Trump orders ideas from Pentagon for ‘unfettered’ access to Panama canal, officials say
Trump orders ideas from Pentagon for ‘unfettered’ access to Panama canal, officials say
Why??? You started a fucking trade war and nobody wants to buy US now. Why would the US need this access for anything aside from trading with other countries?
Why would the US need this access for anything aside from trading with other countries?
To move warships rapidly between the two oceans during the world war he's going to start, obviously.
Or so that he can control other countries' trade. He would be the gatekeeper unless ships wanted to take the long route around the Americas.
US Warships already have access. About 40 passages per year.
Have you actually been through the Canal? I have been on a cruise that went through it. It takes hours. That is some slow ass war if I’ve ever heard of one.
I presume going around South America takes a bit longer.
A few hours is fast for what it is
Wars are slow
More mundanely, because the US has bases and shipyards on both coasts.