"Most Americans don’t want to believe that their government is taking lifesaving medicine away from sick people in Africa, or betraying Afghans who sacrificed for this country" But it is. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... - ThreadSky

anneapplebaum.bsky.social • 1 day ago

"Most Americans don’t want to believe that their government is taking lifesaving medicine away from sick people in Africa, or betraying Afghans who sacrificed for this country"
But it is. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/04/trump-maga-national-interest-usaid-destruction/681735/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK3xa-W8zVFOC2SdV8fS407d0&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

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ohitsthatone.bsky.social•1 day ago

The boring truth is that USAID offered an enormous financial ROI for maintaining US global dominance while protecting small US farms from bankruptcy when they had bumper crops.

I’d rather see Soros or Buffet in charge than Musk any day. Musk is the ultimate Ponzi scheme.

willycammaerts.bsky.social•1 day ago

Long term it means nobody will trust the US, they'll be on their own, much diminished, no longer a great power.

mrmusichead.bsky.social•1 day ago

Already there. We realise that America views Britain as an enemy

arijojo.bsky.social•1 day ago

America First”? More like “America Only”. Taking medicine from the sick, abandoning allies, and turning foreign policy into a mafia shakedown. The world sees it, history will remember it. #MAGAWorldOrder #Trump

cyndicate.bsky.social•1 day ago

They're taking it away from Americans, too.

maisany.bsky.social•1 day ago

As long as it doesn’t affect them directly & personally, *they don’t care* 🤷🏻‍♂️

cyndicate.bsky.social•1 day ago

It will eventually.

perspicio-oic.bsky.social•1 day ago

Eventually is coming like a bullet train, and they're on track for a rude awakening.

maisany.bsky.social•1 day ago

Maybe but it still doesn’t address the root problems. These supposed “angry” Republican voters seen at these town halls are just concerned about *their* jobs, & *their* districts. They couldn’t give 💩💩 about cuts that might affect anyone or anywhere else. The selfishness persists. 🤷🏻‍♂️

perspicio-oic.bsky.social•1 day ago

I agree. The very concept of civil society is meaningless when those who are afflicted with the fundamental cognitive defect have ascended to power.

pedroisarv.bsky.social•1 day ago

How does gift article work? They still adk me to subscribe

berlinarturo.bsky.social•1 day ago

Let’s remember that he denied any involvement with #Prohect2025, yet his agenda has been primarily focused on asserting dictatorial powers. Trump duped everyone.

citizensknow.bsky.social•1 day ago

Rump is #insane. He couldn't be honest if he wanted to be. He's a #narcissist #SOCIOPATH. USA is too naive to recognize true and serious psychological dysfunction. I am a US citizen, born here, and see this with my own eyes.

whocouldathunkit.bsky.social•1 day ago

Or purposefully wrecking their economy in collusion with Putin. But it is happening, he is doing it on purpose.

ohitsthatone.bsky.social•1 day ago

He is literally stupid

whocouldathunkit.bsky.social•1 day ago

Not stupid. I suspect the shrinking is on purpose. He needs to figure out a way to “repair” our relationship with Russia so that he can remove the sanctions and do business with Russia. Making Americans suffer economically while enriching Russians will make them *admire* Putin more, over time.

ohitsthatone.bsky.social•1 day ago

I’m sure his meeting with Putin has little to do with Ukraine. It’s mentor coaching time for the lifeline czar thing.

