As Trump took office, a new prelude slowly opened and various things began to emerge one after another.

After the crazy threats against Canada and Mexico at the beginning, we have now begun to put the problem on South America.

Recently, Panama announced that it will not renew its contract with the Belt and Road Initiative, which means that Panama will no longer continue this initiative.

But before Panama made a statement, some very interesting things happened, which also indicates that the diplomatic methods of the newly-invested US Secretary of State did not seem to be so smooth.

So why did Panama make such a choice? What problems did the US Secretary of State encounter?

Panama's problem

Since China's Belt and Road Initiative has grown, my country's influence has increased significantly.

At the same time, there are some countries whose economic development is not very good, and have gradually developed well under the leadership of China. This is obviously a virtuous cycle.

More and more countries are more inclined to continue to strengthen cooperative relations with China, after all, it is more at ease to do business with China.

First of all, China is more generous in doing business, unlike the United States, who cannot afford to get up early. At the same time, it is also sincerely trying to lead these countries to develop together.

However, these behaviors seem very uncomfortable in the eyes of the United States because China has established a positive image.

But the United States is unwilling to give up its hegemonic thinking, so the problem is now complicated.

Trump had already made the issue clear before he took office, that is, he wanted to accelerate the enhancement of the United States' influence.

As for how to enhance this influence, we have seen one thing now. Not long ago, the newly appointed Secretary of State Rubio, went to Latin America for a visit.

The position of Secretary of State is indeed busy, and he always travels back and forth between countries around the world. This time he visited Latin American countries, he didn't have any good intentions to go there.

First, we aim at Panama. We know that the Panama Canal occupies a very important position in the world.

With this canal, the distance from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean can be directly shortened.

This is a very important point, which greatly reduces the range and consumption, and is very important to many countries.

This is especially true for Panama, but the problem now is that the United States has set its sights on this canal, which is troublesome.

The United States has always been famous for its domineeringness in the world. As long as it wants, it will use any means to get it to serve itself.

The US government has spread rumors in recent times, first saying that the canal has been controlled by China.

This is a completely naked lie, and China and Panama have always been in a cooperative relationship.

Especially after the signing of the Belt and Road Agreement, China has always abides by the relevant regulations of the canal and respects Panama's rights and interests.

Therefore, the so-called China's control of the Panama Canal by the United States is purely a slander and spreading rumors.

But, the United States has not done this once or twice, and has always insisted on spreading rumors if it doesn’t get it.

But this trick will definitely not work in China.

Current situation

Just when this problem was not resolved, the United States began to speak out directly that now American ships performing official duties can pass through the canal for free.

The news instantly sparked attention, but the Panama government soon came forward to deny the incident.

As for what the United States said, we don’t know whether it is true or false, but we can see the United States’ ambitions, and it is the United States who really wants to control the canal.

At the same time, this incident has also increased Trump himself a lot of support. Trump himself is the kind of character who prefers bragging.

Since he has declared this to the outside world, he can justify the people in the country, especially the "Red Neck", and everything I promised is being realized step by step.

And just recently, Panama suddenly announced that it would not renew its contract with China for the relevant procedures for the Belt and Road Initiative.

This means that he will withdraw from the initiative soon, although the answer from the Panama government is that because it has not developed better in recent years, he decided to think of another development route.

But this incident happened very strangely. Why did you make such a statement at this time?

Some people analyze that this is actually the impact of the game between big powers on small countries. The Panama Canal is small, and it is the big one that can suppress China's development.

If Panama gives up and gets so close to China, then the United States may relax some pressure on Panama in the future.

This can explain why the Panamanian leaders made such a decision at this critical moment.

But this is obviously just the beginning when Trump played so much as he took office, and there will definitely be more games to go ahead.

Panama can be seen as an important step for the United States to enhance its influence in South America.

But Panama should also take a good look at what Argentina had become under the oppression of the United States. This is a living example.

The news that the so-called free passage of the Panama Canal was slapped in the face in the early stage.

The US Secretary of State also embarrassedly stated to the outside world that this is just a good wish of the United States and hopes it can be realized as soon as possible.

He also said that the United States has an obligation to protect the canal, which is obviously giving itself a step.

This can be considered as a small problem he encountered in diplomacy as soon as he took office, but this is not serious either.

The United States will move even more in the future, and the Secretary of State will face more difficulties.

I still hope that the United States will think about it carefully. Such hegemony is actually useless and will eventually lead to a dilemma.

Only friendly development with other countries is the real way to solve the problem.

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