Defense Secretary Hegseth Heads to Panama as President Trump Works Angles To Stunt Chinese Influence
America is making a full-court press to get China’s hands off the world’s most strategic maritime passageway.
Defense Secretary Hegseth is headed to Panama on Monday to meet with the nation’s president and attend a Central American Security Conference, a trip that comes as the Trump administration seeks to inflict another round of pinpricks to reduce Communist China’s global influence, seen by Mr. Trump as the number one threat to American economic and national security.
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