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BREAKING: Panama Caves to Trump. Are You Tired of Winning Yet?

Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Sunday, making it clear that the U.S. won’t tolerate China’s growing influence over the Panama Canal.

“SecretaryRubioinformedPresidentMulinoandMinisterMartínez-AchathatPresidentTrumphasmadeapreliminarydeterminationthatthecurrentpositionofinfluenceandcontroloftheChineseCommunistPartyoverthePanamaCanalareaisathreattothecanalandrepresentsaviolationoftheTreatyConcerningthePermanentNeutralityandOperationofthePanamaCanal,”theStateDepartmentsaidinastatement.“SecretaryRubiomadeclearthatthisstatusquoisunacceptableandthatabsentimmediatechanges,itwouldrequiretheUnitedStatestotakemeasuresnecessarytoprotectitsrightsundertheTreaty.” TheAssociatedPresshadaninterestingtakeonthesituation: Thestatementwasunusuallybluntindiplomaticterms,butinkeepingwiththetenorandtoneTrumphassetforforeignpolicy.TrumphasbeenincreasingpressureonWashington’sneighborsandallies,includingthecanaldemandandannouncingSaturdaythathewasimposingmajortariffso