• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    He didn’t say he would retake control of it. It was much stupider than that. This is what he said:

    If the principles, both moral and legal, of this magnanimous gesture of giving are not followed, then we will demand that the Panama Canal be returned to us, in full, and without question. To the officials of Panama, please be guided accordingly!

    So he’s sent a sternly-worded tweet (or whatever they call it on Truth Social) and I’m sure if they say, “we don’t have to do that, genius,” he’ll definitely spring into action and post something angrier about it.