PANAMA CITY, Panama — Marco Rubio arrived in Panama Saturday on his debut trip abroad as US secretary of state, as he looks for how to follow up on President Donald Trump's extraordinary threat to seize the Panama Canal.
PANAMA CITY, Panama — Marco Rubio arrived in Panama Saturday on his debut trip abroad as US secretary of state, as he looks for how to follow up on President Donald Trump 's extraordinary threat to seize the Panama Canal . Rubio 's mission came as Trump imposed steep tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China — another step showing a far more aggressive US foreign policy.
AFP PHOTOWhat does 'taking it back' mean?Trump's more aggressive foreign policy postures come as his administration also upends foreign aid, with US media characterizing recent firings at the nation's international development agency as a 'purge.'Amid the upheaval, which has seen swaths of humanitarian funding frozen, USAID's websites were down over the weekend, with Democratic Senator Chris Murphy criticizing the 'total destruction' of the agency.
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