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The irony is that in their supposed effort to "Make America Great Again" they're going to end up accelerating China's rise. We may have decided that basic resea
by UncleOxidant 1y ago
The irony is that in their supposed effort to "Make America Great Again" they're going to end up accelerating China's rise. We may have decided that basic research is no longer something we want to do, but China's going to continue to forge ahead and leave us in the dust. All thanks to people who have no understanding of how anything works, but only want to tear things down that they don't understand.
- apercu 1y ago[flagged]
- hermitShell 1y agoIs there any evidence towards this allegiance? Why should we attribute to malice what we could attribute to incompetence, or greed?
- Onawa 1y agoYes, there is a LOT of evidence of this allegiance, although maybe just observing Trump's unwillingness to openly criticize Russia and Putin is highly suspect by itself. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Links_between_Trump_associates_and_Russian_officials https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Links_between_Trump_associat...
- rcpt 1y agoAnd those "mishandled classified documents"? They were all about Russian interference in elections. We never got them back but I'm sure Vlad liked his birthday present https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/12/politics/missing-russia-intelligence-trump-dg/ https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/12/politics/missing-rus...
- arunabha 1y agoOne piece of evidence would be that Russia, Belarus and North Korea have been specifically excluded from US tariffs. You could argue that the net effect is negligible since we don't import a lot from those countries, but the signal being sent to long term allies is devastating to America's future relations with them.
- oldprogrammer2 1y agoThe US has trade sanctions with those countries.
- faster 1y agoThe US has trade sanctions on Iran too, and Iran is on the tariff list. I don't think that's it. Some transparency would be helpful.
- oldprogrammer2 1y agoIran is on the tariffs list because of Trump's maximum pressure policy (an official National Security Memorandum) against Iran. This is coupled with Trump's willingness to get Russia to cooperate in the ceasefire. I'm not claiming his administration's logic is 100% sound, only that there is an explanation that doesn't assume the rather farfetched theory that Trump is an agent for Russia. I'm not particularly well-versed in this area, but searching for the topic on Google easily found this information on sites such as Wikipedia, WSJ, Newsweek, and whitehouse.gov.
- tstrimple 1y agoUninhabited islands made the tariff list, but those countries somehow managed to slip through.
- apercu 1y agoYour eyes and ears for the last 9 years?
- coliveira 1y agoIf you're going with the great conspiracy of GOP as Russian assets, you should also add Elon Musk and the other tech robber barons as Russian assets as well.
- smt88 1y agoWhat is your explanation for Trump putting tariffs on every country in the world except Russia?
- danso 1y agoRussia is already under sanctions and has no significant trade with the U.S. — same as North Korea: https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-cuba-north-korea-escape-worst-trumps-tariff-wrath-2025-04-03/ https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-cuba-north-korea-escape...
- gbear605 1y agoThe US imported 3.5 billion dollars of goods from Russia in 2024, and exported 500 million dollars of goods. https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/europe-middle-east/russia-and-eurasia/russia https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/europe-middle-east/russia...
- danso 1y agoSo under your logic, Trump is also controlled by Cuba? How does that work exactly? https://translatingcuba.com/the-cuban-regime-celebrates-that-trump-has-not-included-it-on-the-list-of-global-tariffs/ https://translatingcuba.com/the-cuban-regime-celebrates-that...
- coliveira 1y agoIt's not true that he excluded only Russia. North Korea and Cuba also are not in the list, clearly countries that are under heavy US sanctions.
- borski 1y ago
- ponow 1y agoYes, reduce, even end government research.
- tinktank 1y ago[flagged]
- cdmckay 1y agoI’m not sure I follow… how is that Russian? Wouldn’t it be British?
- rightbyte 1y agoThe scapegoat is.
- phatfish 1y agoI'm not sure what was supposed to have happened 20 years ago. In 2005 everything seemed great. Maybe it's a reference to post 2008, the previous time America screwed everyone over? The election that spawned austerity was in 2010, so 15 years ago. The Russian part is even more confusing. In relation to Brexit sure, but that was 9 years ago.
- anonymars 1y agoHere's some potential background. A lot of it rhymes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics#Content https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics#Con... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_Brexit_referendum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_20... A little money on propaganda goes a long way Related https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Butina#National_Rifle_Association https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Butina#National_Rifle_As...
- ndsipa_pomu 1y agoThere was a lot of Russian money spent on Tory influence.
- kjkjadksj 1y agoIt is only ironic if you believe they were speaking in good faith to begin with
- Dakizhu 1y agoNo this is what most of their supporters genuinely believe. They think people working in a factory generate more real economic value than people working in offices.
- UncleOxidant 1y agoYep. There are strong Cultural Revolution vibes coming from that direction.
- joquarky 1y agoThat would explain the initiative to create a list of people on the spectrum.
- UncleOxidant 1y agoEnough people believed it and voted for it such that they won the election.
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- xenophonf 1y agoAnd many more people were completely fine with the status quo ante, so they abstained from voting entirely.
- vachina 1y agoHaving looked at the list, I feel you’re gonna be fine > NSF Grant Terminations 2025 > https://airtable.com/appGKlSVeXniQZkFC/shrFxbl1YTqb3AyOO https://airtable.com/appGKlSVeXniQZkFC/shrFxbl1YTqb3AyOO
- dahinds 1y agoThe terminations so far focus on anything with any mention of a DEI related objective and that may seem "fine", but these don't constitute a lot of the NSF's budget (the terminated grants total < $1 billion and if you click through them you'll see that for many, that's 5 years of funding). The planned cuts are much deeper[1], DEI is just not where the "big bucks" are. [1] https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Fiscal-Year-2026-Discretionary-Budget-Request.pdf https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Fiscal...
- belter 1y ago"Emmanuel Macron says Donald Trump’s academic crackdown threatens US" - https://www.ft.com/content/923d396f-e852-4744-927a-282cec116766 https://www.ft.com/content/923d396f-e852-4744-927a-282cec116...
- jorblumesea 1y agotbh I don't know if many senior leaders in the admin that actually think these policies are going to make anything better. It just seems like a mass looting project. Lutnick, for example, is definitely a wall street insider and is under no illusions that any of these policies benefit the nation. If you look at the agenda it's all cultural wars stuff (smoke screens) and wealth transfer to the rich. They understand this, most educated people understand this, it's just his base that is in the dark.