“And above all, China operates the Panama Canal, and we did not give it to China, we gave it to Panama. And we are going to take it back,” said the American president.
The latter also promised to tax foreign countries to “enrich American citizens”.
“I will immediately begin overhauling our trade system to protect American families and workers. Instead of taxing our citizens to enrich other countries, we will impose tariffs and taxes on foreign countries to enrich our citizens ” he said.
-Still on an economic front, the now 47th President of the United States also confirmed that he would decree a national state of “energy emergency” aimed at boosting hydrocarbon production, thus endangering global efforts to curb global warming. climatic.
“We are going to drill at all costs,” he said, reiterating his campaign promise and ensuring that he would return to a number of climate measures taken by his predecessor Joe Biden to promote the energy transition and reduce carbon emissions. greenhouse gas emissions from the country, the second largest polluter in the world after China.
