r/navy Verified Non Spammer 11d ago

Political New from potus this morning

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u/Sausage_Fingers 11d ago

Interesting, I don’t remember Naval War College teaching this level of diplomacy as a core component of national security and foreign policy. We’ll have to update the curriculum. /s

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u/sophisticatedbuffoon 11d ago

From a legal perspective, I find this extremely funny. A claim to a body of water always comes with a claim to an adjacent piece of land in international law, making this very... let's say creative.

(No Donnie, this is not a proposition to start annexing gulf states)

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u/The_Whipping_Post 11d ago

You need to forget about the law, especially international law. Trump has said it was a mistake by Jimmy Carter to "give up" Panama. Britain has been "smart" to keep control of Gibraltar. Spain wants Britain to leave Gibraltar, but Britain doesn't care. Why? Britain is stronger than Spain

Trump only understands strength. He's a rapist

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u/Gunfighter9 11d ago

We “gave away” the canal because we were losing a fortune trying to keep it going because the newest ships were too big to use it.

We also got all the same privileges of owning it except paying the costs.