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> American taxpayers have spent billions on these organizations with little return, while they often criticize U.S. policies, advance agendas contrary to our va
by halperter 9mo ago
> American taxpayers have spent billions on these organizations with little return, while they often criticize U.S. policies, advance agendas contrary to our values, or waste taxpayer dollars by purporting to address important issues but not achieving any real results.
>By exiting these entities, President Trump is saving taxpayer money and refocusing resources on America First priorities.
Taking a look at the actual list, many of these organizations deal with issues such as climate change, environmental protection, and education. I think this means two things: One, the U.S. is further breaking away from the rest of the world. Trump's "America First" policies have effectively broke alliances and trust. Two, the current administration is quite heavily biased against clean energy. A majority of the organizations left are governing/advising on environmental issues, namely renewable energy and climate change. Trump frames the decision as "pro-America"; Trump says "our" values, he means his/his party's. I don't think that many people who have put at least a little research into the subject would agree that a) Climate change is not an issue and b) Renewables are (or at least getting to be) a good alternative to our currently climate-change exacerbating sources of power. The U.S. is going to be divided more and more along party lines, and it's going to get harder and harder to stop.
- hiQloIQ 9mo ago[flagged]
- tguvot 9mo agogenx or genz ?
- hiQloIQ 9mo agoGenX; our economic leadership raising prices on EpiPen, running ponzi schemes through big tech investment vehicles (for example but not limited to, various trade groups and standards bodies), insurance CEOs getting shot. The last gasp of 1900s American coke and booze binging wastoids. First generation of Americans handed a cubicle and Excel sheet as they got into the workforce, rather than a hammer, blow torch, or engineering book as those jobs were offshored. The make line go up pump and dumpers of NFTs and web3 and shitcoins the last 10-15. Chappelle and Gervais complaining about the world changing on them! Of all people how dare physics march on. Clowns GenZ hasn't had enough time to fail so spectacularly. GenX; the Daria generation of first wordlers who feel they have really seen some shit ...on TV, anyway... all those adults too shellshocked by endless war... oh wait no; just sad about Kurt Cobain still https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/style/gen-x-generation-discourse.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/style/gen-x-generation-di... Oh those poor first worlders reliant on sweat shop kids. The generation that 10-15 years ago chanted "disrupt!" GenX are now the age those Boomers were 10-15 years ago. Ripe for disruption There are signs they're being handed their hat; Mamdani in NY. Let's hope this is a real trend: https://fortune.com/2025/08/07/gen-x-ceos-decreasing-baby-boomers-millennials-corporate-career-ladder-ai-skills-business/ https://fortune.com/2025/08/07/gen-x-ceos-decreasing-baby-bo...
- tguvot 9mo agoall i was asking if genx "are low skilled know-nothings living on auto pilot inside media propagated memes about America" or did you mistyped
- ehnto 9mo agoI am not of the younger generation, but it must be really hard to give a shit right now. No voices are being heard, and they are economically crushed, preoccupied with paying their rent-seeking corporate providers ever increasing prices and for what purpose? To exist long enough to pay the bills? Maybe save enough for a house to stake a claim in what feels like a crumbling society that hates you? I get it, that's a tough outlook to fight through just to get on the field to bat, and then social media constantly broadcasts how futile their swings are going to be even when they do get the courage to stand up.
- frogperson 9mo agoAll if this, plus ICE just shot Renee in the face for no reason.
- iugtmkbdfil834 9mo ago[flagged]
- venturecruelty 9mo agoFlagging this for being blatant misinformation. Have a great day.
- iugtmkbdfil834 9mo ago[flagged]
- defrost 9mo agoObstructing LEOs, whether state or federal, isn't a death penalty offence (with or without a trial) here where I live. We even investigate and charge LEO's for rape, stalking, murder, etc. when they overstep boundaries.
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- 8bitsrule 9mo agoFor a long I've wondered when, in the view of the current administration, the US was great the last time. I'm trying to decide when in the 1800s that was.
- Tanoc 9mo agoThere's one date they'll always point to because it fits all their stereotypes. Sixth of June, 1944. Lots of young men dying fighting a valiant war against a seemingly insurmountable enemy surrounded by icons of American military might, all to show those pansy Europeans how it's done.It's always something to do with World War II because that was the last time the U.S. got into a war and came out the other side being nearly universally praised instead of being broadly condemned. It's also before second wave feminism, the Civil Rights Movement, and the eco friendly shift that began in the 1960s. 1967 haunts the American regressive right wing in more ways than they ever want to acknowledge, as that's the year when they finally lost control.
- Izkata 9mo agoYears ago someone tracked this down by looking at interviews Trump has done over the decades, and IIRC it was the 1980s or so when he switched from "is great" to "was great". They put together all the clips they found on youtube somewhere.
- Hikikomori 9mo agoTrump loves the tariffs they did in 1890. Didn't end well back then and won't now.
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- lm28469 9mo ago> with little return It's like they don't realise the bulk of their power is a consequence of the rest of the world agreeing that some kind of world order, no matter how flawed, is more desirable that a world of empires fighting for power and bullying everyone else into submission. That's going to be an interesting century, and I very much doubt the US will be as relevant as today by the end of it.