We need engineers and technologists to advance the country forward, including in the government. It’s a great tragedy that when we gave a technologist, Elon Musk, great governmental power, he used it not to build, but to destroy. Rather than using his business and technical expertise to make government better, he used his biased ideology and political incompetence to destroy things that were providing good to Americans and the world.
Because the US has proven itself an unreliable arms supplier over Ukraine, offering weapons and then suddenly taking them away, Germany has decided to replace the US as a major arms supplier to Europe. This will result in a loss of US sales and negotiating leverage over European countries.
“”I posted earlier a picture of some shells I saw today on a beach walk, which I assumed were a political message. I didn’t realize some folks associate those numbers with violence. It never occurred to me but I oppose violence of any kind so I took the post down,” Comey said on May 15.”
The idea that you could prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Comey meant sharing a number as a true threat of violence is far-fetched. This is lawfare and is another step toward the end of the Republic.
Trump was offered Ukrainian anti-drone systems last year, and he turned it down. There would likely be less destroy American equipment and fewer dead Americans if the US had acquired these systems.
Russians are meeting with Iranians likely to discuss, in part, how to kill American soldiers with drones. Yet, Trump still sings Putin’s praises and insults the country Putin is invading.
Ironically, right-wing nationalists that claim to focus on the priorities of their own country, are heavily funded and aided by foreign oligarchs and dictators. CPAC and the Heritage Foundation receive such foreign funding. Before Trump’s rise, Russia scouted Trump as a talent that could help them.
Trump’s threats on Greenland have shifted Europe away from the United States: militarily, diplomatically, and economically. Chinese businesses are getting business instead of the US because of Trump’s unethical threat to steal Danish territory with military force.