The Many Faces of US Politics...

[Gabriel_Hurl]

Canada announced they'd be beefing up the border security in mid-December - nothing has changed there.

Was this not after Trump as president-elect threatened the tariffs in December?
Trump met Trudeau at the time and this came out of it.

If that's the case, then how exactly did Trudeau, and not Trump, back down?

By committing 1.3 billion to border security? Hasn't Trump got what he wanted here? I think he's a cretin, but people who refuse to see that this stunt has worked are just bitter.

I also saw someone belittle the fact that a suitcase of fentanyl crosses the Canadian border every year.

2 milligram of that crap is all it takes to kill someone without an opioid tolerance. You can work out the math on that.

I think Trudeau is spending the money to protect Canadians rather than vice versa

[whitey]

https://www.radioiowa.com/2025/02/03/iowa-senator-ernst-says-usaid-shutdown-the-right-move/

" Ernst said it took six months of negotiations with USAID before her Senate staff was allowed to see "even limited" data about USAID spending and they found between 50-60% of the agency's money was spent on overhead rather than direct assistance to individuals."

USAID only have themselves to blame

[gallsman]

Yes, of course they have. They should have foreseen the looming coup by quasi government officials with no legal authority to shut them down.

[J70]

What's the typical proportional expenditure on administration  or overhead for NGOs and charities and government agencies, especially those operating in war zones?

[J70]

Will this "belt tightening" apply this time around to the gouging of the tax payer by Trump hotels and golf courses being used for official government business?

[whitey]

USAID have been obstructing any attempts at oversight long before Trump got re-elected

https://www.ernst.senate.gov/news/press-releases/ernst-demands-usaid-answer-for-payroll-fraud



https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-release/mccaul-ernst-fight-for-accountability-in-foreign-aid-at-usaid/

Despite several attempts to review NICRA information, USAID persistently blocked access, including by falsely claiming that congressional oversight of NICRAs would violate federal laws. As a result of USAID's obstruction, Senator Ernst and Chairman McCaul sent a formal oversight request to USAID to gain access to the rates


They had it coming big time

[theskull1]

The task force being set up to combat anti semitism is bound to be welcomed by many.

[Truthsayer]

The task force being set up to combat anti semitism is bound to be welcomed by many.

Aye can't have people criticising genocide. Is a Jew who calls out genocide in Gaza an anti semitic?

[stephenite]

The task force being set up to combat anti semitism is bound to be welcomed by many.

Aye can't have people criticising genocide. Is a Jew who calls out genocide in Gaza an anti semitic?

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/feb/04/usman-khawaja-peter-lalor-journalist-taken-off-air-palestine-posts-ntwnfb

[Wildweasel74]

China doesn't have to bck down,America owes them a fortune. I don't see how hardball here will fall in Americas favour.

[Jell 0 Biafra]

It doesn't have to.  He just has to get something he can sell as a win to Fox News. Like getting Mexico and Canada to do stuff they'd already agreed with the Biden administration to do anyway.

[Harold Disgracey]

The stupid Cnut thinks he's going to take over Gaza.

[TwoUpTwoDown]

The stupid Cnut thinks he's going to take over Gaza.

This press conference is one of the wildest things I've ever watched. How have we got to this position.

[whitey]

The stupid Cnut thinks he's going to take over Gaza.

This press conference is one of the wildest things I've ever watched. How have we got to this position.

Haha

This is borderline insanity

[Jell 0 Biafra]

Like his favourite people, Trump crossed that border long ago.