JazzG why would you be surprised? If you look into USAID's track record and don't celebrate their demise there's something wrong with you imo.

Buffett is part of the problem, except he most likely understands how economies work and still chats shit to influence economic policy in his interest. Politicians across the West cause a LOT more damage in comparison by not spending enough rather than spending too much, and if it is the latter it's always because some harebrained dickhead just told them to pump 5% of their GDP into bombs.

      jones why would you be surprised? If you look into USAID's track record and don't celebrate their demise there's something wrong with you imo.

      I was being sarcastic, saw Mike Benz on Joe Rogan the other day talking about USAID and he had an interesting quote, if it was too dirty for the CIA they gave it to USAID! Remember years ago a Pakistani guy I know telling me about USAID and how it was a bit shady.

          JazzG trump and vance showing their true colours lecturing Zelenskyy on sacrifice they have no idea of the meaning of the word and to stage it just to try to humiliate him is totally pathetic but just who they are.

              Just beating up on the poor fool. Feel sorry for him.

              Unfortunate times where we have these immature leaders all around.
              Kinda not very hard to see trump’s point in the ensuing tweet he put out, if you ignore the dramatic nature of this crazy shouting match.

              Coombs No disrespect, and I mean it when I say that, but coming from a third world country, I’m a little curious and doubtful about your definition of starvation.

              For the record, whatever the merits or demerits of DOGE, I think it’s utterly wrong and shows the complete and deep disconnect between the working man and the current Musk administration at how these particular policies and cuts are being carried out. Any idiot on the street could run things this way. The point of a govt and civilized society is to bring about changes without affecting or at least giving a soft landing to the people that’ll be affected by them changes.

                  JazzG I've never seen anything like it. de Gaulle's had the last laugh.

                    RowJimmy yeah no. polling shows that only 30-35% of US adults agree with musks current position in government. basically the rusted-on maga hardliners only. they can hide behind the waste/fraud propaganda as much as they want, but the way they're doing it does not have popular support outside of maga world, and that public opinion will keep doing down.

                        JazzG I'm sure this clown said plenty of 'interesting' things

                        https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna119213

                        “If I, a Jew, a member of the Tribe, Hebrew Schooled, can read Mein Kampf & think ‘holy shit, Hitler actually had some decent points.’ Then NO ONE is safe from hating you once they find out who is behind the White genocide happening all over the world,” he wrote in another post.

                        the state of the sources and accounts you cite is consistently horrible

                            wingnuts like this guy sitting in on meetings as high stakes as this sums up the trump admin.

                            Zelenky has gotten way too comfortable lecturing world leaders. It was stupid to think that same strategy was going to help him with Trump and Vance.

                              "Have you said thank you once in this entire meeting?"

                              Vance is an extraordinary animal.

                              This US administration is pathological. Makes me think civil war could actually happen.

                                Coombs Sorry by the way. I shouldn't have framed that the way I did. The speed and brutality with which Trump has been able to do certain things through the Presidency is alarming and unfamiliar.

                                  Burnwinter Vance is an extraordinary animal

                                  He also tried to needle Starmer and Macron earlier this week.

                                    Qwiss true. Cunts like them don't like anything but ass licking

                                    Burnwinter Vance has a political career simply because Thiel can't be bothered to do it day in day out. So he pays Vance to do it

                                        It's all about the rush of pleasure for the "patriots" following the spectacle. That's the catch, though, the Itchy and Scratchy theme music eventually stops and then there's a hangover while all the cognitive dissonances are resolved.