Agreed. Tarrifs and doge are clearly being wielded to diminish US standing in the world. See also: shutting down relatively inexpensive aid programs that feed h

Agreed. Tarrifs and doge are clearly being wielded to diminish US standing in the world. See also: shutting down relatively inexpensive aid programs that feed hungry people all over the world. And shutting down pro-democracy broadcasting throughout the world. Our adversaries have never had a better opportunity to jump in as heroes. Or even just, not assholes. Destruction of soft power directly by the tool in charge. US influence around the world went poof in a matter of weeks. Xi and Putin couldn't have planned it better.