Trump requests free passage for US ships through Suez and Panama Canals
U.S. President Makes Unusual Demand for Free Passage of American Ships Through Suez and Panama Canals
According to a report by the English section of “webangah News Agency” citing Mehr News Agency and Al Jazeera, Donald Trump, the U.S.President, stated that military and commercial ships of the United States should be allowed to pass through the Panama and Suez Canals free of charge.
He added that he had instructed Marco Rubio, the U.S.Secretary of State, to instantly take responsibility for this matter and ensure free passage for American vessels through these two strategic waterways.
Trump further claimed that without U.S. support, neither the Panama nor Suez Canal woudl have existed in the first place.