In 1989 Jimmy Carter accused Manuel Noriega of stealing an election in Panama leading to a US invasion. When Carter visited Cuba in 2002 he urged Washington to end its long trade embargo against Cuba then in 2011 he visited the nation again.
Also in 2011 the Trump Organization cut the ribbon to “Narco-a-Lago” in Panama City.
The tower is now a JW Marriott, but the Trump name is clearly not leaving the headlines in Panama any time soon. [Canal threats, money-laundering claims and a hotel battle: Trump’s long, weird history with Panama]In 2012, when he was 87 years old Jimmy Carter toured with a new book and as the longest serving ex-president he delivered a video message to the Democratic National Convention. In 2014 Earth hating Florida Senator Little Marco Rubio called President Barack Obama a worse negotiator than Jimmy Carter after a deal was made to establish normal relations with Cuba. Pope Francis visited the island in 2015.
In 2015 the deranged South Dakota Legislature passed a resolution calling for the abolition of the US Department of Education then President Carter spoke in Minneapolis at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum.
Echoing the frustrations of many Americans including this interested party President Carter announced in 2019 his concerns that Donald Trump is an illegitimate executive.
“There’s no doubt that the Russians did interfere in the election. And I think the interference, although not yet quantified, if fully investigated would show that Trump didn’t actually win the election in 2016. He lost the election and he was put into office because the Russians interfered on his behalf,” Carter said at the Carter Center’s retreat in Leesburg, Virginia. Trump called Carter a “nice man, terrible president.” [Jimmy Carter suggests Trump is an illegitimate president]
Now Trump has unleashed an all out assault on Jimmy Carter's legacy calling for the demolition of the Dept. of Education and the US seizure of the Panama Canal while Marco Rubio mulls the invasion of Cuba where his parents were born.
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