dem
(62,819 posts)Blue_Tires
(57,596 posts)All because folks would rather die than vote for a black woman 👎
2naSalit
(94,849 posts)Without a war with China.
FakeNoose
(36,451 posts)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.
Celerity
(47,668 posts)mobeau69
(11,803 posts)Good God, four more years of this stupid shit from the convicted felon.
Its more than my old body can take.
brush
(58,660 posts)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?
"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."
mobeau69
(11,803 posts)brush
(58,660 posts)Turbineguy
(38,674 posts)mobeau69
(11,803 posts)the way time flies for older folks!
brush
(58,660 posts)rasputin1952
(83,436 posts)A cargo ship blocked it for quite some time, backing up everything.
Tickle
(3,380 posts)I don't know why after 50 years we are talking about this
mobeau69
(11,803 posts)Meowmee
(6,775 posts)haele
(13,828 posts)....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.