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America's Foreign Policy & Other Shit Going On Around the World thread

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6 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Gosh.  It's interesting that this large swath of east Asia is banding together for their mutual benefit.  Kind of like some, I dunno, Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere or something.  What could go wrong?

If they launch a surprise attack on Mar-A-Lago, it would all be worth it.  

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    What constitutes "not cloakroom" in this context? The idea of making Canada a U.S. state, renaming the Gulf of Mexico, and taking Greenland and the Panama Canal by force are not serious international

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    https://substack.com/@robertdark/note/c-105085427?r=3agz2m&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action  

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3 hours ago, Superhero said:

This administration... can only be characterized as incompetent, racist, imbeciles and bullies. Fuck them all.

Amorality is the Republican creed, and cruelty one of their tenets.

14 hours ago, SubliminalHorn said:

Those fucking republicans that are too afraid to do their job need to fucking resign.

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16 hours ago, SubliminalHorn said:

Those fucking republicans that are too afraid to do their job need to fucking resign. If they’re so scared then gtfo and let someone with some courage step in and do it

Jeff Flake says, "Hello!"

 

20 hours ago, aggie08 said:

So @immamac, I assume that serious consequences are incoming imminently?

Completely forgotten about at this point, as expected. There are no consequences in this administration.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/national-security-adviser-mike-waltz-used-gmail-for-government-work-report_n_67ec497ee4b0ec73440b6f40

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National Security Adviser Mike Waltz Used Gmail For Government Work: Report

Waltz and at least one senior aide used the commercial email service to discuss sensitive government matters, The Washington Post reported.
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National security adviser Mike Waltz reportedly used his personal Gmail account for government communications, adding to a growing list of digital security failures in President Donald Trump’s administration.

Waltz, along with at least one senior aide to Waltz, used the commercial service instead of their government-issued email, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.

Interviews with several anonymous U.S. officials, along with documents reviewed by The Post, revealed that Waltz used his Gmail account to send his schedule and other work documents. Officials added that Waltz would also copy and paste from his schedule into the messaging app Signal to coordinate meetings.

More alarming, a senior aide to Waltz reportedly also used Gmail to send more sensitive information. More from the Post:

A senior Waltz aide used the commercial email service for highly technical conversations with colleagues at other government agencies involving sensitive military positions and powerful weapons systems relating to an ongoing conflict, according to emails reviewed by The Post. While the NSC official used his Gmail account, his interagency colleagues used government-issued accounts, headers from the email correspondence show.

The potential security breach is yet another self-inflicted wound from the Trump administration. Waltz is already under intense scrutiny after he added a journalist to a Signal group with other high-level officials to discuss war plans.

 

10 hours ago, Firemans4Horn said:

 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-describes-how-he-could-solve-russia-ukraine-conflict-24-hours

"I know Zelenskyy very well, and I know Putin very well, even better. And I had a good relationship, very good with both of them. I would tell Zelenskyy, no more. You got to make a deal. I would tell Putin, if you don't make a deal, we're going to give him a lot. We're going to [give Ukraine] more than they ever got if we have to. I will have the deal done in one day. One day," Trump responded.

 

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When does Puerto Rico or DC become states? Tell Greenland to threaten to unanimously vote majority Democrat and republicans may slow their roll. 

6 hours ago, Dnaguy said:

He really meant a day by saying ‘24 hours.’

And he never specified which planet that day would be on. A Venus day is 225 earth days.

/Karoline Levitt

Trump now says his campaign pledge to end the war in 24 hrs if elected was sarcasm.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5197961-trump-says-he-was-being-a-little-bit-sarcastic-when-he-promised-to-end-ukraine-war-in-24-hours

6 hours ago, Mdhorn said:

When does Puerto Rico or DC become states? Tell Greenland to threaten to unanimously vote majority Democrat and republicans may slow their roll. 

Lol good one. They'd be treated like The Phillipines were after the Spanish-American War. 

A colony in everything but name where its population weren't allowed to vote in American elections, a trial by jury, or the ability to travel to the mainland once enough people complained about these "foreigners" taking their jobs.

