Trump’s ‘stunningly unqualified’ diplomatic team shapes up at breakneck speed

[illisdean]

8 minutes ago, mikebike said:

US is the only country in the world that takes taxpayer income and sends it to countries that hates USA. LOL.

Any countries that hate Americans and America there is no reason to pay them anything, they can do it for free. lol

[frank83628]

1 hour ago, stevenl said:

I'll leave your opinion on biden out of it, but no, the world certainly didn't laugh at him. 

1/2 of it did.

[cdemundo]

5 minutes ago, illisdean said:

Why can't they give some aid, or additional aid to the hurricane victims sleeping in tents in NC?

 

dreck. explain that one, are you dreck?

"Why can't they give some aid, or additional aid to the hurricane victims sleeping in tents in NC?"

 

Yes, there are always allocation questions.

Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to consider that when reallocating, one doesn't necessarily look at a spending category that makes up 1% of the budget.

[nauseus]

35 minutes ago, illisdean said:

maybe they laughed with him? Didn't you laff at Bidens non-stop gaffes, boners, brain-farts, shaking hnads with air, fumbling n stage and getting lost entering and exiting a stage, having instructions where to sit, when to speak, what to speak etc printed on his cue/cheat sheet cards?  

 

Top of the bill was Biden's triple trip UP a set of air stairs. A stunning feat that will probably never be surpassed.

[illisdean]

9 minutes ago, stevenl said:

So the US became a laughing stock according to the US 

Biden can take credit for that. He's a failure, full of dementia, cognitively challenged and all was covered up but on display only between Bidens functioning hours 10 Am to 4 PM. H fell asleep, wandered off at world events, shook hands with the air, stumbled and fell, introduced UA Zelenskyy as Putin....and on and on....

Who didn't witness his humiliating blowout performance during the CNN debate? EVERYBODY was "watching" including Xi, Putin, Kim, the mullahs....and NOTICED with glee. Thats the problem. Trump will restore world respect real soon as he already has started.

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

And then there's Donald Trump's appointment of Elon Musk to be President of the United States, a position he's not qualified to hold due to the fact that he's a naturalized citizen. 

[illisdean]

3 minutes ago, Etaoin Shrdlu said:

And then there's Donald Trump's appointment of Elon Musk to be President of the United States

Lol...u okay?

Can you articulate your seriously ignorant false comment with another ignorant false comment?

[mikebike]

15 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

Sure they do.  On a quid pro quo basis. 

 

Our seasoned diplomats have been doing it on a quid pro squat basis.

 

We can talk when you take off the R,W, n B glasses 🤓 🇺🇲 Every USA handout to poorer nations ALWAYS comes with a backdoor handout to a USA corporate interest. They ain't giving taxpayer $$ away to poor countries, they're giving to USA mega corporations 🤣🤣

[impulse]

Just now, illisdean said:

Lol...u okay?

Can you articulate your seriously stupid false comment with another stupid false comment?

 

But that's what Whoopi said... 

 

She also apparently claimed that Musk and Vance were scheming to off Trump.

 

[blaze master]

5 minutes ago, Etaoin Shrdlu said:

And then there's Donald Trump's appointment of Elon Musk to be President of the United States, a position he's not qualified to hold due to the fact that he's a naturalized citizen. 

 

I see you didn't drink the blue koolaid. You chugged it all.

[impulse]

1 minute ago, mikebike said:

We can talk when you take off the R,W, n B glasses 🤓 🇺🇲 Every USA handout to poorer nations ALWAYS comes with a backdoor handout to a USA corporate interest. They ain't giving taxpayer $$ away to poor countries, they're giving to USA mega corporations 🤣🤣

 

So you can understand why I'm not sad to see our "seasoned diplomats" replaced.

 

[mikebike]

15 minutes ago, illisdean said:

Any countries that hate Americans and America there is no reason to pay them anything, they can do it for free. lol

They $$ doesn't go to the poor countries, ya twit, it goes into the pockets of US corps, which I assume you ♥️ and invest in 🤷

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

4 minutes ago, illisdean said:

Lol...u okay?

Can you articulate your seriously ignorant false comment with another ignorant false comment?

 

[illisdean]

7 minutes ago, Etaoin Shrdlu said:

And then there's Donald Trump's appointment of Elon Musk to be President of the United States, a position he's not qualified to hold due to the fact that he's a naturalized citizen. 

lol....or are you delivering an amusing way to say “I’m DEVASTATED that Trump ended Obama’s attempt to serve a fourth term”?

 

[mikebike]

4 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

So you can understand why I'm not sad to see our "seasoned diplomats" replaced.

 

No more than anyone else's. USA still dominates global economics, culture, and capital. What y'all whining about🤔🤣?

 

Reminds me of Christians claiming they're persecuted 🤣

 

Hmmm 🤔 maybe that's the connection. What is the USA's rate of deep Christian belief again?🤔

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

6 minutes ago, illisdean said:

lol....or are you delivering an amusing way to say “I’m DEVASTATED that Trump ended Obama’s attempt to serve a fourth term”?

 

 

Merry Christmas!

[stevenl]

31 minutes ago, illisdean said:

Biden can take credit for that. He's a failure, full of dementia, cognitively challenged and all was covered up but on display only between Bidens functioning hours 10 Am to 4 PM. H fell asleep, wandered off at world events, shook hands with the air, stumbled and fell, introduced UA Zelenskyy as Putin....and on and on....

Who didn't witness his humiliating blowout performance during the CNN debate? EVERYBODY was "watching" including Xi, Putin, Kim, the mullahs....and NOTICED with glee. Thats the problem. Trump will restore world respect real soon as he already has started.

