The campaign launched by Donald Trump to ousting Chinese entities from infrastructure management strategic for the United States seems to be made on purpose to replace to Chinese interests, and in particular the interests of individuals and companies linked to the president American. This is more or less openly stated by the media of some nations where the infrastructure of which Trump is located considers that the United States cannot help but control, starting with Panama and Australia.

In Panama, the Trump administration has its sights set on both the channel of the Central American nation that on its ports ( of the 21st, 23 and 27 January, 4 February, 4 and 18 March and 8 April 2025). Desires that, according to the US newspaper "Political", the American government would also implement through pressure from subjects linked to Trump. The newspaper, in fact, it highlighted that the Panama Maritime Authority (PMA) has assigned to Checkmate Government Relations, a company founded by Ches McDowell, a close friend of the president's son American Donald Trump Jr. and brother of the Republican congressman of North Carolina, the task of advising the authority how to organize relations with the Trump administration. An assignment that would have a monthly value of 195 thousand dollars. "Politico" recalled that currently ART is examining the agreement signed in March with a group of investors, including the American BlackRock and the terminal operator TiL of the MSC shipping group, which would acquire 80% of the share capital of Hutchison Ports of the CK Hutchison group Hong Kong Holdings as well as 90% of the capital of the Hutchison Ports PPC (Panama Ports Company), the company that it owns and operates the Panamanian ports of Balboa and Cristobal.

In Australia, too, Trump's government would exert pressure to intervene in the management of the port of Darwin by taking over from the Darwin Port Operations of the Chinese Landbridge Group ( of 4 April 2025). Australia's state television channel Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has announced that a American investment firm linked to the administration President Trump has shown interest in the port of Darwin. A representative of Cerberus Capital Management, which is based in New York and which was co-founded by billionaire Steve Feinberg, who earlier this year left his role as CEO of the company to become deputy secretary to the Defense - specified ABC - in recent days has held meetings in Darwin, as confirmed by Landbridge itself. In the non-executive director for Australia of the company Terry O'Connor told ABC that a representative Cerberus met with the management of the port of Darwin expressing interest in a potential investment in the port, without, however, submitting a formal offer.