Panama's president says there will be no negotiation about ownership of canal

[microwave@lemmy.world]

Summary

Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino firmly rejected any negotiations over U.S. control of the Panama Canal, responding to Trump’s past remarks about reclaiming it.

Mulino clarified that Panama fully controls the canal, though a Hong Kong firm manages ports at both ends.

He aims to use U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to focus on shared interests like migration and drug trafficking.

The U.S. relinquished control of the canal in 1999 under a treaty signed by President Jimmy Carter.

[metastatic@kbin.earth]

"We don't negotiate with terrorists"

Hong Kong firm

Oh, I don't see this going well at all.

[softestsapphic@lemmy.world]

We're already putting tarrifs on Taiwan.

Giving Ukraine to Russia and Taiwan to China were part of Trump's deal to become president.

[arbitraryvalue@sh.itjust.works]

the rich

Trump is the President of the common man.

[big_boss_77@lemmynsfw.com]

[bronzebeard@lemm.ee]

"Richest third" is a useless division.

You pretty need to have some equity in a house to be in that category, and it goes all the way up to nearly half a trillion in networth. A significant portion of that "richest" third isn't even middle class.

[tehworld@lemmy.world]

I think tha Panamanians are missing an opportunity here. They could trade the canal for say, Florida?

[glytch@lemmy.world]

No one wants Florida. Floridians live there.

[skulblaka@sh.itjust.works]

Not for long! It'll be underwater soon.

[tehworld@lemmy.world]

But Mar-a-lardo goes along with it.

[mutilationwave@lemmy.world]

Thank you. I was surprised and confused by the graph. Of course you can't go by thirds. Income inequality is so great that this graph is practically useless. I'd like to see it split into tenths though.