Wow who could’ve guessed that this would happen
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
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A lot of people will be reminded why a many government functions exist….however late.
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/01/mike-waltz-signal-gmail-security
How many OTHER chats are going on…
Defying the Federal Records Retention Act../
Just like Kushner & off record back channel to Putin 2016-17… 2025
Just like North Korea
I am glad that even if the Convicted Felon destroys our good will, that someone, even China, steps in.
🚬😎
the reason China has become an option is because the USA employs terrorists and China can protect people from Obama's moderate rebels. Well, not Syrians... Too late for them, but other countries see the writing on the wall.
The only real surprising thing about this to me is that Beijing didn't do the cynical thing of waiting to step in until the people are REALLY desperate... Because that would've made them look all the more like the "White Knight".
So who wants the job of guiding the world? Who wants the soft power that goes with it? The US clearly doesn't want the job anymore.
Fear, misunderstanding, and discomfort have fueled the backlash. But what if, instead of arguing, we listened? What if we asked, "How can we move forward together?"
https://open.substack.com/pub/amymoore50/p/bridging-the-divide-understanding?r=3upaa&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Well... Anyone paying attention
Something about machismo & “not gonna happen to me”
Until it does
I feel like leaving their partners was a self-defeating mistake - even for the trump oligarch regime
Japan has their own version of a Peace Corps active
Nature abhors a vacuum, so evidently, does international aid.
Apparently that rule is ignored for Trumps head! It is indeed a vacuum & although abhorred yet he remains. It's hard to conceive of anything as empty still being attached to his body. The idea of him just floating up, up & away, makes me very happy.
Well played.
They finished their end run while Trump was in office the1x
Connections.
Thanks, Trump for Making Chyna and Russia Great Again.
And it maintained a HUGE amount of soft power for the US.
It is one of the stupidest cuts they made, but then they facilitated the end of Apartheid in South Africa so of course they had to go...
That opportunity is now GONE.
in a way it's good Trump gave this power away. If he could or even knew how to use it. The world could be going thru HELL too
Why did Russia get their hostages released but the Americans are still there?
Why is France getting to buy all those rare earth minerals but we can’t?
Why is our president a schmoe?
This administration has gone way beyond cutting off your nose to spite your face, they've just cut their own heads off. #ISIS2.0
remember when Biden threatened to withhold USAID to developing countries critical of israel? I sure remember.
American soft power projection is (was) literally it's true strength in the world. They ceded their greatest diplomatic advantage to an enemy
lol forever
Theres nothing here that makes me think OP is rah rah fuck China, and if there are more charitable ways to interpret someones post, interpreting it as uncharitably as possible is a choice. Js
"Pax Americana" was always garbage. West Asia and Latin America can attest to that and then some.
We gotta deal with what we got, and its just that simple. I dont like it, but it is our problem now, so best face it on the terms we find it in
WE ARE ACCELERATING CHINA'S 10+ YEAR PLAN TO MERE WEEKS
Idiots in the current admin
Thats not news - it's been going on for more than a decade!!
Anyone watch Game of Thrones? Remember when Margaery begs the court to wonder why, if Cersei knew the consequences of not being present, she would choose to not be present anyways?
The US plans to remind the world how big their boot is. Starting with China.
The most dangerous people are not the ones bad at their jobs. It’s the ones bad at their jobs who believe they’re unquestionably the best.
They are billionaires, because people are starving.
Perkins makes that quite clear in Confessions of an Economic Hitman.
They're the neoliberal version of The Monroe Doctrine.
& yes, China will step in to
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I think there's an unacknowledged war going on between neoliberalism & fascism. I always said neoliberalism is fascism w/ KY Jelly.
They've just skipped that step now.
2/2
USAID is how the US/Western MIC gets its foot in the door-- massive loans that can ONLY be spent on weapons and/or infrastructure built by MIC contractors, pushing those societies into deeper & deeper debt until they're owned by the MIC corporate overlords.
https://youtu.be/zmwv3Ujwpac?si=srSgws-T8pjAjMnS
moron to be mean. They call him a moron because he is a moron. He refuses to listen to anyone. He has advisors that are not allowed to advise.
