2Photo© hindustantimes.comTrump demands free passage for US ships through Panama and Suez canals
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US President Donald Trump on Saturday urged free transit for American commercial and military ships through the Panama and Suez canals, tasking his secretary of state with making progress "immediately."
Trump has for months been calling for the United States to take control of the Panama Canal but his social media post also shifted focus onto the vital Suez route.
"American Ships, both Military and Commercial, should be allowed to travel, free of charge, through the Panama and Suez Canals!" he wrote on his Truth Social platform.
“ We’re not going to let other countries control what we built,
Donald Trump,
Trump demands free passage for US ships through Panama and Suez canals
“ American Ships, both Military and Commercial, should be allowed to travel, free of charge, through the Panama and Suez Canals! Those Canals would not exist without the United States of America,
Donald Trump,
US ships should be allowed through Panama and Suez canals for free:…
“ China's running the Panama Canal… it was not given to China… But they violated the agreement and we're going to take it back or something very powerful is going to happen,
Donald Trump,
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