Yankee Go Home

It's reported that Secretary of State Marco "Little Marco" Rubio has embarked on a trip to central America to sell countries there on trying to block immigration to the U.S.  However, the first stop on his itinerary will be Panama, where opposition to the Malignant Fascist's colonial designs on the Panama Canal is wide and deep:

"....Rubio’s first stop on the five-nation tour Saturday will be Panama, whose president, José Raúl Mulino, says there will be no negotiation with the United States over ownership of the canal. He said he hoped Rubio’s visit would instead focus on shared interests like migration and combating drug trafficking.

'It’s impossible, I can’t negotiate,' Mulino said Thursday. 'The canal belongs to Panama.'

Yet Rubio said he will make clear Trump’s intent. In an interview Thursday with SiriusXM host Megyn Kelly, he said Trump’s desire to retake control of the Panama Canal is driven by legitimate national security interests stemming from growing concerns about Chinese activity and influence in Latin America."

The MF's threats to seize the Panama Canal echo long-discredited, paternalistic policies toward the countries of Central and South America, as the U.S. fought the Soviet Union's (and later China's) attempts to influence the often corrupt governments of those regions. Much like he's eager to violate U.S. laws in the first two weeks of his dangerous Presidency, the MF appears willing to apply the same disregard for treaties, like the one giving control of the Canal to Panama a quarter century ago. 

With his tariff assaults on Canada and Mexico, his nutty focus on acquiring or seizing Greenland from Denmark, and his malicious, and clueless statements about making Canada part of the U.S.. the MF is spending more time attacking and undermining our friends and allies, rather than dealing with our adversaries. Not really surprising.

 (photo: Protesters burn the U.S. flag with Rubio and MF images in Panama City to protest Rubio's visit. AFP)