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Boulevardier's avatar

While there is no question various people associated with Trump were anxious to settle some scores in the 2nd Administration, I feel like this shock and awe approach has Musk's fingerprints all over it. The Walter Isaacson biography repeatedly points out that Musk likes to cut things to the bone in the expectation that most of it can be dispensed with, you will probably go too far and ultimately restore about 10% of what was tossed. When he bought Twitter he basically did the same thing.

At any rate, I'm all for it. There are thousands of 'non-profits' that need to be starved and ruined.

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The Anti-Gnostic's avatar

The NGOs are a cancer.

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Bizarro Man's avatar

The real test will be what the foundations do. If the Ford Foundation and the rest step in to take up the slack, the NGOs will continue ther sabotage, albeit perhaps in a diminished manner. If that doesn't happen, we may be looking at an historic turning point.

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Commander Nelson's avatar

It might be like Henry VIII’s attack on the monasteries, if he succeeds.

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Rurik Skywalker's avatar

Q tier post, Z-man.

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Crixcyon's avatar

Trump has two major blind spots. The medical terrorism caused by the fake covid pandemic resulting in its horrible mRNA poisons (his OWS nonsense) and a winner take all attitude when negotiating with other countries. Negotiating must include some sacrifice and middle-of-the-roading and not be a one-sided affair. This isn't the real-estate market that's for sure.

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Taylor J Riedemann's avatar

We are the most powerful country compared to these idiots in Europe who are anti free speech and will throw their own citizens to the barbarians after letting them in. Europe literally adds zero value to the USA and they owe us big time. The US will get what Trump wants from them either in resources (Ukraine, Greenland) or we will let them defend their homeland from Russia and the immigrants by themselves. Best of luck!

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Sean Garrisson's avatar

Nice title.

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Servetus's avatar

He's still viciously pro Israel to the n'th degree and hasn't settled the Ukraine situation like he said he would "day 1". And now he's technocratic to boot, we've been had. One plus is that at least he pardoned the Jan 6ers.

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