U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that American military and commercial ships should be allowed to travel through the Panama Canal and Suez Canal free of charge.
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The same Republican playbook for decades: cut money going to a service, the service has problems operating, the republicans blame liberals until people support the Republicans taking over it, and then the Republicans privatize it.