President-elect Donald Trump announced Kevin Marino Cabrera, the Miami-Dade commissioner as his pick to become the ambassador to the Republic of Panama, taking another swipe at the Latin American country on Wednesday.
“I am pleased to announce that Kevin Marino Cabrera will serve as the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, a Country that is ripping us off on the Panama Canal, far beyond their wildest dreams,” Trump said in a statement on Wednesday afternoon.
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Trump called Cabrera “a fierce fighter for America First principles,” saying, “few understand Latin American politics as well as Kevin.”
Trump took the opportunity to accuse Panama of “ripping off” the U.S. over the canal for the third time in less than a week. The country built the canal in the…