Lol, conflating 'usa' with 'world'.

[illisdean]

11 minutes ago, Etaoin Shrdlu said:

Merry Christmas!

Which one did you vote for....?

 

Who do you prefer to be POTUS?

 

Hint:  it won't be Kamala

 

 

 

[Screaming]

3 hours ago, simple1 said:

As per usual trump is appointing unqualified loyalists to high profile roles. IMO at risk of damaging USA's profile on the world stage.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/21/trump-team-cabinet?utm_term=676764922774c377918d8dc056632c35&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayAUS&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTAU_email

The USA's profile has severely been damaged by four years of a demented old man pretending to be senile. It is only now that the world has hope of recovering from this damage under a President that won the election by a huge mandate of the American voters. The American voters are praying for Trump's transition team to once again Make America Great Again.

[Hanaguma]

45 minutes ago, cdemundo said:

"Why can't they give some aid, or additional aid to the hurricane victims sleeping in tents in NC?"

 

Yes, there are always allocation questions.

Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to consider that when reallocating, one doesn't necessarily look at a spending category that makes up 1% of the budget.

Perhaps not, but you DO start with the low hanging fruit. And foreign aid qualifies for that in spades. Next, entitlements, Pentagon spending, take time but will yield savings as well.

[cdemundo]

31 minutes ago, Hanaguma said:

Perhaps not, but you DO start with the low hanging fruit. And foreign aid qualifies for that in spades. Next, entitlements, Pentagon spending, take time but will yield savings as well.

Pentagon spending possibly has the most waste and is the least monitored.

If it could be reined in a lot of money could be saved.

 

Is foreign aid "low hanging fruit"?

Not so sure about that.

 

"Myth #3: U.S. foreign aid is mainly backed by Democrats

Foreign aid historically has been viewed more as a Democratic than Republican program. The Marshall Plan was initiated by the Truman administration, and in the 1990s, when votes in the Congress on foreign aid spending were close, the appropriations bill garnered more Democratic than Republican votes. But every president, Democratic and Republican, until the current occupant of the White House, has been a strong proponent of foreign assistance.

In fact, some of the most rapid increases in foreign aid have come during Republican presidencies—the first term of Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. Since the creation in the early 2000s of President Bush’s signature popular and successful programs of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), and the President’s Malaria Program (PMI), foreign aid now also carries a Republican brand and has received overwhelming congressional support from both parties, including bipartisan rejection of the one-third cuts to international spending proposed by the Trump administration."

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/what-every-american-should-know-about-u-s-foreign-aid/

[Keep Right]

3 hours ago, simple1 said:

As per usual trump is appointing unqualified loyalists to high profile roles. IMO at risk of damaging USA's profile on the world stage.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/21/trump-team-cabinet?utm_term=676764922774c377918d8dc056632c35&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayAUS&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTAU_email

I see some are still suffering from <deleted> I wish them well. Compared to Biden's diplomatic appointments, Trump is doing a stellar job at picking patriotic Americans to fill his cabinet. Trump is going to Make America Great Again.

[impulse]

2 hours ago, mikebike said:

So even tho the USA economy has outperformed other developed countries your having none of it 🤣 "we have to be better than the best" 🤣🤣 

 

Since the OP is based on nothing other than forecasted performance, here's mine.  5 minutes after Trump's inauguration, the truth about the economy will be revealed and it won't be pretty.  They'll, of course, blame it on the Bad Orange Man, but it'll really be yet another downward revision like they've been doing every month on their fudged jobs numbers.

 

Perfect example is when the millions of unemployed illegals start being counted in the "available labor pool", and the real unemployment rate becomes public.  Right now, they're hiding it...

 

The right wing press is forecasting even worse (some even using the D word), but here's one from long before the election results were known:

• In light of recent economic developments, J.P. Morgan Research has raised the probability of a U.S. and global recession starting before end-2024 to 35%.
• The probability of a recession happening by the end of 2025 remains unchanged at 45%.

https://www.jpmorgan.com/insights/global-research/economy/recession-probability

 

[transam]

2 hours ago, illisdean said:

Aussies had a good laugh at Biden....frequently.

 

 

 

 

 

That's an Aussie bloke, have you run out of actual Americans to back up your posts..?  🤭

[transam]

1 hour ago, illisdean said:

Which one did you vote for....?

 

Who do you prefer to be POTUS?

 

Hint:  it won't be Kamala

 

 

 

Stick around for a couple of years, don't you dare disappear from here....................😂

[frank83628]

1 hour ago, Etaoin Shrdlu said:

And then there's Donald Trump's appointment of Elon Musk to be President of the United States, a position he's not qualified to hold due to the fact that he's a naturalized citizen. 

This is the type of person that says President Musk

[oxo1947]

2 hours ago, stevenl said:

I'll leave your opinion on biden out of it, but no, the world certainly didn't laugh at him. 

 

stevenl---its sad but they did--- Italy had a special weekly program where someone called Joe Ice cream,impersonated him. walking around the stage bumping into things, or sleeping in a interview. England have a weekly program (Have I got news for you) --which USA have now copied. Not one week went by without someone doing impersonations of an old demented man.

Surly you must have seen the Tick-Tocks from all over the world doing memes on him.

 

As said, I think it has been a sad time for USA

[Will B Good]

3 hours ago, illisdean said:

Biden did that for you and the world laughed at him and America from the plethora, 24/7 of gaffes and failures. 

 

[transam]

10 minutes ago, frank83628 said:

This is the type of person that says President Musk

And..............?  

[transam]

Just now, Will B Good said:

 

Yes, you're right, plus, they never talk about their hero's known faults and cock-ups, strange that.....