{"id":120254,"date":"2024-12-26T10:32:35","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T10:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-picks-ambassador-to-panama-knocks-central-american-country-and-china-in-christmas-messages-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2024-12-26T10:32:35","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T10:32:35","slug":"trump-picks-ambassador-to-panama-knocks-central-american-country-and-china-in-christmas-messages-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-picks-ambassador-to-panama-knocks-central-american-country-and-china-in-christmas-messages-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump picks ambassador to Panama, knocks Central American country and China in Christmas messages &#8211; USA TODAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\/news\/politics\/donald-trump\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|${u} class=gnt_ar_b_a>U.S. President-elect Donald\u00a0Trump<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday nominated Miami-Dade County Commissioner Kevin Marino Cabrera to serve as <a href=\/story\/graphics\/2024\/12\/23\/trump-threatens-panama-canal\/77173316007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|${u} class=gnt_ar_b_a>ambassador to Panama.<\/a><br \/>Trump\u00a0described Cabrera as &#8220;a fierce fighter for America First principles&#8221; who he said has been instrumental in driving economic growth and fostering international partnerships.<br \/>&#8220;Few understand Latin American politics as well as Kevin &#8211; He will do a FANTASTIC job representing our Nation\u2019s interests in Panama!&#8221; he said in a post on Truth Social.<br \/>The announcement of his pick for ambassador comes after\u00a0Trump\u00a0threatened to reassert\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reutersconnect.com\/all?search=all%3AL1N3NN007&#038;linkedFromStory=true\" target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|z|k|${u} class=gnt_ar_b_a>U.S. control over<\/a>\u00a0the Panama Canal, which it administered for decades before handing over to Panama in 1999.<br \/>Trump\u00a0said the Central American country, with whom the U.S. has had diplomatic relations since 1903, is &#8220;ripping us off on the Panama Canal, far beyond their wildest dreams.&#8221;<br \/>In a post on Truth Social on Wednesday,\u00a0Trump\u00a0accused Chinese soldiers of illegally operating the canal and &#8220;always making certain that the United States puts in Billions of Dollars in &#8216;repair&#8217; money but will have absolutely nothing to say about &#8216;anything.'&#8221;<br \/>Panama&#8217;s President Jose Raul Mulino has said China had no influence on the canal&#8217;s administration.<br \/>China does not control or administer the canal, but a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings has long managed two ports located on the canal&#8217;s Caribbean and Pacific entrances.<br \/><em>(Reporting by Jasper Ward; Editing by Frank McGurty and Chris Reese)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxQLWM2WTJuUldLZ1AwS2xuS3hhLTQ3dG5idjBjdkFhLUxjSllpWndxYTUyWHQtdjdieUJMZmRiai1RcjRPZ1p4aGFRZEFPTEplMjVELUJWU2ZDMHNPVnBxSlk0dWJZZERoNlZMdjFBMzNvMXE0NlVXMkZMcTZUaGlkaDY5Ujh0cUp0d1lyX2FfUllZRUxfblRDYTNVbGdvM0xHX2VhaW1tMkdYTG1HOXktNFZLX3ZmUHkwN3c?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President-elect Donald\u00a0Trump\u00a0on Wednesday nominated Miami-Dade County Commissioner Kevin Marino Cabrera to serve as ambassador to Panama.Trump\u00a0described Cabrera as &#8220;a fierce fighter for America First principles&#8221; who he said has been instrumental in driving economic growth and fostering international partnerships.&#8220;Few understand Latin American politics as well as Kevin &#8211; He will do a FANTASTIC job [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":120255,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-120254","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-us","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}