Is this why Trump wants to take over Panama?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Panama Deals a Blow to Putin's Shadow Fleet

Panama has canceled the registrations of dozens of ships that were sanctioned, potentially delivering a blow to Russian oil exports.

The Panama Maritime Authority is in the process of canceling the registration of 128 ships as part of a clampdown on blacklisted vessels, Bloomberg reported.

The outlet said the move is part of a crackdown on vessels that help Russia circumvent Western sanctions on oil exports via a "shadow fleet" whose links to Moscow are hidden. The sanctions were imposed to punish Russia for its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

UK Friends of Ukraine, which is part of a campaign led by Razom We Stand calling for tougher measures against Russia's fossil fuel exports, told Newsweek it welcomed Panama's move, but the Central American country needed to go further.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/panama-deals-a-blow-to-putin-s-shadow-fleet/ar-AA1BMn1m

[Lonestarblue]

1. Exactly. There is no other reason for the US to take over Panama.

[maveric]

2. The hats ?

[TxGuitar]

14. I may be mistaken on the country but

Panama hats are famously from and made in like Ecuador.

[ProfessorGAC]

19. You're Not Mistaken

The weaving technique was very commonly done over much of Ecuador.
They got their name when hat makers from Ecuador decided to hawk their wares in a nearby country with more vibrant markets.
What I recall, the name took root well before the canal was built, but canal workers further popularized the hat and they cemented the name Panama Hat.

[PortTack]

9. Yeah..actually he's accused of evasion in Panama and wants revenge

[GoCubsGo]

12. Yup, another failed hotel deal.

See my post #11 below.

[CloudWatcher]

3. If he talks like a Russian asset, and acts like a Russian asset ...

How long until we find out he's been sharing US Intel with Russia? I wouldn't assume anything else at this point.

[erronis]

4. I think (may be mistaken) that the shithole just wanted to take over the canal. Not the country.

If the registration is done by the country of Panama then the popped-pimple's actions in seizing the canal wouldn't matter.

Of course, having His Royal Pestilence in control of the canal, it probably thinks that it can force other issues.

[twodogsbarking]

5. So many things have Pukin's fingerprints and some other very tiny ones, too small to identify.

[DetlefK]

6. Trump wants Panama so he can blackmail the world: No trade if you don't pay me.

And ESPECIALLY no trade if you ever said something mean about me.

[Harker]

7. He doesn't seem to fully appreciate his mortality. n/t

[et tu]

8. it's also a revenue stream

remember, he is totally trans-actual

[Xavier Breath]

10. I just assumed that the dumbass had listened to Van Halen's 1984.

Forgive my logic, but he is an orange lab in a world full of squirrels.

[GoCubsGo]

11. This is all about the failed Trump Ocean Club Panama hotel project.

It was a massive, complicated shitshow, complete with alleged money-laundering. You can read all about it here:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-panama-canal-hotel-lawsuit-history-b2669911.html

[Otto_Harper]

13. I thought it was

to protect the Gulf of Never-never Land from NATO when Japan invades Manchuria.
(/snark)

[Bluethroughu]

15. Bingo! Treason trump doing putin's bidding with the United States taxpayer military, tax dollars

And American lives!

Trump is doing Russia's proxy wars!?

[Igel]

16. Only if we firmly believe that something that happens today

can cause something that happened two months ago.

[LessAspin]

17. D) All of the Above

* for Putin
* Payback
* Tariff trade leverage

[oasis]

18. EXPOSED!!!

Hopefully 🙏