At his inauguration, Trump mentioned that the US has been “handled very badly from this silly present that ought to have by no means been made”.
“The aim of our deal and the spirit of our treaty has been completely violated. American ships are being severely overcharged and never handled pretty in any method, form or kind, and that features the US Navy,” he mentioned.
Marco Rubio, the brand new secretary of state, stopped wanting threatening army motion throughout his affirmation listening to final week however warned that China by its affect may successfully shut down the Panama Canal to the US in a disaster.
The Senate on Monday unanimously confirmed Rubio, a fellow senator, who turns into the primary Hispanic and first fluent Spanish speaker as prime US diplomat.
Trump has additionally not ruled out force to seize Greenland, an autonomous territory of NATO ally Denmark the place Russia has been more and more lively as ice melts as a consequence of local weather change.
The Panama Canal was constructed by the US largely with Afro-Caribbean labor and opened in 1914.
Former US president Jimmy Carter, who died final month, negotiated its return in 1977, saying he noticed an ethical accountability to respect a much less highly effective however absolutely sovereign nation.