The White House literally sent out a king trump meme yesterday.

daldry.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you for the link

jamescaseyjd.bsky.social•1 day ago

Many Americans want the government to be mean because they voted 3 times for a jerk. And jerk is being charitable.

capri-g0at.bsky.social•1 day ago

Nazi-ism in real time

lordmortefond.bsky.social•1 day ago

Most Americans are about to find out that this is exactly what's coming to their doorstep soon.

sandy2012.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Most Americans? No, informed, compassionate might be. I say might because most Americans don’t know about USAIS.

oldbutgold1.bsky.social•1 day ago

From what I’ve seen, MAGA doesn’t care. It doesn’t affect them, so they’re all for it. Just wait a few weeks, they’ll be screaming “I didn’t vote for this!”

koalawitch25.bsky.social•1 day ago

Unfortunately a lot more won’t even care. We have people that need help here in the U.S. they will say but then don’t want to help those people either.

bearkat1983.bsky.social•1 day ago

Less than 1% of our national budget is spent on foreign aid. We should be ashamed of ourselves, selfishly and sadly we’re not.

koalawitch25.bsky.social•1 day ago

Absolutely agree, the greed and cruelty are despicable.

raadoo.bsky.social•1 day ago

Same story as Polish Law & Order but this time it’s not local but global scale.

Scary

mjteacher.bsky.social•1 day ago

Most Americans don’t care. And therein lies the problem.

rich-sizer1.bsky.social•1 day ago

Most Americans don’t care. But those medicines will be taken away from most Americans as well once Medicare is removed.

vppark.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

luukvanderwereld.bsky.social•1 day ago

Most Europeans don't want to believe this: https://youtu.be/obDJQNRnyus?si=_cicJmSrtewvWdaw

paulstephenn.bsky.social•1 day ago

Great read and feel the same way. Handing soft power to China is a strategic mistake, though Hegseth himself publically doubted the value of it during a speech last week.

citizensknow.bsky.social•1 day ago

'World disorder' is the correct term. He is disordered as is everything he does.

fworsley.bsky.social•1 day ago

Most Americans are ignorant morons. Anyway, why would they react for sick people in Africa when the current Emperor is defounding research for kids with cancer or firing thousands of Federal Workers, making sure subjugating the people will be much easier.

kimagogo.bsky.social•1 day ago

christomat.bsky.social•10 hours ago

I wonder how many Americans know about these things. I had no idea what USAid did.

kathistetser.bsky.social•1 day ago

I think a whole lot of Americans voted for exactly this cruelty.

benelson12.bsky.social•1 day ago

Most Americans don’t want to have to pull their head out of the sand.

fifisaysstuff.bsky.social•1 day ago

Most Americans don't give a shit about Africans or anyone outside of their family. They are selfish, spoiled consumers. Others are struggling to put food on the table. Many of you are so out of touch with millions of Americans, who use coupons to shop & are choosing between eggs & ground pork.

gimbo72.bsky.social•1 day ago

We are so far removed from WW2 that it’s just stories now. Nobody really “gets” why we should be giving. We also can’t tangibly see results. Now if it was a hurt dog (see Kristi Noem) versus a sick African human being than I’d agree 100%

gimbo72.bsky.social•1 day ago

But many know exactly what we are doing and are interested only in themselves. They are selectively nice and selectively mean at the same time.

bearkat1983.bsky.social•1 day ago

Sadly, with the depravity of the current administration if it involves cruelty and grift it’s more likely than not that they’re engaged in in despicable behavior. They’re an international embarrassment and a domestic disgrace. 💙💙🇺🇸💙💙

almightynoodle1.bsky.social•1 day ago

Still, there's a disturbingly large percentage of Americans who want exactly that.

cottagedweller.bsky.social•1 day ago

Because they stupidly think they are somehow immune.

bearkat1983.bsky.social•1 day ago

I agree. That percentage of Amerika is as despicable as they are ignorant, hateful and cruel.

mdit.bsky.social•1 day ago

As I peer into my crystal ball, I foresee horrendous blowback from all of this down the road.

