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Anonymous wrote:Power abhors a vacuum.

China will quietly swoop in to every country where we cut aid and our influence and power in the world will shrink and weaken.

China has already done this. It’s too late.

It's never too late. Yes, China has been working at this for some time. Trump did a lot of damage in his first term - alienated allies, tore up treaties, undermined strategic alliances, and withdrew from the world stage. Biden, Blinken and others had to do a lot of work to try and restore faith and trust in the US and to rebuild alliances. But now Trump's right back at it. It seems like he is hell bent on making the US a backward, isolationist third-world banana republic of serfs toiling away in industrial pollution, while governed by some billionaire elites - as the rest of the world passes us by. People need to wake up to this. The mid-terms are coming, 2026. Hopefully Trump can't do too much damage between now and then.

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Anonymous wrote:Power abhors a vacuum.

China will quietly swoop in to every country where we cut aid and our influence and power in the world will shrink and weaken.

Shove the Cold War boogeyman BS …

I mean, it's true though. Should we be the most powerful nation in the world? Doesn't matter. We won't be.

No we don’t need to be the most powerful nation in the world.

Democrats love to say that the US is a big bully, full of white oppressors. And now we won’t be. The US never colonized any African nation, we don’t owe them anything.



Yes the US did. You people are so uneducated.

Which ones?

How about...um....this land? DP

The US is in Africa?! Man, I did sleep a lot in high school, but had no idea.

Here look over these flags and try to identify which one was a colony of the US

https://www.mostphotos.com/en-us/4082849/flags-of-africa

While Liberia has an interesting history and historic ties to the USA, it was never a US colony. Not really sure how it matters in this context though.

Because OP and others are saying we owe African people our money because we colonized them.

And I’m pointing out (you too) that the US never colonized any African nation.

Israel colonized us, some would say.

Now all foreign aid already enacted by Congress will be held up without cause while Trump extorts foreign governments for bribes and personal and political favors, just as he did to Ukraine.

Anonymous wrote:Conservatism always brings on decline. Reality doesn’t tolerate backward thinking or timidity. For all the bluster and policy fireworks, this is all based in fear and cowardice. These people have no balls.

+1. Absolutely.

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Anonymous wrote:Israel for the most part is a US colony in Africa. Though the US only gets problems from it and has to provide billions to prop it up. Even the trade is a$$ backwards with the US giving out sweetheart trading deals.

Israel is part of the asian peninsula. Sorry, the gym teacher who was responsible for teaching history failed you on that one bud.

Gateway to Northern Africa, duh. Try to understand. DP

Anonymous wrote:What happened to our senior citizens? You know, the ones that were hippies in the 60’s and wanted to spread love and peace? They should be in their late 60’s and 70’s. And they voted for this guy?

Yep. And they will applaud him while trying to figure out why they can’t afford healthcare or if the can why it no longer covers as much.

Anonymous wrote:Israel for the most part is a US colony in Africa. Though the US only gets problems from it and has to provide billions to prop it up. Even the trade is a$$ backwards with the US giving out sweetheart trading deals.

Let’s stress test your idea. So it is permissible to call Israelis in the US, African American.

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Anonymous wrote:What happened to our senior citizens? You know, the ones that were hippies in the 60’s and wanted to spread love and peace? They should be in their late 60’s and 70’s. And they voted for this guy?

The 60s were 60 years ago. Hippies from that era, those still alive, are now in their 80s and likely did not vote for trump. It was young men that got him elected

Young men and blacks. Two groups (esp blacks which I am) dcum thinks they can count on to vote they way they want. Ha! Joke was on them, wasn’t it. How bout that scolding of black men Obama did? That worked so well.

Anonymous wrote:What happened to our senior citizens? You know, the ones that were hippies in the 60’s and wanted to spread love and peace? They should be in their late 60’s and 70’s. And they voted for this guy?

The 60s were 60 years ago. Hippies from that era, those still alive, are now in their 80s and likely did not vote for trump. It was young men that got him elected

Maybe we need to rethink how we go about foreign aid.

U.S. foreign assistance is primarily in the form of grants focusing on public health, economic development, and democratic governance in a multitude of countries.

And so much of US aid is stolen. Here is one article from AP "Millions of Ethiopians go hungry again as international aid is paused after massive theft". The US has given Ethiopia 1.8 billion dollars since 2022


China is more selective which countries in Africa and provides loans and aid for infrastructure and mining. Then these projects are required to use Chinese construction firms and companies to build. China has financed a major railroad line from Ethiopia to Djibouti so Ethiopia can export products easier to China

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Anonymous wrote:OP, you forgot to add "and let's see, no one cares", right? As long as it's not to Israel, correct?

How long can Israel receive billions while NC and California beg for scraps?

I believe you meant Ukraine.

Why should Americans be coerced into making Netanyahu richer than he already is?

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Anonymous wrote:Power abhors a vacuum.

China will quietly swoop in to every country where we cut aid and our influence and power in the world will shrink and weaken.

Shove the Cold War boogeyman BS …

I mean, it's true though. Should we be the most powerful nation in the world? Doesn't matter. We won't be.

No we don’t need to be the most powerful nation in the world.

Democrats love to say that the US is a big bully, full of white oppressors. And now we won’t be. The US never colonized any African nation, we don’t owe them anything.



Yes the US did. You people are so uneducated.

Which ones?

How about...um....this land? DP

The US is in Africa?! Man, I did sleep a lot in high school, but had no idea.

Here look over these flags and try to identify which one was a colony of the US

https://www.mostphotos.com/en-us/4082849/flags-of-africa

While Liberia has an interesting history and historic ties to the USA, it was never a US colony. Not really sure how it matters in this context though.

Because OP and others are saying we owe African people our money because we colonized them.

And I’m pointing out (you too) that the US never colonized any African nation.

Israel colonized us, some would say.

Anonymous wrote:Israel for the most part is a US colony in Africa. Though the US only gets problems from it and has to provide billions to prop it up. Even the trade is a$$ backwards with the US giving out sweetheart trading deals.

Israel is Asia.

Anonymous wrote:Israel for the most part is a US colony in Africa. Though the US only gets problems from it and has to provide billions to prop it up. Even the trade is a$$ backwards with the US giving out sweetheart trading deals.

Israel is part of the asian peninsula. Sorry, the gym teacher who was responsible for teaching history failed you on that one bud.

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Anonymous wrote:What happened to our senior citizens? You know, the ones that were hippies in the 60’s and wanted to spread love and peace? They should be in their late 60’s and 70’s. And they voted for this guy?

I think people get very conservative as they age.

Many do, because they get scared. My parents are like this. They are Ivy-educated, life long New Yorkers and they are afraid of everything and love Trump. It's all new since they turned around 70.

Okay, well I hope they enjoy giving our country's money away to a con artist and his friends. If they wanted anything done for themselves or for you their child, they're going to be out of luck.