They Want You To Believe That Bullying Worked

On February 5th (yesterday), the U.S. Department of State published this on its Facebook page:

That announcement came after not one but two new Jethro lapdogs, Little Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth, met with Panamanian officials over Low T's threat to take back the Canal and his complaints that Panama charged too much for passage through.

This morning the President of Panama, Jose Raul Mulino, said that was a big fat honking lie (and by implication, Marco and Hegseth are little eager bitches who hit "SEND" too quickly). Speaking to journalists, Mulino expressed his "absolute rejection" of the US State Department's announcement. "Mulino said he had told U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Wednesday that he could neither set the fees to transit the canal nor exempt anyone from them and that he was surprised by the U.S. State Department's statement suggesting otherwise."

And by the way, Fat Boy, the Canal is the property of Panama and is not up for sale, lease, or gifting.