Every country in the world will benefit from his term except America.
#ThanksGOP
#StandUpAmerica
One needs to be able to anticipate their adversary's next move.
Not sure they could do that in Europe but they probably could everywhere else, and if they play nice, they’ll singer someday get to Europe too.
We res need trump and his fascist cabal gone. Gone.
Never thought I’d think it let alone say it but I wish military would step in… unless of course they agree with all this. I can’t imagine they all do. …
Real soft power is what Japan has over the average American. When trump wanted to tariff Japan, a ton of his base criticized him.
Nevertheless more than half of Americans provide for their retirement with a 401k. Less than 1 in 5 have a pension. If you aren't in a union having a pension is even rarer and likely to get even more scarce.
But the average American is poorer than the previous generations of Americans at the same age. That's the problem.
Example? X fined by EU for not respecting EU laws, the most common comment from USA people has been "EU cannot fine X, since X is an USA company".
We are $36.5 Trillion in debt ... cut ALL government spending by 50% ... to start.
Did now one see there be other nations entering the vacant field ?
We can’t use “Trump level stupid” because it is a moving target. Downwards.
If you can imagine even the smallest possibility that DJT is working for Pootin (or is being manipulated, easily), & you know Pootin just wants to see the US/West in flames...then these chaotic moves make more sense.
Tariffs, angering allies, gutting government....
Russia.
Ukraine is successfully fighting.
America surrendered and is now New Russia.
And after a while, its too late to try step back.
People dont forget so easily
& of course this wasn't an obvious outcome at all
was it?
Cute.
Cute.
USAID is the ULTIMATE neoliberal policy.
Read Perkins' Confessions of an Economic Hitman.
https://resistir.info/livros/john_perkins_confessions_of_an_economic_hit_man.pdf
So, no, it's not good.
And you can be sure that the people on the ground will notice that the bags of grain they're using to feed their families now say "China AID" instead of USAID...
This is why local news is so important and why we monitor it.
https://youtu.be/ep0p24Wjrx8?si=3279EWyUAizBQdTp
https://youtu.be/24GoZHci7b4
The orange sack of trans-fats is just the rodeo-clown distraction.
Because they can't think of power beyond "STRONG MANLY MEN WITH GUNS" when there are MUCH cheaper MUCH more effective ways to maintain power...
But SOCIALISM!!!! *rolleyes*
Who’da thunk?
Incompetence.
It was always going to be China's century, Trump is accelerating the process by destroying America.
I am so shocked.
I am floored.
My flabber has indeed been ghasted.
I think I might keel over and die from this unexpected and surprising turn of events.
They certainly don’t reassure me!
tfg did not get where he is on MAGA alone. They came to the game later, after these orgs realized what a useful idiot tfg could be and sold him to uneducated, fearful, credulous people.
For anyone opposed to China, that's a VERY dangerous thing.
If they build a strong, modern, fair Asia, and then manage to "build a bridge" to Europe by forging alliances... a man can dream.
But for now - wary.
The Chinese give even fewer fucks than the US. They're on par with the colonist empires of old
Not sure about "regularly" either. When was the last time the US had a single instance ecological disaster that affected 60% of the population?
Our eco desecration is death by a thousand tiny cuts
Trump has just lost Africa to the Chinese.... and the Muppet thought he needed greenland
Meanwhile China continues to gain more control of the entire Indian Ocean and North Atlantic.
They are giving the renewable energy tech boom to China so we can support drill baby drill
What a fuckn idiot, jerk, fuckup who does not know where the world is going
This is the new normal. We’re just a regular country.
#TrumpIsANEconMoron. Doing the bidding of #Putin daily. Killing fathers and others. Idiot.
@nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @cnbc.com @bloomberg.com
https://traffic.libsyn.com/yinhistory/EP102-MarshallPlan.mp3
"Well,.. this *IS* surprising,.. probably fake news!"