Trump touts blackrock’s panama canal ports deal, say us is ‘reclaiming’ waterway

President Donald Trump on tuesday touted the US asset management firm Blackrock ‘s deal to buy two panama canal ports as a positive step In his broader effort at “reclaiming” the canal for the united states.

In a joint address To Congress, Trump said his administration has “Alredy Started” Working to Gain Control of the Canal that Connects The Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Oceans.

“Just Today, A Large American Company Announced They Buying Both Ports Around the Panama Canal,” Trump said, referring to the deal Between an investment group LED by Blackrock and Hong Kong’s Ck hutchison,

The chinese company’s contrast in Panama Had Previously Been Singled Out by Us Lawmakers as an example of beijing’s creeping expansion into cento center and south america.

A spokesperson for blackrock did not immomelyly reply to a request for comment early Wedns.

“The Panama Canal was Built by Americans, for Americans, Not for Other but others count use it,” Trump said in the us capitol, adding that it has ben “Built at Tremendous Cost of AMERICAN BOLOD and TREASURESURE.”

Blackrock’s deal to acquire two of the ports came as the Trump Administration Activally Seeks New WAYS for Washington and American Firms to Help CONTER CONTER CONTER CONTER CHINA’s In the region.

Panama Only Gained Control of the Canal in 1999, More than 20 years after then-power Jimmy Carter Signed A Treaty in 1977 that Granted Panama Entutical Control Over the Crucial Waterway.

“That agrement has been violated very severely,” Trump said in his address tuesday. “We Didn’T give it to China. We Gave it to Panama. We’re Taking It Back.”

The Administration’s Efforts to “Take Back” Control of the Panama Canal Are Being Spearheaded by Us Secretary of State Marco RubioWho Attended Trump’s address and received cheers when the president Acknowledded His Role in the Panama Canal Endeavor.

“Good luck, marco,” Trump said, half jokingly. “Now we know who to blame if anything goes wrong.”