Trump wants free pass for US ships in Panama, Suez canals

I’ve asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio to immediately take care of, and memorialize, this situation,

Trump added

Those Canals would not exist without the United States of America,

Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social late Saturday

American ships, both military and commercial, should be allowed to travel, free of charge, through the Panama and Suez canals!”

Trump posted on Saturday

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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,

Trump had said