The Trump administration identified Panama Canal control as a choke point priority immediately upon taking office, sent Secretary of State Rubio and Secretary of Defense Hegseth to inspect it, filed lawsuits against Spain over U.S. flag merchant marine access, and conducted the largest single-carrier bombing campaign in history against Houthis.
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“right when he got in office, he said Rubio and Hegseth down to the Panama Canal... He launched a major lawsuit against Spain... He had the largest bombing campaign in the history of a single aircraft carrier against the Houthis.”
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