Hegseth: Trump Is Stopping Chinese from Taking Panama Canal

Hegseth: Trump Is Stopping Chinese from Taking Panama Canal


On this week’s broadcast of “Sunday Morning Futures,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said President Donald Trump is stopping the Chinese government from taking over the Panama Canal.

Hegseth said, “Well, President Trump said at a State of the Union address, China has too much influence over the Panama Canal, and America is gonna take it back, and that’s exactly what I was charged to do, what we’re continuing to do. Chinese influence cannot control our own backyard, especially a critical waterway key terrain like the Panama Canal.”

He continued, “75% of ships are going to or from a port, so we were able to secure two historic agreements, one with the Panama Canal Authority that you are to ships, military vessels and auxiliary vessels will travel first and free through that

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