Derrick Van Orden: “The Chinese would in fact have control over the Panama Canal…”

“So if the Chinese are capable of taking control of Djibouti, we have a real problem because they already own the railroad that goes across the Panama isthmus to control the Panama Canal. That means that The Chinese would in fact have control over the Panama Canal and the Suez Canal. Those are really bad things. For really big picture stuff that I believe that President Xi is working on.” (07:06–07:11)

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