"The future is ours, and our golden age has just begun" - Trump
Just before he declared that the United States will reassert control of the Panama Canal, Donald Trump vowed he will be a “peacemaker” as President
Trump ended his inaugural address by coming back to his promise of a “golden age” in the United States:
In recent years, our nation has suffered greatly, but we are going to bring it back and make it great again, greater than ever before. We will be a nation like no other, full of compassion, courage and exceptionalism.
Our power will stop all wars and bring a new spirit of unity to a world that has been angry, violent and totally unpredictable. America will be respected again and admired again, including by people of religion, faith and good will. We will be prosperous, we will be proud, we will be strong, and we will win like never before.
We will not be conquered. We will not be intimidated. We will not be broken, and we will not fail. From this day on, the United States of America will be a free, sovereign and independent nation. We will stand bravely, we will live proudly.
We will dream boldly, and nothing will stand in our way because we are Americans, the future is ours, and our golden age has just begun.
"We will measure our success not only by the battles we win, but also by the wars that we end, and perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into. My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier. That’s what I want to be, a peacemaker and a unifier.
Panama’s government has said it will not give control of the canal back to the United States. Trump, meanwhile, has previously refused to rule out using force to take it over.
"President McKinley made our country very rich through tariffs and through talent. He was a natural businessman, and gave Teddy Roosevelt the money for many of the great things he did, including the Panama Canal, which has foolishly been given to the country of Panama after the United States, the United States, I mean, think of this, spent more money than ever spent on a project before and lost 38,000 lives in the building of the Panama Canal.
We have been treated very badly from this foolish gift that should have never been made, and Panama’s promise to us has been broken. The purpose of our deal and the spirit of our treaty has been totally violated."
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American ships are being severely overcharged and not treated fairly in any way, shape or form, and that includes the United States Navy, and above all, China is operating the Panama Canal, and we didn’t give it to China.
We gave it to Panama, and we’re taking it back." -- Trump said.
"Very unlike Trump talk. The words Peacemaker and unifier never existed in the dictionary Trump referred to during his first term as President after the loss to Joe Biden in 2020 presidential elections. The way he talked, during his inauguration as president on Monday, it was a totally different Trump. If he does achieve even 10 percent of what he preached, it will be a great service to the humanity. Opening of totally new front that is Panama canal is something that will take great negotiations given the financial impact of giving up control of the milking cow that is Panama canal, probably the greatest source of income the central American nation." - Kirtibhai, Maharashtra
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