The Trump administration requires “persuasive military options” to ensure that it is free to reach the Panama channel

The American “CNN” news network reported on Thursday the content of a memorandum addressed to senior leaders, stating that the administration of US President Donald Trump has officially asked the Pentagon officials to set “convincing military options” to ensure the United States arrives freely to Panama. She pointed out that this is among several new directives, which is a remarkable shift in the strategic priorities of the United States of America.

Trump appears to be determined to redraw the maps in the world, which was shown through his decision, which was issued shortly after his inauguration by changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. He also publicly called for the annexation of Greenland and said he wanted to regain control of the Panama Channel.

A report indicated.CNN“Until Trump renewed his design on the” need “of the United States to restore the Panama channel, the most recent of which was during his recent speech to Congress, explaining that his administration has now officially requested the identification of possible military options, according to what was stated in the memorandum circulated by the US Secretary of Defense, Beit Hesghith. Among the generalized directives Hessgith asked the defense officials to do” immediately “by” providing convincing military options to ensure fair and free arrival The United States has military and commercial levels to Panama. “

The Panama channel, which connects the Atlantic and calm surroundings, is a vital artery for global trade. The United States is the largest user of the waterway, but among the other main users there, Chilean, Japan and South Korea. CK Hachcison Holding, based in Hong Kong, is running ports on the Atlantic and Pacific coast since 1997, but there is no evidence of the Chinese government’s control of the channel, according to the Council of Foreign Relations (an independent, non -partisan American organization). However, Chinese companies have participated greatly in infrastructure projects around the channel in recent years.

From the memorandum, it indicates that “the priority that precedes everything” for the American army is to defend land, and instructs the Pentagon to “lock our borders, deter the forms of invasion including illegal mass migration, drug trafficking, smuggling and trafficking in humans, and other criminal activities, and the deportation of illegal strangers in coordination with the Ministry of Internal Security.”

Last Sunday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the President of Panama, Jose Raul Mulino, that the country in Central America should immediately reduce the alleged Chinese influence over the Panama Channel region, or to face a retaliatory response from the Trump administration. “There is no real risk of re -controlling the channel or using force,” Mulino said later.

Rubio spoke on behalf of the American President, and told Molino that Trump made a preliminary decision that the presence of China in the canal area violated a treaty whereby the United States handed over the waterway to Panama in 1999. This treaty provides for the permanent neutrality of the channel that the United States has been drawn.