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Re:US pauses all Federal aid and grants by ahmeneeroe-v2 on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @10:19AM (#42865919)
In contrast to 2016, I am seeing an incredibly focused, well-planned Trump machine executing hard on the goals the President set during his campaign and reiterated in his 2nd inaugural address.

The Latin America stuff is not bullying. Look at Colombia, Petro's government collapsed after his stunt because even his own government knew he was stupid and picked a bad fight.

Cost savings is just one of the concerns here. A lot of bad things happen downstream of these US Taxpayer funds, including NGOs who use those funds to enable mass illegal immigration.

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Re:US pauses all Federal aid and grants by Teever on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @12:11PM (#42867874)
Can you explain as you see it the rational for the Trump administration's aggressive stance on Canada?

I'm a Canadian so I'm biased on the topic but it seems what Trump is doing to Canada is completely unreasonable.

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Re:US pauses all Federal aid and grants by ModernMech on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @11:06AM (#42866694)
Well planned? That they shut down so many critical government functions yesterday with their executive order took the WH by complete surprise. They had no idea what the order did or didn't do. The top headline yesterday about it was the mass confusion it sparked because the language they used in the order was sloppy, inarticulate, and vague. That's not focused or well-planned. This is a throw everything at the wall, fill the zone with shit Steve Bannon strategy.
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