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Is Trump diminishing American influence with his policies?
USAID DID NOT fund a transgender opera performance. Nor did it finance pronoun lessons in Peru. These are some of the falsehoods that Musk has claimed. Yes, there is fraud and yes there is waste. The fraud has already been identified in audit reports and is typically addressed by the organization. DOGE and Musk did not discover anything that wasn't already declared. Unfortunately, Musk is firing the people who are tasked with discovering the fraud and prosecuting the perps. If Trump was truly serious about rooting out fraud and waste, he would use forensic auditors. That is what they do. They can unravel and trace back complex fraud. Instead, Musk is using 19 year old computer programmers who have no understanding of finance or of forensic accounting. This is not about fraud or waste, but is about the elimination of social programs and regulatory controls. And yes, the USA is marginalized and is rapidly losing influence. It is becoming a pariah. US nationals are not welcome in many countries where they thought they were. It takes a special kind of arrogance and stupidity to alienate Canada and the Nordic Europeans who are usually quite tolerant of idiots. Soon US nationals will be like the Russians, welcome in only a few backwater tourist destinations. Who knows, maybe Trump can make Haiti the Riviera of the Caribbean. -
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New Coronavirus Raises Concerns, But No Immediate Threat
The Thai government makes a straightforward statement sharing information. China has shared information. There is no panic and yet, out of the woodwork come some to claim non existent conspiracies. People have been wearing masks because of the air pollution. I wore a mask for much of high season because the PM counts were in the serious health injury range. I was literally coughing up and blowing out my nose, black sputum on a couple days. The mask prevented that when I was outdoors. Transparency. When they don't people complain and claim information is withheld. It is because of the air pollution. Alot of people have been visiting the hospitals because of respiratory distress. This has been reported on. -
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New Coronavirus Raises Concerns, But No Immediate Threat
Removed a video with an unreliable source.- 1
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Project 2025's Blueprint for Healthcare Is Now Trump's Playbook
Oh, my gosh! Now we know we're doomed! -
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Germany’s Merz calls for ‘independence’ from US after election win
Some countries achieve their spend value through accounting manipulation. - The US includes its Coast Guard in its military budget. Canada does not. - The US spends an estimated 2%+ on redundant military bases in the USA. Anytime the US military has recommended closing the base, congress has refused because of their economic importance. The bases are in effect economic investments in communities. - The US military includes comprehensive and generous health insurance for personnel and their families in its military budget. Other countries do not include the full cost because some of it is already covered by the national health plan. - The US military maintains an extensive fleet of private use aircraft , naval vessels and automobiles. Marine One costs between $16,700 and almost $20,000 per hour to operate, according to Pentagon data for the 2022 budget year. Air Force One is even more expensive: roughly $200,000 per hour. But those figures only scratch the surface of the real cost. There also are military cargo planes that travel ahead of the president to make sure his armoured limousines are in place, not to mention the enormous security apparatus that follows the president everywhere. Consider that Trump goes to Palm Beach almost every weekend and the cost of trump's travel, and his wife and families, and the VP's travel and their related friends and families all gets included in the military budget. - The US military and some other countries operate multiple social facilities and that is all included in the military budget. - The US includes industrial financing in its military budget. Other countries fund through their civilian industrial and economic development budgets. - The US is a major provider of housing and subsidized commissary benefits to the families of military personnel. Other countries do similar, but in some countries the funding is provided by civilian departments. - Some countries deploy their military for civil functions. In the USA the army corps of engineers is contracting out the LA fire cleanup. In other countries, civilian agencies do this. Military spending is not always what it appears to be and some countries who are accused of paying little, are spending but classifying the expense differently.- 1
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