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02294 Re: What happened to America First?
   You just made a statement in this post that actually emphasizes a trut...
micro   GRITZ   08 Jan 2025
9:06 PM
02293 Re: What happened to America First?
   I don’t think our military would have a problem taking it back. But...
CTJ   GRITZ   08 Jan 2025
7:57 PM

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Re: What happened to America First?

By: De_Composed in GRITZ
Wed, 08 Jan 25 7:07 PM
Msg. 02292 of 02383
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CTJ:

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.