Mr. Trump (The Donald) To Win in 2024

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The Razor gang of federal Government here years ago had nothing compared to The Trumpet and his butcher's Knife as he cuts a swath through government waste.

 

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Hmm, that's interesting.

I guess it's (d)ifferent when they say/do it

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The Razor gang of federal Government here years ago had nothing compared to The Trumpet and his butcher's Knife as he cuts a swath through government waste.

Indeed.

For a start Trump has decided to stop all US Foreign Aid immediately. The only exceptions are
Israel and Egypt.
Check out this website to get an idea of who will be affected and in particular how US Foreign Policy influence will be undermined.
Good look for US Ambassadors in these countries. It won't be good news for the US companies that are often key elements to the variois aid projects.

US Foreign Aid by Country 2024​

Foreign aid is money that is given by the United States government to governments of other nations. According to the Congressional Research Service, there are five categories of foreign aid: economic assistance, humanitarian aid, multilateral economic contributions, bilateral development aid, and military aid.

The U.S. provides aid to countries that are recovering from war, developing countries, and countries that are strategically important to the U.S. In 2019 (the most recent year for which comprehensive numbers have been released), the U.S. spent over $47 billion on foreign aid – about the same as 2018 and $1 billion more than in 2017. More than 35% of that aid went to ten countries.

US Foreign Aid by Country 2024

worldpopulationreview.com

US orders halt to virtually all foreign aid except for Israel and Egypt​

Internal memo to US state department staff explicitly makes exceptions for military assistance to Israel and Egypt

Guardian staff and agencies in Washington
Sat 25 Jan 2025 10.00 AEDT


The secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has ordered a halt to virtually all US foreign aid, but made an exception for funding to Israel and Egypt, according to an internal memo to staff at the US state department.

“No new funds shall be obligated for new awards or extensions of existing awards until each proposed new award or extension has been reviewed and approved … as consistent with President Trump’s agenda,” said the memo.

The sweeping order appears to affect everything from development assistance to military aid – including potentially to Ukraine, which received billions of dollars in weapons under Trump’s predecessor Joe Biden as it tries to repel a Russian invasion.

US orders halt to virtually all foreign aid except for Israel and Egypt

Internal memo to US state department staff explicitly makes exceptions for military assistance to Israel and Egypt

www.theguardian.com

 

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The fact that the US government has stopped all overseas aid in its tracks may make this story moot.
Abortion control to go global under Trump.

Trump signs order to reinstate ‘global gag rule’ on abortion aid​

Federal rule also known as ‘Mexico City policy’ halts US funds to overseas groups that provide abortion services

Carter Sherman
Sat 25 Jan 2025 12.44 AEDT


Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order reinstating a federal rule known as the “Mexico City policy” which halts US aid from flowing to groups that provide abortion services, counsel people about the procedure or advocate for abortion rights overseas.

The policy, which was first instituted by Ronald Reagan in 1984, is typically implemented whenever a Republican president wins the White House and rescinded whenever a Democrat wins. But this whiplash has major implications for abortion and reproductive healthcare around the world.



Trump and Vance back anti-abortion activists in March for Life speeches

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Historically, the revival of the Mexico City policy affects up to about $600m of international aid. During his first term, however, Trump dramatically expanded the scope of the Mexico city policy, which abortion rights supporters call a “global gag rule”. Rather than applying the policy only to family planning assistance, as was typical, the Trump administration applied to it to assistance for organizations that offer a range of health services around the globe – leading the policy to affect billions of dollars’ worth of aid.

Trump signs order to reinstate ‘global gag rule’ on abortion aid

Federal rule also known as ‘Mexico City policy’ halts US funds to overseas groups that provide abortion services

www.theguardian.com

 

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Good luck with dealing with international health issues through the United States Government.
Issues like Bird Flu, COVID, any new or potential outbreak.

Just crazy dangerous.

Travel, grant and funding cuts ‘stifling’ US health agencies in new Trump era​

Halts to external communications, publishing reports and reviewing and approving research a ‘dramatic shift’

Melody Schreiber
Fri 24 Jan 2025 23.00 AEDT


US health agency employees are now banned from nearly all travel and certain agencies and programs have been ordered to stop issuing new contracts and grants until further notice.

The limits on travel and spending, announced internally on Wednesday, add to previous indefinite halts on external communications, including publishing new reports or even posting to social media, and on reviewing and approving new medical research, a nearly $50bn industry in the US.

Employees of the 13 agencies overseen by US Health and Human Services (HHS) may only travel to return from assignments or to escape life-threatening situations. That means regular meetings with state and local health officials, training sessions and grant reviews are now on hold.
All federal agencies have been ordered to stop funding for foreign projects, including global health, and to stop work immediately on any programs involving the World Health Organization. Some agencies have also been ordered to stop cutting checks for projects and programs.

Travel, grant and funding cuts ‘stifling’ US health agencies in new Trump era

Halts to external communications, publishing reports and reviewing and approving research a ‘dramatic shift’

www.theguardian.com

 

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Amazing. Ratcliffe just became CIA Director

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Trump fired 17 IG's last night.
Good

 

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^^^
@IFlotsam
Checked him out briefly.
David Rowe thinks cartoons can 'distil' complex issues. Yeah, can see that - dehumanised grotesque figures plastered in slogans - the essence of the matter, very subtle. To be balanced though, my sides did ache with laughter when reviewing some of his cartoons like the above, he slays me.
Dave's mummy and daddy were high level Canberra bureaucrats
Dave went to lefty incubator, ANU, and took soft subjects (art history, economics)
He works for Nine Entertainment, formerly fairfax and gets gigs with AFR, SMH, The Age. These are propaganda sheets.
Dave's never been outside the echo chamber. Radical Dave will never step out of line, he knows on which side his bread is buttered.

 

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Hmm, l guess it's ok when they say it....

(D)ifferent.....

 

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Trump appears to be about to be about to completely upend the political sytem using presidential decrees.
ust as the GOP decision to impeach Clinton came back to haunt them, so will the most recent presidential decrees( most certainly not written or even understood by the geriatric Biden) come back to haunt them as trump goes nuclear.
We live in interesting times.
Mick
From a Doomberg email

 

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Milley should be in Gitmo for treason

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Milley should be in Gitmo for treason

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This is extortionary bad for the future of the Republic.

 

[wayneL]

This is extortionary bad for the future of the Republic.

Say what? Milley is guilty of treason and is well documented.

 

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