Easier to launder money and have illicit money activities through crypto than fossil fuels

Again, those seem to just be excuses to my untrained political eye. As someone that fairly regularly deals with red tape, if the powers that be want to cut through the red tape they can and will.

Yeah, because they “didn’t have enough to make any appreciable difference.” I say similar things to people I don’t want to help but I don’t want to upset them. Sorry I don’t have time to do that, having one more person wouldn’t make that big off a difference etc.

You may very well be right. And that exact reason is the only reason they didn’t send eggs. But I’m guessing their are more than that singular reason.

Be an ass on the international scene. Show you are untrustworthy and do everything you can to not pay a bill. Just be generally unreliable as a trade partner.

Get turned down when you ask internationally for help.

shocked Pikachu

What proposal is that? I would like to spread the information if you have a link

That first article quotes Obama trying to close it. From the sounds of it congress attached keeping the base open as a rider to another defense funding bill. That’s a common tactic I think

And what would have happened if he did it sooner? They would have kept stalling out out? I believe no matter when he did it out would have needed approval

And what they said RECENTLY too. They were not dredging up tweets from 40 years ago. If memory serves these tweets were within the year.

That’s totally possible, I haven’t seen any evidence that the US backpedaled on these though. Not saying they haven’t just that I haven’t seen anything and I’m far from knowing everything so take that as you will.

I haven’t heard anything to the contrary and I’ve been trying to stay on top of this tariff fiasco

According to this Article China is retaliating so I assume they have gone into effect

You would be surprised what people have time to think about while browsing their phone on the throne.

If you think Ukraine consumes 100% of his thoughts then you are not giving puttin enough credit. He isn’t infamous because he is dumb, he is infamous because he is cunning, underhanded, and brutal in what he does.

I couldn’t care less about people respecting me. But why are they stupid comparisons in your opinion?

Getting a tad childish?

Yes, yes they do denounce seperating kids from their families at the border. I’ve talked about it and other things we don’t like about our parties, what they are doing, and why we still vote for them. How we all dislike choosing the best of two bad options. How maybe a ranked choice system would be better.

You think blindly following one party vs another is any better? No, you think you on your high horse telling them they are scum for voting one way or another is better? How many life long Republicans have you gotten to vote blue? I’ve changed several peoples minds by talking with them, hearing them out, and not just assuming they are terrible people.

I hear you, but not all Republicans support that. Are you a democrat, Do you support the genocide in Gaza? Are you independent? Then do you not care about either Gaza or kids being detained? Are you a different party? Do you agree with everything your pay does?

I also get everyone has something that will cause them to not be friends with people. That’s your choice and I’m not saying you have to be friends with people. Just don’t be a hypocrite and pick one, two, or five things and hate an entire group of people because of it.

I hate 30% of what Christians have done or stand for. It doesn’t mean I hate all Christians. But that is a choice that I have made.

I believe you are missing the point by latching on to one sentence and replying to that instead of the concept.

You are as wrong about them all being bad as they are saying all democrats are bad.

I mean, that’s just how people decide on who to be friends with right? I’m more likely to be friends with people that like camping and bonfires than people that like formula one. Do I have friends that like formula one? Sure.

I’m more likely to be friends with democrats but I do have a couple of republican friends.

I don’t understand this statement. Are your only friends people you agree with 100% on all things? That must get boring, what do you even talk about?

I have friends that voted for Trump. Not many but a couple. Am I friends with all Republicans? No just like I’m not friends with all democrats.

In order to radicalize someone, one of the first steps is cutting them off from people that disagree with what you are trying to teach/preach/say. When you pre emptivly do their cutting of for these republican friends/ family you are just leaving them in an echo chamber of hate/racism. Believe it out not, like what some others have said, not all republican voters are bad people.