Jan 01, 2025, 17:05
Illustration: Chen Xia/GT
(Global Times) In recent days, US President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to take the Panama Canal back into US control, accusing Panama of "ripping off" the US by charging high shipping rates.
Panama, a small but strategically significant nation, has shown remarkable courage in resisting Trump's claims. Panama President José Raúl Mulino, in a sharp rebuke, called such remarks "nonsense," stressing that "The canal is Panamanian and belongs to Panamanians. There's no possibility of opening any conversation around this reality," as reported by the BBC.
The world is no longer a boxing ring where brute strength determines the winner. It is a complex, interconnected stage where big and small nations assert their sovereignty and demand respect.
The Panama Canal is not just a vital artery of global trade, it is a symbol of Panama's hard-won sovereignty. Since the canal was handed over to Panama in 1999, the country has managed it efficiently and professionally.
The canal is not just an economic lifeline for Panama but also a point of national pride - a testament to its ability to govern its affairs without external interference.
The claims of US regaining control of the Panama Canal ignore decades of history and international consensus recognizing Panama's rightful canal control. Such rhetoric refers to a bygone era when the US could impose its will on smaller nations unilaterally. In a world that has moved beyond the simplistic binaries of power and dominance, it is also a stark reminder of how deeply some US politicians remain entrenched in an outdated worldview.
The canal issue extends beyond mere financial benefits. Historically, the canal has been deeply tied to US' national interests, serving as a powerful tool for political leaders to rally public sentiment. It also aligns closely with the "America First" agenda. However, the Panama Canal is not a colonial trophy to be reclaimed. It is a sovereign asset of the Panamanian people, and any attempt to undermine that sovereignty is an affront to international law and modern norms of statecraft.
Attempt to "Make America Great Again" (MAGA) through hegemonic practices is neither feasible nor sustainable. Such an approach not only fails to bring real benefits to the US but also represents one of the most significant challenges the nation faces today.
Proposal to retake the Panama Canal is not just a misinformed comment about a specific geopolitical issue; it is a window into a broader worldview that seeks to reassert American hegemony under the guise of national greatness. In this context, MAGA becomes "Make American Hegemony Great Again." This vision is fundamentally at odds with the realities of the 21st century, where respect for sovereignty and multilateral cooperation is paramount.
The world has moved on from the era of unilateral dominance. Today, even small nations like Panama can assert their rights and demand respect on the global stage. It is not because they wield military or economic power comparable to that of the US, but because the international system has evolved to value sovereignty, cooperation, and mutual respect.
President Mulino's response not only defended Panama's rights but also sent a message to the world: the era of unchecked hegemony is over.
EU vassals are being crippled to divert investment to the Great Satan too, whilst they smear China with implausible BS.
"Chinese Stocks on Track for Worst Start to Year Since 2016", Bloomberg BS, 2Jan25
But they've been peddling this almost as long as Gordon Chang and his daft "The Coming Collapse Of China", published in 2001.
"Chinese stocks are having their worst start to a year since 2016", Krappy News Network, 22Jan24
"Chinese stocks facing worst month since 2016", Fraudulent Times of Cesspit London, 19Oct18
Meanwhile, it's really the EU vassals who are being deliberately crippled by the money-changers.
Investors have delivered their verdict. Governments can raid the corporate sector again and again if they want to, but in the process they are making their economies uninvestable.
- Investors have delivered their verdict on corporate sector raids
This is not the invisible hand, it is a case of clear demand destruction, where a combination of overregulation, high energy costs, and bad planning are making Britain uninvestable for all but the most intangible services.
- Steel is just the start: Britain is now incapable of producing anything physical
The boss of Pladis, the food giant that owns the McVitie’s and Jacob’s brands, warned in the wake of the Budget that Britain risked becoming uninvestable.
- James Dyson: Reeves’s Budget is ‘an egregious act of self-harm’
It's because war criminal, The Donald, who has already side-lined war criminal, "Genocide Joe" Bidon, is also spouting total rubbish. Obviously, the canal belongs to Panama, whilst the Great Satan is a nation of illegal immigrants.
The EU vassals, however, are being shaken-down for yet more cash:
Only 23 of Nato’s 32 members currently meet the alliance’s spending target of 2pc of GDP, including the UK.
But as previously reported by The Telegraph, Mr Trump’s transition officials have suggested they could “pitch for 5pc” or settle for lower levels such as 3pc or 3.5pc – numbers that would still mean huge increases for the military.
Those who fail to do so could face being hit with American trade penalties such as tariffs, the Financial Times reported.
- Trump is right about Nato, says Airbus chief
Never mind that, like all protection-rackets, it's the "protector" that they need protection from. It was several years ago that the Great Satan was caught berating Taiwan for not spending more than 2% of GPD on "defence".
Already EU industry has been crippled by the Great Satan blowing up the Nordstream pipelines.
But the worst of all is the poodle-state:
No country has become more of a US vassal than the UK. This evolution is exposed in an eye-opening book, Vassal State: How America Runs Britain.
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For this is not benign. Britain is so blind to the negative dimensions of loss of control – from tax avoidance to being stripped of strategic technologies – that, amazingly, as Hanton writes, politicians blithely laud the process as “being open for business”. Thus over the past 20 years there has been a tsunami of acquisition of brilliant British technology companies by US corporations and private equity houses. The path-breaking artificial intelligence company DeepMind, for example, is now owned by Google. Cyberspace pioneer Darktrace was recently bought by US private equity company Thoma Bravo and bio tech Abcam by Washington DC’s Danaher – part of a $12.7bn spending spree on Cambridge University companies in 2024 alone. There are fears at Oxford University that the newly established, lavish Ellison Institute, financed by Oracle founder Larry Ellison, is poised to launch a similar US assault on its intellectual property, spinouts and startups.
- Britain will never be great again until we stop flogging our top companies to the US
This is why the Great Satan forced the sale of Newport Wafer Fab to amerikan corporations; for exploitation. This was despite the contractual right of Nexperia to buy the remaining shares and which had passed two security reviews.
They're undisguised vermin. The Great Satan and poodle are bankrupt, insolvent and so desperate they're robbing their own sheeple on the highways and peddling imaginary krapt-currenices in the most ridiculous FARCE in all of history, having started both World Wars to impose jew-confettin on the planet at Genao in 1922, then Bretton Woods in 1944.
To support the policy of inflation, the poodle has VERY high electricity prices crippling its own industry:
Despite, having failed to have a trade surplus since 1982 and its own debt problems, the poodle is one of the biggest holders of Great Satan debt:
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