Trump named Miami-Dade County Commissioner Kevin Marino Cabrera as his choice for the post after suggesting that the US should take control of the Panama Canal – a proposal he first floated over the weekend while claiming that Panama is “ripping off” American ships that pass through the waterway.

In a separate post, Trump jeeringly wished a “Merry Christmas” to the “radical Left Lunatics.” and also mocked President Joe Biden as “a man who has absolutely no idea what he is doing”.