Trump Orders Military to Plan Invasion of Panama

[Mr.WeRP]

https://newrepublic.com/post/192718/trump-orders-u.s.-military-panama-canal

The Trump administration has asked the U.S. military to draw up options for retaking the Panama Canal.

President Trump has been pushing for retaking the canal since December, and repeated his desire in a joint address to Congress last week, without any elaboration. The rest of the Trump administration hasn’t attempted to explain what he means, either.

From common dreams: https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-panama-canal-invasion-plan

U.S. officials familiar with the planning said options for "reclaiming" the vital waterway include close cooperation with Panama's military and, absent that, possible war.

[XanaDUer2]

1. Omg

[NYC Liberal]

2. "Donald the Dove"

[Lovie777]

3. Not without congress.............

[underpants]

4. Jesus. What a moron.

[JBTaurus83]

5. If he invades

perhaps Panama will just destroy the canal.

[dem4decades]

6. Might as well draw up plans for Greenland, Canada, and Europe too. The mad king is angry.

[NEOH]

10. I wouldn't be surprised if...

I wouldn’t be surprised if he eventually did just that…

[Submariner]

7. Possible future headlines

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A family of American tourists on the balcony of their cruise ship were shot to death when machine gun fire erupted from the adjacent jungle as the cruise ship transited the canal.

Panamanians revolted today when they used high explosives to blow the Gaton Lake gates, bringing canal operations to a stop for months to come while repairs are made.

[greatauntoftriplets]

8. He's insane.

[C_U_L8R]

9. All it takes is one sunk ship

And Trumps stupid plan stops global shipping and the market tanks again, if there’s anything left to tank.

[Mr.WeRP]

16. All markets would take a hit

[kerouac2]

11. Precursor to greenland then Canada.

He won't want Mexico, too many of the wrong type of people there...

[Walleye]

12. So he wants to protect the Russians, but he wants to go down there and start shooting Panamanians after all these years?

[RJ-MacReady]

13. Panama

Should destroy the canal if they do.

[Baitball Blogger]

14. Right now I feel like telling the Panamanians that live there the names of the Americans/Panamanians who shilled and

voted for Trump. Let them live looking around from all sides.

[louis-t]

15. All this because he owes them tax money.

Millions, because of fraud and improper reporting of employment numbers to avoid paying Social Security.