Not just from losing soft power, but I mean.. betraying afghanis didn't end well last time.

cristian2023.bsky.social•1 day ago

similar with how germans didn’t want to believe the “rumors”

thecursingpoet.bsky.social•1 day ago

Many Americans can live in an alternate universe, or perhaps more accurately are living like one of B.F. Skinner's pigeons in a box, pushing the levers offered by the tech industry until the algorithms land them on Conspiracy Island, the Island of Nonsense, the Land of History by Liars or some such.

pauloos.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump once limited his cruelty to denigrating shithole countries, loser veterans, cat-eating immigrants - anyone not white, not rich. Now he gleefully kills them by executive order.

twofatdogs.bsky.social•1 day ago

No! It’s not that they don’t want to believe it— they don’t care.

jimbo75.bsky.social•1 day ago

Orange (S)Hitler HAS to be in the spotlight, but in a short while, he will ‘refute’ the situation 🤣🤮💩

debralhd.bsky.social•1 day ago

Most Americans also don't want to believe their government for decades have been terrorizing multiple 3rd world nations globally to gain power & control over those countries' politicians in order to financially gain from nations' natural resources, yet its true.

facelesscontent.bsky.social•1 day ago

Sit down with your family & friends, have a serious conversation about the state of the United States right now; what Trump's actions mean for your future. Let them know this isn't about politics but ultimately the survival of you as a country, nation, and people.

buffysagesayer.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://bsky.app/profile/buffysagesayer.bsky.social/post/3lioo73fov22w

lawlesssouls.bsky.social•1 day ago

Well with Elon and his band of Nazis making decisions, nothing less should be expected….

jumpers4goalposts1.bsky.social•1 day ago

Not to mention taking lifesaving medicine away from Americans

mjz1957.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you for the gift article.

mfriedman803.bsky.social•1 day ago

Agree, for the sake of humanity we should continue to be a beacon for others.

chickenlady.bsky.social•1 day ago

That's Kremlin and Milošević world order,
but spiked with Edolf's dumb ketamine addiction.

No one listened to us from the former Yugoslavian Republics, from Hungary, when we warned for decades.

Now the USA is going to eat their own soup.

This is completely self-inflicted.

ms-spacewalker.bsky.social•1 day ago

“Don’t look up” is no longer fiction.

skykiss.bsky.social•1 day ago

MOST Americans I speak to or read thinking of are aware - and were ALL horrified.

Thank you very much for the article, Anne. (We have "Anne" in common).

messenginator.bsky.social•1 day ago

Make America Small Again

tracyhotd.us•1 day ago

📌

stoicthinker2025.bsky.social•4 hours ago

The US military could end this bloodbath.

klastommy.bsky.social•1 day ago

The america first crowd wouldn't care if they did believe in it. At least the Sweden first crowd (15-20%) over here wouldn't care if we stopped sending meds.

mzmazz.bsky.social•22 hours ago

The cruelty is a feature, not a bug.

The tRump regime has poisoned the words "American Aid" around the world for generations.

patrickneithard.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

annonamouspixie.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump is also making life saving insulin, asthma medicine and other meds unaffordable to many hard working, tax paying Americans.
Someone please tell me when the nightmare is over..

yappydagger.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you for the article.

marcusfunck.bsky.social•1 day ago

"Most Americans" probably do not care at all.

ingolfdahl.bsky.social•1 day ago

The Trump regime does not care about humans.

todayisnice.bsky.social•1 day ago

Not just in Africa, they are doing it here too. Red states have started passing legislation to BAN, MRNA vaccines. They seem to want to kill off half of the world one way or another.

joimonki.bsky.social•1 day ago

I just saw something about promising results using mRNA in pancreatic cancer treatment. Are they so ignorant they will try to block that, too?!
Being governed by right wing propaganda feels like the Twilight Zone. (Maybe zombie apocalypse is more accurate!)

thebaroness.bsky.social•1 day ago

They better start believing it.

danlia1.bsky.social•1 day ago

THIS PRESIDENCY CANNOT STAND. TRUMP IS COGNITIVELY IMPAIRED. THE GOP IS TERRIFIED OF TRUMP AND VOTES AGAINST THE INTERESTS OF THE US AND THE WORLD. WE MUST RISE UP. DEMOCRATS AS WELL AS REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED FOR TRUMP WHO HAVE REALIZED THEY HAVE MADE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE. THE MAD KING MUST BE DEPOSED.

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