In this week’s transmission of “Sunday Morning Futures”, the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseeth, said President Donald Trump is preventing the Chinese government from taking over the Panama Canal.
Hegseeth said: “Well, President Trump said that in a speech in the state of the Union, China has too much influence on the Panama Canal, and the United States will recover it, and that is exactly what they charged me to do, what we controled to do.
He continued: “75% of the ships go from a port, so we could ensure two historical objectives, one with the authority of the Panama Canal that you are for ships, military vessels and auxiliary vessels Eswele first and through understanding with the Secretary of Defense about there and the president who established a robust and growing presence.
Hegseeth added: “I want to thank President Molina, a President Pro-Trump and Proamerica de Panama who is hitting his neck against the communists, whose influence was real there. Maria, we could see it; you could feel.
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