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Re: “Occupying Panama would be a disaster.”
I've recently read that the U.S. and Panama never signed a valid treaty regarding the canal. Trump may be correct about reclaiming it.

Panama could not put up any serious resistance if the U.S. did this. Its total armed forces in 2016 was 22,050 people. So, in what sense, do you say that taking it back would be a disaster? It might make us look bad in the eyes of the world, but should we care what the world thinks?

IMO, though, Trump is just talking about this in order to gain leverage for future negotiations. 70% of the canal's business is with American ships. After Carter gifted it, Panama jacked the fees waaaaay up. Trump may be trying to get that reversed.






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What happened to America First?
By: CTJ
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Wed, 08 Jan 25 5:55 PM
Msg. 02289 of 02349

Trump has gone from ending birthright citizenship, to citizenship for dreamers (anchor babies) in less than 60 days.

Trump has also done a 180 on the H1-b visa issue since Elon musk joined his team. H1-b has been a known scam for over 20 years. Replacement of Americans in the workforce with cheap foreign labor.

It’s very unlikely that Canada will become a U.S. state. But the thought that America would give voting rights to 40 million liberal Canadians is crazy. Conservatives would never win another election in the U.S. Making Canada and Greenland territories might be a better idea.

Trump mentioned using our military (if necessary) to take back the Panama Canal. This would be insane. Occupying Panama would be a disaster.

What happened to America First?



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