President Donald Trump has signed an executive order temporarily suspending all U.S. foreign assistance programs for 90 days pending reviews to determine whether they are aligned with his policy goals.
  • letsgo@lemm.eeEnglish
    371·
    12 days ago

    Kicking Russia out of Ukraine:

    Does it make America safer?

    Yes because Russia will have learnt the hard way that invading other countries doesn’t result in less NATO on their borders and doesn’t increase their own security.

    Does it make America stronger?

    Yes because it strengthens your alliance with Europe, and increases NATO by another country with a recent battle tested and proven military.

    Does it make America more prosperous?

    Yes because there is a massive amount of rebuilding needing doing in Ukraine.

    Of course Putin’s bumchum Trump might have a different take on all this, especially if he’s been staring too much into Putin’s palantir.

    • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
      21·
      11 days ago

      You left off it let’s them use ukraine as a testing ground for new weapon systems, giving them wartime feedback, making them stronger.

  • BombOmOm@lemmy.worldEnglish
    241·
    11 days ago

    The good news is, the executive order, is specifically about development assistance. The vast, vast majority of US aid to Ukraine does not fall under this category.

    Sec. 3. (a) 90-day pause in United States foreign development assistance…

    • PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk
      32·
      12 days ago

      …but then how will you build more bombs to destroy the weapons factory???//

      #WarParadox

      edit: the more I think of this post made in absolute facetiousness, the more I think it’s actually a heavily reductive view of how the world actually works 😢