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Trump Demands Free Passage for US Ships Through Suez and Panama Canals

© AP Photo / Alex BrandonUS President Donald Trump on April 24, 2025, in Washington.
US President Donald Trump on April 24, 2025, in Washington.  - Sputnik International, 1920, 27.04.2025
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US military and commercial ships should be able to cross the Panama and Suez canals free of charge because they "would not exist without the United States," US President Donald Trump said on Saturday.
In this May 11, 2016 file photo, ships transit through the Panama Canal near Panama City - Sputnik International, 1920, 26.12.2024
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"American Ships, both Military and Commercial, should be allowed to travel, free of charge, through the Panama and Suez Canals! Those Canals would not exist without the United States of America. I’ve asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio to immediately take care of, and memorialize, this situation," Trump said on Truth Social.
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