Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro blinked first when Donald Trump threatened punishment if the South American country didn’t release American hostages and accept the repatriation of its citizens who are in the U.S. illegally. After sputtering and threatening, Maduro nonetheless agreed on the repatriation demands and released six American prisoners to Special Envoy Ric Grenell on Friday.
Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino also talked smack about Trump’s threat to take back the Canal if the Central American country didn’t do something about the increased Chinese influence there. On Sunday, Mulino—after a meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio—decided not to renew its 2017 memo with China regarding their “Belt and Road Initiative.”
Blink.
One person who is not blinking, however, and is instead staring right back at Trump for the time…
