#Trump has launched an unprecedented #global #tariff war & slashed #US foreign #aid. He has disparaged #NATO #allies & embraced #Russia's narrative about its invasion of #Ukraine. And he has spoken about annexing #Greenland, retaking the #PanamaCanal & making #Canada the 51st state.
[and that’s before we talk about his domestic policies]
https://www.europesays.com/2007183/ Is China’s space collaboration with Latin America under threat as the US asserts power? #Argentina #Beijing #Brazil #Chile #China #ChinaBrazilEarthResourcesSatelliteProgramme #EspacioLejano #GabrielBoric #JoeBiden #LatinAmerica #nasa #PanamaCanal #space #TrumpAdministration #US #washington
The US has broken the Panama Canal neutrality treaty by bringing troops in and reopening the US bases.
Panama opposition party accuses US of ‘camouflaged invasion’ | Panama | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/12/panama-hegseth-us-invasion-canal
The admin’s consideration of such a quixotic quest underscores the growing clout of #tech magnates & #Trump’s increasingly expansionist #ForeignPolicy. After campaigning on a largely isolationist platform, #Trump has since his Nov election suggested taking back the #PanamaCanal, annexing #Canada, acquiring #Greenland, & redeveloping the war-torn #Gaza Strip after seizing the beachfront land from displaced #Palestinians.
FAFO for Humanity there, here's the Climate Change angle.
https://www.ft.com/content/cb460c62-b587-4900-a0c5-722f6c2548d4
I get the feeling that the Orange Imperialist will not be amused.
Danish company buys the Panama Canal Railway from US companies.
https://www.europesays.com/1963959/
The doc, known as the Interim National Defense Strategic Guidance & marked “secret/no foreign national” in most passages, was distributed throughout the #Defense Dept in mid-March & signed by #Hegseth. It outlines, in broad & partisan detail, the execution of #Trump’s vision to prepare for & win a potential #war against #China & defend the #UnitedStates from threats in the “near abroad,” including #Greenland & the #PanamaCanal.
More than half of Americans, including 1 in 4 Republicans, think U.S. President Donald Trump is "too closely aligned" with Russia, a new poll shows. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/14/world/politics/trump-russia-closeness-poll/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #donaldtrump #vladimirputin #usrussiarelations #greenland #tariffs #trade #canada #panamacanal
**Uncle Sam, Teddy Bear And Trade Routes**
Title: My, my, such possibilities
Artist: Clifford K. Berryman, 1869-1949.
Created/Published: [ca. 1913].
Citation: Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, Artist. My, My, Such Possibilities., ca. 1913. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2016679406/.
#History #Histodon #Histodons #Cartoon #Drawing #Map #PanamaCanal #UncleSam #USA #US #UnitedStates #America #CentralAmerica #SouthAmerica #Trade @histodon @histodons
![“Summary: Uncle Sam and Teddy bear [Theodore Roosevelt] mapping trade routes around South America.”](https://media.social.qoto.org/media_attachments/files/114/157/104/741/040/929/original/977c184e090a41dc.jpg "“Summary: Uncle Sam and Teddy bear [Theodore Roosevelt] mapping trade routes around South America.”")
Trump's insane.
"The White House has directed the military to draw up options for increasing the US troop presence in Panama to achieve Trump’s goal of 'reclaiming' the Panama Canal"
And *yes*, this does include:
the "option of U.S. troops seizing the Panama Canal by force" #PanamaCanal #Trump
The American empire is over
The #usa has abandoned global solutions with allies, favoring isolationism, peppered with ludicrous colonialism (#Ukrainian resources, #Greenland, #Canadian state, #PanamaCanal, #gaza resort) and #tarrifs (aka taxes) with the misguided hope of creating globally competitive manufacturing that will change the course of a failing empire (by attacking dependent neighbor economies
#trump can protect the wealth of the top 1%, but that’s about all
#GeoPol #PanamaCanal #BlackRock #CKHutchinson #Panama #USpol #China
(5/5)
...#Houthis
...erstwhile luster.
Today, petty #tRump has already singled out a culprit when things go south (pun intended:) the new #SecretaryOfState, #MarcoRubio.
Sorry, but...
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#GeoPol #PanamaCanal #BlackRock #CKHutchinson #Panama #USpol #China
(4/n)
...#Houthis in #Yemen and the resulting in a reduction in ships going through the much shorter Asia route via the #SuezCanal. 3)
Apart from such megalomaniac construction project which would, theoretically, sever the land bridge b/w northern and southern #Panama, it seems to me that there is no real fix that would give the Canal back its...
#GeoPol #PanamaCanal #BlackRock #CKHutchinson #Panama #USpol #China
(3/n)
...system has been reduced from 38 to 27, while each vessel is also now required to carry less cargo. " 2)
I would be laughting so hard if #BlackRock had not given these continously diminishing returns enough thought...
What is more, tTrump might also rue his publicly speaking speaking out for #US control of the old canal:
Especially in face of the security issues regarding...
#GeoPol #PanamaCanal #BlackRock #CKHutchinson #Panama #USpol #China
(2/n)
...be able to sustain the capacity:
"But the canal’s upgrades can’t keep up with climate change’s cascading effects. Lake #Gatún and Lake #Alajuela are replenished with rainwater, and a lingering drought compounded by #ElNiño has resulted in the second-driest year in the Panama Canal’s existence. To compensate, the daily average number of ships allowed to pass through the lock...
#GeoPol #PanamaCanal #BlackRock #CKHutchinson #Panama #USpol #China
(1/n)
Would #BlackRock have invested in a sinking ship?--Probably not.
True, the Canal is no ship and, quite to the contrary, it is not shipping. However, the carrying capacity has been continuously eroding as #ClimateChange takes a grip of the region 1):
in 2024, #Panama experienced its second driest year on record.
A new "#MultimodalDryCanal project simply might not...
1)
https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2023/11/23/severe-drought-is-constraining-the-panama-canal
“The #PanamaCanal is not in the process of being restored, & this is certainly not the task that was even discussed in our conversations with Secretary #Rubio or anyone else," #Mulino said.
Asked about Mulino's comments Wednesday, WH Press Sec Karoline Leavitt said during a press conference, "I'm not sure if #Panama has seen what's going on with their own canal."
#Trump’s comments were regarding #BlackRock's agreement to acquire 2 ports serving the #PanamaCanal from a Chinese group, CK Hutchinson, as part of a larger $22.8B deal.
#Mulino on Wednesday rejected the notion that the deal came about because of pressure from the #US & he accused Trump of "lying again."
"I reject in the name of #Panama & all Panamanians this new affront to the truth & our dignity as a nation," he said in a post….
The #Trump White House on Wed doubled down on taking credit for the #BlackRock deal to place 2 #PanamaCanal ports under #US control.
#Panama Pres José Raúl #Mulino on Wed accused Trump of lying about his claim a day earlier that the US is "reclaiming" the Panama Canal.
"My administration will be reclaiming the Panama Canal, & we've already started doing it," Trump said during his address to #Congress on Tues.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #disinformation #USpol #geopolitics
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/05/panama-canal-trump-white-house
