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Mr.WeRP

(1,098 posts) Thu Mar 13, 2025, 02:23 PM Mar 2025

Trump Orders Military to Plan Invasion of Panama [View all]

https://newrepublic.com/post/192718/trump-orders-u.s.-military-panama-canal

The Trump administration has asked the U.S. military to draw up options for retaking the Panama Canal.

President Trump has been pushing for retaking the canal since December, and repeated his desire in a joint address to Congress last week, without any elaboration. The rest of the Trump administration hasn’t attempted to explain what he means, either.

From common dreams: https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-panama-canal-invasion-plan

U.S. officials familiar with the planning said options for "reclaiming" the vital waterway include close cooperation with Panama's military and, absent that, possible war.