Be prepared to argue about "noncitizen nationals" like it's 1900 again.

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This is incredible.

"WASHINGTON/PARIS, April 2 (Reuters) - U.S. officials have told European allies they want them to keep buying American-made arms, amid recent moves by the European Union to limit U.S. manufacturers' participation in weapons tenders, five sources familiar with the matter told Reuters"

What’s going to happen to the economy when all of the countries Trump is shitting on refuse to buy other things from American companies like med devices, software, etc?
 

We can kiss American innovation goodbye at a minimum.

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https://substack.com/@robertdark/note/c-105085427?r=3agz2m&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

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A searing takedown of Tulsi Gabbard, our top intelligence official who is casually amplifying Russian state media:

CONGRESSMAN JIM HIMES: Do you think it’s responsible for you, as head of the intelligence community, to retweet posts from individuals affiliated with Russian state media?

GABBARD: That retweet came from my personal account.

HIMES: Personal account? You’re the Director of National Intelligence, not an Instagram influencer. There’s no such thing as “personal” when you’re elevating Kremlin propaganda.

GABBARD: I have the right to share information—

HIMES: Information? You mean Russian disinformation. You sit in high-level intelligence briefings, then turn around and boost the same narratives Moscow is pushing. Should we just CC the Kremlin on your next meeting and cut out the middleman?

GABBARD: This is just an attempt to smear me—

HIMES: Smear you? You lied under oath in a Senate hearing yesterday, claiming you knew nothing about classified information, while sitting in Signal chats where war plans were discussed. You retweet Kremlin-backed sources, then act shocked when people question your loyalties.

GABBARD: I’m focused on national security—

HIMES: National security? While pushing Russian propaganda and pretending you’re clueless about intelligence leaks? If a Democrat had done half of this, you’d be screaming treason on national TV.

GABBARD: This is about free speech—

HIMES: Free speech? You’re the President’s top intelligence advisor, not some random guy on Twitter. Every word you amplify has consequences. And right now, you’re handing America’s enemies exactly what they want—straight from your "personal account."

 

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27 minutes ago, mchookem said:

is that some sort of imagined fantasy script or did that actually happen?

I think the first question/answer is basically verbatim from her testimony in front of Congress last week. The rest, I'm not sure.

1 hour ago, tx ind said:

What’s going to happen to the economy when all of the countries Trump is shitting on refuse to buy other things from American companies like med devices, software, etc?
 

We can kiss American innovation goodbye at a minimum.

We raise tariffs even higher and threaten to make them the 52nd, 53rd, 54th, ... states?  Whatever it takes.

US just revoked the visa of Oscar Arias. Nobel Laurete, former President of Costa Rica.

Need to find the article.


 

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Last week four American soldiers in a NATO enhanced forward presence brigade accidentally drove an M-88 recovery vehicle into a deceptively deep Lithuanian marsh and drowned.  They went missing for days; the Lithuanians and Poles spared no expense or effort to find their bodies. When asked about them, Trump was not aware it hd happened.

Today their remains left Lithuania and this is how the Lithuanian people sent them on their final journey. 
 

These are the people who Hesgeth and Vance called pathetic. This is a nation who Trump invited Russia to “do whatever they want with.”  They treat us very unfairly, looting, pillaging, raping our economy. We are liberated at last from Lithuanians.

America is great nation. America earned leadership, loyalty, admiration, even love. 
 

But Americans— except for maybe these soldiers— are not worthy of this. We are not equal in generosity or bravery or kindness to Lithuanians. Or Poles. Or Ukrainians. We have squandered our inheritance and can only hope to be one day re-welcomed, undeservedly, to the table. 

 

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We are pissant shits compared to the Baltics.  Those people have recent memory of what actual suffering and oppression looks like.

We threw away nearly a century of progress because we thought the president was responsible for the middling price of eggs.

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In diplomacy this is the equivalent of hitting someone with a folding chair. 

8 hours ago, Red Five said:

"addressing threats to the alliance."

