US President Donald Trump claimed yesterday to be allowed to allow American Ships – military and commercial – the free passage from the Panama and Suez Canal.

“I have asked Foreign Minister Marco Rubio to take care of it immediately,” Trump wrote in a post on the Truth Social platform.

After repeating the US for months to take control of the Panama Canal, the US president is now putting on the frame and Suez Canalanother strategic path to world trade.

The Panama Canal is an artificial channel that allows ships to move faster between the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean. About 40% of US containers pass through the Panama Canal each year.

The US, who made the canal which operates from the 1914handed over the her control over Panama in 1999. But after returning to the White House, Trump has threatened to regain control, without excluding the use of force, with the excuse that he is under the control of Beijing.

In early April, the US was licensed by Panama to develop military force around the canal.

The Suez Canal, which is controlled by Egypt since 1956, served about 10% of world marine trade Until Yemen’s Houthi rebels began to launch attacks on ships, claiming that they were acting on a “solidarity” to the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

US Armed Forces and allies intervened in an effort to safeguard the security of international navigation. However, many companies have chosen to bypass this sea route and make the round of Africa, drastically reducing a vital source of currency for Egypt, which has plunged into the worst economic crisis in its history.