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U.S. President Donald Trump visited North Dakota on Wednesday (local time) and declared that he would not allow China to take control of the Panama Canal.
During his speech following the opening ceremony of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota, President Trump stated, "China is trying to take the Panama Canal, and we are not going to let that happen."
President Trump’s remarks regarding the Panama Canal came as he was praising the achievements of former President Theodore Roosevelt.
Although Roosevelt was from New York, he once operated a ranch in North Dakota and later remarked that he would not have become president if not for his experiences in the state.
To the residents of North Dakota, Roosevelt is a heroic figure.
In his speech, President Trump repeatedly lauded Roosevelt, attacked the Democratic Party's hard-line progressives by labeling them as communists, and criticized the Supreme Court for blocking his executive order to ban birthright citizenship, delivering a speech that resembled a campaign rally.
He also mentioned that the 125th anniversary of the nation's founding occurred during the Roosevelt administration, attempting to align his own administration, which is marking the 250th anniversary, with that legacy.
North Dakota is a state with a strong Republican leaning.
Not only did the state overwhelmingly support President Trump in the 2024 presidential election, but no Democratic presidential candidate has won there since 1964.
President Trump has frequently made comments praising Roosevelt in the past.
President Trump's visit to North Dakota on this day was arranged as part of the events commemorating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.
President Trump is scheduled to visit Mount Rushmore in South Dakota on July 3 and deliver a commemorative speech in Washington, D.C., on Independence Day, July 4.
(Photo: AP, Yonhap News)
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