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The FBI was about to launch a corruption probe into Republican senator Susan Collins when Trump got into office and nixed it. Did Trump likely do this for legitimate reasons, or was he corruptly making government decisions to defend a senator who belongs to his political party?
Typical MAGA operators were involved.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2PjQi-c9mQ
The guy Hegseth/Trump have in charge of the new tests for military officer promotion doesn’t have the basic experience to know how to judge competence at high officer levels. When speaking about the current process, he says things that are just wrong.
The historical example Hegseth cites as what inspired him was an exercise to test maneuver and communications capability, not as a test for promotions. It was only used to evaluate commanders as a secondary element.
A lot of the things Hegseth says is needed to evaluate high level officers, are already done…he talks as if he is not aware of this. Is he ignorant, or/and is the point to these tests something else?
In justifying the new policy, multiple things Hegseth said about US military history was inaccurate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIl1AF8yZ0I
Trump’s: attack on the Fed’s independence, forcing respected economic experts to push a bullshit political line, and generally incompetent economic comments and policies…are bad for the rule of law, the economy, and people in general. But, one factor that will determine how bad this is, is whether, after Trump, we see further degradation of the rule of law and more bad economic policies, or whether it gets better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g526waT8CjA
Russia has been using and preparing grayzone attacks on Europe. Russia recruits people online with money to destroy and disrupt European infrastructure and businesses. Other times, it uses trained agents. They have been doing this A LOT, and in many European countries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOfB2GQ6Dek
Saudi Arabia’s internal military protecting against internal threats is larger than its military whose primary focus is protecting against external threats. Although, the internal army would likely also fight against foreign threats in a war. This is inefficient for fighting a foreign enemy, but helps prevent coups and internal rebellion.
Saudi Arabia has a military set up to refight Desert Storm with tanks and air power, not one prepared to fight masses of drones and missiles.
Saudi Arabia’s internal military protecting against internal threats is larger than its military whose primary focus is protecting against external threats. Although, the internal army would likely also fight against foreign threats in a war. This is inefficient for fighting a foreign enemy, but helps prevent coups and internal rebellion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quU1RD3L3OU
Trump’s ICE is deporting people who have lived most of their lives in the US, working legitimate jobs, and sending them to countries where their lives may be in danger, separating them from their families and the lives they have built in the US.
Trump uses economic benefits to bribe African countries into taking US deportees.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXpzZVMW8og
Satellite images make it look like Iran is rebuilding its nuclear program.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN-2p0Y8l4M
‘I want generals like Hitler had’ ~ Donald J Trump…according to his former chief of staff.
“”He commented more than once that, ‘You know, Hitler did some good things, too,'” Kelly recalled to The Times. Kelly said he would usually quash the conversation by saying “nothing (Hitler) did, you could argue, was good,” but that Trump would occasionally bring up the topic again.
In his interview with The Atlantic, Kelly recalled that when Trump raised the idea of needing “German generals,” Kelly would ask if he meant “Bismarck’s generals,” referring to Otto von Bismarck, the former chancellor of the German Reich who oversaw the unification of Germany. “Surely you can’t mean Hitler’s generals,” Kelly recalled asking Trump. To which the former president responded, “Yeah, yeah, Hitler’s generals.””
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-said-hitler-did-some-good-things-and-wanted-generals-like-the-nazis-former-chief-of-staff-kelly-claims
American hegemony suppressed a lot of: war, the desire for radical parties, and terrorism. As Trump over extends the US while at the same time not caring about maintaining world order, we are step by step seeing the chaos that American hegemony was keeping tamped down.
It’s not clear that even Europe will remain at peace without American hegemony. Things could spiral out of control if US leadership continues to crumble.
People want to believe the world will keep going on as it was during US hegemony, but this is a naive hope and it’s more likely that we will see violent or/and tyrannical disasters around the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV5I_7Y7LP0
Canadians are pissed at the United States, not just its leader, for Trump’s aggressive, bellicose, and demeaning comments and goals regarding Canada. They are most insulted by Trump’s insults to Canada’s sovereignty and some say that trust in the US will not come back. They plan to boycott American goods, cancel US travel, and flipp US products on store shelves to notify others that these are products from an asshole country. They don’t just blame Trump, they blame the American people, who truly did cause this aggression toward Canada.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDhY8-Cc1jE