The elected US President Donald Trump in his sarcastic Christmas message continued to raise the theme of the Panama Canal, saying that he was controlled by the Chinese military.
“Merry Christmas, especially the remarkable Chinese military who illegally manage the Panama Canal,” Trump wrote on his page on the social network Truth Social.
Trump recalled that the United States lost 38 thousand people during the construction of the channel 110 years ago and spend billions of dollars on its annual repairs, but do not have the right to control it. He noted that the time has come to change this.
In addition, Trump again said that Canada should become the 51st state of the United States and again called the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau “Governor”.
Trump’s statements caused protests in Panama, where residents and president of the country Jose Raul Mulino expressed their discontent.