cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25996814
The Trump administration will fire 2,000 United States Agency for International Development employees and place thousands more on leave Sunday after a judge ruled President Donald Trump has the authority to make cuts at the agency.
I don’t understand A) how these decisions can be made so quickly, isn’t there like a ton of research that goes into these judicial decisions? B) Why Trump thinks cutting off aid to other countries is such a good idea, having millions of more homeless, desperate, hungry people in the world creates opportunity for terrorist orgs to recruit, and for famine/diseases to spread.
B) he doesn’t think it’s a good idea, Putin does. It will destroy the US’s soft power abroad for decades and will give the US’s enemies/competitor states a huge leg up in developing nations. China and Russia have already been carving up any parts of Africa that the US doesn’t have strong enough diplomatic ties to with asymmetric trade agreements that are sweetened with humanitarian or infrastructure-building ‘aid’ that’s really loans. Expect that to accelerate as the US withdraws these programs and good will evaporates.
B is easy. 2 months ago if you asked a lot of Americans they would say we spend to much on foreign aid. This is good enough for him to want to cut it off. The money wont go to helping anyone in the US, but it sounds good to cut it.
As to your point A, I think you confusion comes from thinking the system is still working, there was no research, they just had to wait enough time for the bank transfers to finalize.
The answer to the second is it makes him more powerful. Sure, the USA would have more power if he didn’t, but he is not the USA.
Wonder if the “From The River To The Sea” “Genocide Joe” folks thought out what them being on network News every night, in the spring and summer of an election year, freaking out the Democratic base, meant when they were doing it, or even when folks were pointing out the danger that it posed in suppressing the Democratic youth vote. Donald Trump won re-election by 2.3%. More Young Republicans, Arab, and Latino Americans voted for Trump then have ever voted for any Republican candidate before in history. Young Democrats didn’t vote. Think they’ll ever admit to the damage they caused? All the money in my pocket says they don’t.
Funding a genocide was more important to the dems then their base, that’s what costed the election.
“From The River To The Sea” “Genocide Joe”
That is some subtle manipulation, as if calling out Joe Biden on his support of genocide is the same as calling for the destruction of Israel. Most sane people are against both Israel’s current genocide and any plans to destroy Israel. Israel isn’t under threat from anything, they are the agressor. We just want them to stop killing children ffs.
Literal zionist propaganda that has nothing to do with the article itself.
And ideological purity was more important to a bunch of idiots than preventing a fascist who wants to ethically cleanse Gaza from taking over the US government.
Are we really going to blame voters conflicted about genocide and not the party that chose to make it the main point of their platform?
They are the “good guys”. I voted for them but I shouldn’t feel ashamed doing so. I expect more from them then Trump lite. They should be held accountable for the shit show they caused.
And we have to be downvoted by these people who are <checks notes> advocating for these politicians that continue to fail to lead.
And for anyone who wonders: I fucking voted for the lesser evil. Fuck off with your holier-than-thou bullshit attitude that does nothing to attract exactly the voters we want: people with conscience.
Joe Biden could have stopped support for Israel.
Kamala Harris could have made stopping support for Israel part of her campaign but did not.
Getting so tired of the people who want to blame voters for failure of leadership.
Things are much better for Gaza with Trump suggesting ethnic cleansing. /s
Voters had two choices and picked the worse one.
We elected a maniac-toddler-racist-man-child who has never been accountable for anything. Voters are to blame.
So he couldn’t shut it down, but he can fire them all?
Who’s going to stop him? The conservative hacks in Congress and the supreme court aren’t going to provide any checks.
