There is no risk in exploring the purchase of the Panama Canal, Representative Dusty Johnson (R-SD) said during an appearance breitbart news saturdayDiscusses President-elect Donald Trump’s views and his status as the “quintessential deal maker.”
Johnson, who recently introduced the Panama Canal Repurchase Act, told breitbart news saturday There is no harm in inquiring about such purchases.
“I don’t know if it’s a good idea or not, and I don’t know if we can accomplish it, but what’s the risk in exploring it?” he asked. “That’s what I don’t understand about the left. “He has this nervousness and pearl-clutching ability.”
While he said some people on the left are open to the idea, he said others insist it would be dangerous – a criticism he said makes no sense.
“It’s not dangerous to ask someone if they’re interested in selling you something when these kinds of conversations go on every day,” he said, adding that even when he was in business, he was still open to discussions. Used to inspire. The other person said at the beginning of the conversation that he was not interested in any deal.
“Sometimes things come together after you start talking. Donald Trump is the quintessential deal maker,” he said. “Let’s give him some flexibility here so he can see if a deal can be made. And you are right about Panama. They will decide it is in their best interests.
“We have seen a 65 percent decline in traffic in the Suez Canal due to the uncertainty created by intermittent Houthi attacks and China’s military seeking a larger presence in the canal. It may also be that Panama does not want to see that kind of decline in traffic. This will have a devastating impact on their economy and their budget,” he said.
Ultimately, Johnson said many Republicans are on board and “willing to give President Trump the flexibility he needs to evaluate this.”
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“I have talked to his team about this several times. I’m going to talk to the President about this at dinner tomorrow night and I’m really looking forward to it. I mean, he’s a force of nature, and the way he conducts himself really gets the left in trouble,” he said, using the move of the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem as an example. Hui said.
“And whenever he says anything – I mean, I’ll just give you an example. They talked about moving our embassy in Israel to Jerusalem… The leftists said, Oh my God, it’s going to kill millions of people. This will destabilize the Middle East. It will create this incredible war. And of course, they made changes, and nothing like this happened,” he said.
“There’s a certain amount of fearmongering about Donald Trump’s ideas,” the congressman explained. “Some of his ideas he doesn’t intend seriously. And sometimes he trolls people, and sometimes he wants to make us think about something in a new way. “He wants to be thought-provoking rather than literal.”
“But sometimes he is actually pushing an issue that is a good idea. And I think we need to remind all our political friends that they need to be smart enough to understand what they’re really pushing when they’re talking about a particular idea, And right now, we understand all these Western Hemisphere expansion ideas. It would be easiest to eliminate the Panama Canal, he said, which would provide the most significant short-term national security and economic security implications for our country.
“And I am really looking forward to seeing this idea mature,” the lawmaker said.
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