| ...
| USAID is just the most extreme example of how the
| Musk/Trump administration is sabotaging the American
| Empire. For yes, America is or was an imperial power,
| although in a different way from most past empires -- less
| reliant on force, more reliant on good will and trust. What
| Musk and Trump have done is to destroy much of the basis
| for U.S. influence, leaving America far weaker than it was
| just a few weeks ago.
| ...
<https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/sabotaging-the-pax-americana>
--bks
| USAID is just the most extreme example of how the
| Musk/Trump administration is sabotaging the American
| Empire. For yes, America is or was an imperial power,
| although in a different way from most past empires -- less
| reliant on force, more reliant on good will and trust. What
| Musk and Trump have done is to destroy much of the basis
| for U.S. influence, leaving America far weaker than it was
| just a few weeks ago.
| ...
<https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/sabotaging-the-pax-americana>
Bradley K. Sherman wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:damning
| USAID is just the most extreme example of how the
| Musk/Trump administration is sabotaging the American
| Empire. For yes, America is or was an imperial power,
| although in a different way from most past empires -- less
| reliant on force, more reliant on good will and trust. What
| Musk and Trump have done is to destroy much of the basis
| for U.S. influence, leaving America far weaker than it was
| just a few weeks ago.
| ...
<https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/sabotaging-the-pax-americana>
https://www.rawstory.com/paul-krugman-trump-2671126387/
'Distrusted, friendless, weak': Nobel-winning economist gives
verdict of Trump IIleave
Brad Reed
February 10, 2025 7:26AM ET
"In less than three weeks Musk, Trump and their minions have taken a
wrecking ball to the foundations of the Pax Americana," Krugman
writes. "As I said, foreign aid is no longer a major part of US
spending. But the abrupt demolition of USAID, apparently in response
to right-wing conspiracy theories and the claim that the agency was
full of 'radical-left marxists who hate America,' didn� Tt just
millions relying on American aid in the lurch. It said that Americawho
doesn� Tt believe in helping people in need, and considers anyone
does suspicious. So much for moral authority."
Bradley K. Sherman wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
| USAID is just the most extreme example of how the
| Musk/Trump administration is sabotaging the American
| Empire. For yes, America is or was an imperial power,
| although in a different way from most past empires -- less
| reliant on force, more reliant on good will and trust. What
| Musk and Trump have done is to destroy much of the basis
| for U.S. influence, leaving America far weaker than it was
| just a few weeks ago.
| ...
<https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/sabotaging-the-pax-americana>
https://www.rawstory.com/paul-krugman-trump-2671126387/
'Distrusted, friendless, weak': Nobel-winning economist gives damning
verdict of Trump II
Brad Reed
February 10, 2025 7:26AM ET
"In less than three weeks Musk, Trump and their minions have taken a
wrecking ball to the foundations of the Pax Americana," Krugman writes. "As
I said, foreign aid is no longer a major part of US spending. But the
abrupt demolition of USAID, apparently in response to right-wing conspiracy
theories and the claim that the agency was full of 'radical-left marxists
who hate America,' didn’t just leave millions relying on American aid in
the lurch. It said that America doesn’t believe in helping people in need,
and considers anyone who does suspicious. So much for moral authority."
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