He says the same phrases all the time, "Doing very well" is one of them. He has a catalog of words and sayings he reaches for in an attempt to cover up his ignorance.

And he knows nothing about American History.

All the hallmarks of severe cognitive decline. He barely knows what he is saying.

If I didn't hate him so much, I'd feel sorry for him. He needs care.

And walk around thinking he built the Panama Canal.

He meant the USA and Panama-----.

Good lord!

If that quote is accurate, this is not a gaffe. It didn't claim any credit. It was praising the US effort in building the canal.

If something is hundred years old, you don't say it is doing well. You mention the longevity somehow. E.g. The Canal is still doing well after a hundred years.

I still don't see "it" taking credit for anything.

There's plenty of idiotic shit he says to laugh at him for but I don't think this is one of them.

Also, who built the recent expansion of the canal to allow bigger ships through? Did the US help with that?

I just hope he doesn't screw everything up with Panama - I have partial transit cruise booked next April.

much ado about nothing....MUCH more to be concerned about...

Teddy Roosevelt, wherever you are, please forgive us.

and shouting "I'm going to the biggest prison, the very best prison."



I could swear it looks as if he has two rows of bottom teeth.

It was a huge controversy in this country and Carter had an uphill battle to get congressional support. It was very unpopular and seats were lost over it. Anyone conscious in this country at the time had to be aware of the the controversy. Trump may never have taken a history course in his life, but he was an adult back then. But since it didn't involve him, it escaped his notice.


https://billofrightsinstitute.org/educate/educator-resources/lessons-plans/presidents-constitution/panama-canal/

In 1903, the United States received authority to build a canal in Panama and to control the Panama Canal Zone “in perpetuity,” in exchange for annual payments to Panama. By the 1960s, Latin American resentment of U.S. power was growing. In 1977, newly elected President Jimmy Carter, fulfilling a campaign promise, set out to negotiate a new agreement with Panama. He believed that a new treaty was needed to correct what he saw as injustices.

In spite of vocal opposition from Congress and the American public, Carter negotiated two new treaties: 1. The United States would retain the right to defend the canal forever. 2. The Canal Zone would be turned over to Panama in 1979, and a transfer of the operation of the canal would be complete by 1999. Panamanian voters approved these Carter-Torrijos Treaties in a special referendum.

The U.S. Constitution empowers the President to make treaties with “the advice and consent” of the Senate. In the case of the Panama Canal Treaties, thirty-eight Senators—more than enough to prevent ratification —had expressed opposition to the new agreements. Public opinion was also against the Treaties.

The President sent a task force across the country to make over 1500 presentations about the Treaties’ benefits. In a binder on his desk, Carter’s team kept track of conversations, rumors, and questions from Senators regarding the Treaties, quickly following up on each entry to win converts. Throughout the long Senate debate, Carter personally tracked the progress of the Treaties, talking daily with Senators, answering questions and agreeing to various Senate modifications to save the Treaties.

After three months of Senate debate in the spring of 1978, the Senate approved new Treaties governing the Panama Canal with one vote to spare: sixty-eight for—thirty-two against. Through personal attention, patience, and his willingness to make adjustments in the agreement, Carter had built support for them.

In 1999, during the Bill Clinton administration, the gradual shift of authority for the canal was complete. Former President Jimmy Carter led the U.S. delegation in the ceremony marking the handoff. Carter considers the Panama Treaties among the most important achievements of his Presidency.

Going from one orgy to the next must have been very distracting.

beyond that...

the incurious poorly read leader of the world.

Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias, wherein persons of low ability suffer from illusory superiority when they mistakenly assess their cognitive ability as greater than it is. The cognitive bias of illusory superiority derives from the metacognitive inability of low-ability persons to recognize their own ineptitude.

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Interacting with these people drives me nuts, necessitating that I avoid much of my extended family. Helps my BP.

"Hey, did you hear about Trump bragging about building the Panama Canal?" I said "Yeah, and Fred Douglass helped him."