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Following a Court Ruling, The Government
of Panama Has Taken Back Control Over
Both Entrances to the Panama Canal –
Cancelled Chinese Contracts

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Posted By: earlybird, 2/24/2026 9:23:54 AM

The highest court in Panama has nulled the ‘Chinese’ contract for the operation of both entrance ports on the Panama Canal. The Panamanian government took back control and assigned operations to APM Terminals, a subsidiary of the Danish group A.P. Moller-Maersk.The state takeover comes after a 14-month long saga begun by President Trump who reasserted American interests in the hemisphere and rejected the concept of allowing China to have strategic control over such vital North American infrastructure. President Trump did not mince words in December of 2024 when he said, “[The Panama Canal] was not given for the benefit of others, but merely as a token

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Reply 1 - Posted by: DCGIRL 2/24/2026 10:01:22 AM (No. 2072599)
Smart move for the Panamanian Government.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: stablemoney 2/24/2026 11:03:12 AM (No. 2072632)
Trump is all we have got.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Venturer 2/24/2026 1:27:20 PM (No. 2072673)
We keep r5eading stories of the good and wise moves Trump makes and still the Democrats hate him for no reason, what is wrong with them?
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Reply 4 - Posted by: MickTurn 2/24/2026 2:34:33 PM (No. 2072704)
Let's put a thick layer of ICING on that CAKE......China may NOT USE the CANAL in Perpetuity!
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Reply 5 - Posted by: privateer 2/24/2026 4:01:10 PM (No. 2072724)
FTA, comments section (Li) : '............we saw it go to China under the Kickback Biden Regime and now that it’s Trump’s Turn, it is interesting that control has switched to Danish Oligarchs.The question is what has he promised or traded in exchange?' Well, let's see now; who controls Greenland. Would it be Denmark? Probably just a coincidence.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: privateer 2/24/2026 4:53:08 PM (No. 2072732)
A lot of posters on CTH had the same idea. This is great news! To celebrate I'm going to screen 'Charlie Chan in Panama', the B&W classic. IMHO opinion one of the best of the numerous CC movies: Intrigue, mystery, and murder at the Panama Canal!
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Omen55 2/24/2026 6:26:22 PM (No. 2072753)
Trump just kicked Xi in the southern region.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Strike3 2/25/2026 10:30:34 AM (No. 2072963)
The Chinese can get their two warships around to our Atlantic coast some other way, maybe through the river in Nicaragua.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: danu 2/25/2026 11:48:11 AM (No. 2073000)
we're w/ -6-. we're currently on charley chan at the race track. next up is charley in panama. viva panama.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: PrayerWarrior 2/25/2026 11:54:22 AM (No. 2073005)
Can you image if Kamala were president and Panama was the subject of who is in control? I shudder to think.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Ida Lou Pino 2/25/2026 3:09:03 PM (No. 2073054)
So moronic Jimmuh gave away the canal - - and the Chicoms took over - - but - - - - but what did Bush Senior, Master B. Clinton, Bush Junior, Little 0bie, and Little 0bie Part Biden do about it? Absolutely nothing. It took a real leader - - with smarts, guts, and determination - - to tell Chairman Eleven that the party's over. President Trump is going to be even more hated by the TDS crowd over this.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: ldb51 2/25/2026 3:32:01 PM (No. 2073059)
#3: President Trump has made it his mission to dig out, reveal and repair their unique brand of high-handed corruption, utterly entitled incompetence, and vicious criminality. The Democrat Left machine does not like that ONE BIT, and they understand the best is yet to come. That's why they hate him with a homicidal passion.
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