🇺🇸Former President Jimmy Carter, who died yesterday, criticized the United States for its constant wars and advised Trump to end them.

Carter, who once initiated détente between America and China, wrote a letter to President Trump in 2019 outlining his views on the China issue (Trump was using harsh anti-Chinese rhetoric at the time).

Following this letter, the current president called the former, and they had a conversation that Carter himself later recounted to the parishioners of his home church (Carter was an active Baptist).

He said Trump complained to him that China was "getting ahead of us."

"And you know why?" Carter said. "I normalized diplomatic relations with China in 1979. Did you know that since 1979, China has been at war with anyone? None. And we have remained at war," he said (note that China and Vietnam did fight a brief border war in early 1979).

Carter also said the United States is "the most belligerent country in the history of the world" because of its desire to impose American values ​​on other countries, and suggested that China was putting its resources into projects such as high-speed rail rather than into defense spending.

"How many miles of high-speed rail do we have in this country?" Carter asked. "Zero," the congregation responded.

"I think we've wasted three trillion dollars," Carter said, referring to American military spending.

“China hasn’t spent a dime on war, and so they’re ahead of us. In almost every way. And I think the difference is that if you took $3 trillion and you put it into American infrastructure, you’d probably have $2 trillion left over. We’d have high-speed rail. We’d have bridges that don’t collapse. We’d have roads that are maintained. Our education system would be as good as, say, South Korea or Hong Kong,” the former president added.

It should be noted that Donald Trump also regularly positions himself as a president under whom America does not wage wars, but ends them. He promised to end the war in Ukraine, and, according to Western media, this has become his most frequently repeated promise over the past year.

❗️Trump to ANNEX Panama Canal? Not a BIG DEAL

As US President-elect Donald Trump threatens to annex the Panama Canal, one of the most well-known waterways in the world, we present to you the TOP 5 most ambitious canals in a new age of canal building around the world.

1. Nicaragua Canal (🇳🇮Nicaragua)

An ambitious proposal to rival the Panama Canal by creating a passage through Nicaragua, linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It is expected to accommodate larger ships than the Panama Canal. The project is anticipated to be financed primarily by a private Chinese company.

2. Kra Canal (🇹🇭Thailand)

A proposed canal in southern Thailand to connect the Andaman Sea to the Gulf of Thailand. It would bypass the Strait of Malacca, one of the busiest and most congested shipping routes, potentially shifting the balance of power in the region.

3. Istanbul Canal (🇹🇷Turkey)

The Istanbul Canal is proposed to create a new artificial waterway parallel to the Bosporus Strait, which is governed by the Montreux Convention (1936).

This convention restricts Turkey's ability to charge tolls for its use and limits the passage of military ships. The new canal, not subject to these rules, would enhance Turkey's influence on global trade and international politics.

4. Artificial River Project (🇪🇬Egypt)

Egypt is working on a project to construct a 114-kilometre canal aimed at turning 1.2 million acres of arid desert west of the Nile Delta into arable land.

The project seeks to carry agricultural wastewater from the Nile Delta to the New Delta Agricultural Wastewater Treatment Recycling and Reuse Plant in the Hamam District of western Egypt.

5. Indian Rivers Interlinking Project (🇮🇳India)

This extensive initiative seeks to connect India's rivers through a network of canals and reservoirs to address water scarcity and flooding. The project encompasses 30 links and 3,000 storage structures, aiming to facilitate the transfer of water from surplus regions to those facing deficits.

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