The State Department announced Wednesday that it would allow U.S. government vessels to travel through the Panama Canal without facing “claims.”
in post In X, the State Department emphasized how this would save the United States “millions of dollars a year” as US government vessels no longer face charges.
“U.S. government vessels now pass through the Panama Canal without charging, saving the US government millions of dollars a year,” the State Department writes.
The State Department's announcement remains as President Donald Trump will take the US on the Panama Canal. In December, Trump threatened to seize the Panama Canal, accusing Panama of seizing the United States and charging US ships of “exorbitant” shipping fees.
I also have a Trump defendant Panama allows China to manage the Panama Canal.
Panama President Jose Raul Murino has asserted that “all square meters of the Panama Canal and its adjacent zones belong to Panama and will continue to do so.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who shares Trump's concerns over the possibility of China's impact on the Panama Canal, recently announced that the Trump administration “controls the Panama Canal on the grounds that the Panama government violated the agreement given by the Panama government. You can seize the rights,” he suggested to Murino. The country manages waterways. ”
