HEGSETH: ‘THE ERA OF CAPITULATING TO CHINESE COERCION IS OVER’: Despite President Donald Trump’s bombastic threats to reclaim the Panama Canal, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had nothing but kind words for Panama during his two-day visit while focusing his sharpest criticism on China’s expansionist desires in America’s backyard.
Speaking at a regional security conference in Panama City, Hegseth accused China of investing and operating in the Americas “for military advantage and unfair economic gain.”
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