Does he mean the United States? We are the threat.

 

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Certainly this round of bombing will end terrorism once and for all.

Remember when Iraq invaded Kuwait and we put together a coalition of the willing to push them out and kick their ass? Iraq was such bad guys fur invading their smaller neighbor to get their resources.

Now we aren’t even sending the Ukraine our used PlayStation 2s…
1 hour ago, Firemans4Horn said:

 

They actually weren’t attack plans after all. 4D chess. Picnic plans aren’t classified. We can stop all the inquisitions and major penalties/firings that are happening. 

https://www.brusselstimes.com/brussels/1526014/brussels-police-arrest-us-state-secretary-rubios-bodyguard-tbtb

A Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) shift supervisor assigned to Rubio was taken into custody after reportedly arguing with staff at Brussels' iconic Hotel Amigo – where Rubio was staying – and fighting with responding police officers, the Washington Examiner reports.

The DSS veteran was a senior agent on the advance party to Belgium, which was responsible for securing the hotel and conducting final security preparations at the various sites in Brussels for Rubio's visit.

Two sources with direct knowledge of the situation told the Washington Examiner that the agent in question was "behaving erratically" and "became irate" when hotel staff refused to reopen the bar beyond its normal hours, the US media reports.

Staff reportedly attempted to persuade the agent to return to his room, but he became physically aggressive. After police were called, the agent got into a fight with responding officers – eventually leading to his arrest.

Mid-ranking security detail acting like a drunken asshole who probably tried to pull the 'do you know who you're messing with,pal' act before getting lit up?

Hegseth better watch his step. His replacement as Sec of Defense is already on deck.

2 minutes ago, Ghost of NMAS said:

Maybe one of dotard's detail will get drunk and shoot him

I just don't get the sense we're that lucky. I'd love to be proven wrong. Whatever it is, just die already.

15 hours ago, Ghost of NMAS said:

Maybe one of dotard's detail will get drunk and shoot him

Unfortunately, Dick Cheney isn’t in his Cabinet/inner circle. 

US troops deployed to Panama. turnip seems to think China controls the canal.

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At the White House Thursday, Secretary of State Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump admitted that U.S. troops have been deployed to the Panama Canal. 

“We’re taking back the canal. China’s had too much influence, Obama and others let them creep in. We along with Panama are pushing them out, sir,” Hegseth said to Trump at a Cabinet meeting held in front of the press, adding that after his trip to the country earlier this week, President José Raúl Mulino spoke positively of partnering with U.S. troops to get “the Communist Chinese out.”

https://newrepublic.com/post/193871/trump-troops-panama-canal

Cross posting.

https://unherd.com/2025/04/jd-vance-my-message-to-europe/

I am usually not one to try and project American anxieties and pathologies into foreign policy, but it needs to be said what lies at the heart of Vance’s foreign policy ideas: pure ideological racism.  And we can see a nearly fully formed Vance doctrine, which Trump is outsourcing to him because Trump finds foreign policy boring and hard. 
 

Vance does not view European countries as allies who help defend and support the United States based on shared values, interests, and prosperity.  He sees Europe as potentially a CIVILIZATIONAL ally, defined as “Christendom” and white people.  This is  what is behind his monomaniacal hectoring about immigration and his blatant support for anti-system European parties that are traditionally (and still are) hostile to the United States as it actually exists. 
 

This is the exportation of identity politics on a grand scale, something they long have accused democrats of doing.  This is not any sort of transactional realism. 

With a torrent of objective falsehoods, Little Marco announces that the office at State that helped other countries fight against Russian and Chinese propaganda is closed.  This is a hack job by Darren Beattie, a no-shit white supremacist who has been installed to oversee that bureau.  
 

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I would like to see some examples of all these Americans who were jailed just for voicing an opinion.

1 minute ago, Red Five said:

I would like to see some examples of all these Americans who were jailed just for voicing an opinion.

Oh....you're about to.  I mean, they'll be NEW examples.  Of people who voiced an opinion the Trump Regime doesn't like.  But you'll get your examples.  Lots of them.

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