Yes, it will. Ordinarily, in a past life I'd have chalked up Trump's bullshit about annexing Panama Canal and Denmark's Greenland as him being a blowhard idiot, but I live in China now. I have Chinese kids asking me if war is coming. This really is simply no joke, at all. I simply cannot understand why people think this is a game. You understand what I mean, we've chatted on this often enough, politics is serious business, vote for clowns get a circus...if its just Scotland that's bad enough, but we're talking about the USA losing its marbles. That's a different kettle of fish. One with consequences which scares me.
“ The Republic of Panama, as territorial sovereign, grants to the United States of America the rights to manage, operate, and maintain the Panama Canal, its complementary works, installations, and equipment and to provide for the orderly transit of vessels through the Panama Canal. The United States of America accepts the grant of such rights and undertakes to exercise them in accordance with this Treaty and related agreements.”
“The United States … may …
Make and enforce all rules pertaining the passage of vessels through the Canal and other rules with respect to navigation and maritime matters, in accordance with this Treaty and related agreements. The Republic of Panama will lend its cooperation, when necessary, in the enforcement of such rules“
The next 4 years are going to be interesting...
Yes, it will. Ordinarily, in a past life I'd have chalked up Trump's bullshit about annexing Panama Canal and Denmark's Greenland as him being a blowhard idiot, but I live in China now. I have Chinese kids asking me if war is coming. This really is simply no joke, at all. I simply cannot understand why people think this is a game. You understand what I mean, we've chatted on this often enough, politics is serious business, vote for clowns get a circus...if its just Scotland that's bad enough, but we're talking about the USA losing its marbles. That's a different kettle of fish. One with consequences which scares me.
Panama Canal Treaty 1977
Art 3
“ The Republic of Panama, as territorial sovereign, grants to the United States of America the rights to manage, operate, and maintain the Panama Canal, its complementary works, installations, and equipment and to provide for the orderly transit of vessels through the Panama Canal. The United States of America accepts the grant of such rights and undertakes to exercise them in accordance with this Treaty and related agreements.”
“The United States … may …
Make and enforce all rules pertaining the passage of vessels through the Canal and other rules with respect to navigation and maritime matters, in accordance with this Treaty and related agreements. The Republic of Panama will lend its cooperation, when necessary, in the enforcement of such rules“