Tesla owner, Elon Musk, has stirred reactions online with a cryptic response to United States President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial remarks about reclaiming the Panama Canal.
Musk, in a post on X, recently wrote, “2025 is gonna be so lit 🤣🤣,” shortly after Trump declared his intention to reassert U.S. control over the strategic waterway, which he has now renamed the “United States Canal.”
Trump’s comments, made during a speech at AmericaFest in Arizona on Sunday, have sparked an international uproar.
He accused Panama of charging excessive fees for the use of the canal and expressed concerns over potential Chinese influence on the passage.
“Has anyone ever heard of the Panama Canal?” Trump asked the crowd. “Because we’re being ripped off at the Panama Canal like we’re being ripped off everywhere else.”
Trump also shared an image on Truth Social showing an American flag over a waterway with the caption, “Welcome to the United States Canal!” His rhetoric escalated as he suggested that Panama had not upheld the “moral and legal principles” of the 1977 treaties that returned the canal to Panamanian control after decades of U.S. administration.
