Trump Suggests The US Could Take Back The Panama Canal? What Does This Mean? MAGA -- December 22, 2024

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It's not even the end of December and he doesn't even get sworn in until near the end of January, and...

• he's already threatening Canada with becoming the 51st state; 
• threatening to take back the Panama Canal; 
• threatening Saudi Arabia with an American "drill, baby, drill" policy; and, 
• flooding Mexico with millions of new immigrants. 
• those being returned from the states
• those waiting on the Mexican side of the border
• Guatemalans coming into Mexico from the south with nowhere to go 

And, that's just for starters. What does it all mean?

It means several things:

• nothing is off the table in Trump 2.0;
• Trump never quits thinking about MAGA;
• he has no qualms about speaking his mind;
• he's going to dare the Dems to challenge him on tax cuts; they will do so at their peril; 
• sure, Americans might be concerned about corporate tax cuts, but they're gonna love personal income tax cuts;
  
• maybe nothing will change; maybe everything will change, but one thing's for sure -- he's gonna keep people guessing;
• anyone who thinks they're at the center of the political universe (headline: Democrats say the GOP "caved" to Musk), they aren't -- all they can do is talk; guess at what Trump is thinking;
• Trump knows he has but four years to get things done, and it takes about that long to get presidential nominees confirmed by the US Senate; he doesn't have any intention of waiting that long;
• Trump may be leading an oligarchy of billionaires, but behind those billionaires are another twenty or thirty billionaires who support him (or at least his policies); in other words, his bench is incredibly deep
• he tends not to listen to mere centi-millionaires; his bar: at least a billion;
  
• the press tends to exaggerate what Trump often says in passing;
• DOD? He will have a simple message to the SecDef when presented with a national security issue -- "You know the "commander's intent"; do what it takes. And do it now. Call me when it's over."
• NATO is going to have to increase their military spending;
• want to cut US debt -- quit paying for the defense of Europe.
• cable network news is going to make a lot of money covering Trump's administration.