I agree, USA would probably just be a bad influence on WHO anyway.
Denying science and demanding WHO follow American politics.
It sucks that USA has sunk so deep, they have the qualified people, but common superstition means more than actual knowledge and qualifications in USA now.

It’s a brilliant strategy, because the rest of the world is investing in these things too. So USA doesn’t have to do anything, when they fall behind, they can just import from other countries. It’s much less work that way and no need to invest either.
But probably only someone with a very big brain like Trump can figure out such a genius plan.

/s (just in case)

Yes, and he absolutely shamelessly cut taxes for the rich. And anyone can do that if they don’t care about balancing the budgets. Which of course the tariffs were really for.
But it’s stupid tricks that will prove doubly harmful to the US economy in the long run.

Because it’s Trump. Trump is worse than the onion even when he isn’t trying.

Yes I am, Stupid as fuck is the correct technical term, but more than that, they are also delusional and most of them are without empathy towards the people they knew would be hurt.
To vote for Trump is so bad, it has to be described as close to mental illness to vote for him, because it’s an act of self harm for most people that did it.
But I have no compassion for those people despite their mental illness, they were warned over and over and again and again. That a 2nd term with Trump would be far worse than the first.

being arrested is not particularly fun.

Being an inconvenience is not the same as embarrassing.

having to deal with follow up court work

Which is probably near zero has her case will likely be dismissed, but again she is a lawyer.

It’s not embarrassing for her, it’s embarrassing for the police that they arrested her.
She is a lawyer and a civil rights activist, my guess is that being a civil rights activist is in line with her activity as a lawyer.
And I doubt very much she did anything illegal.

How is it embarrassing to be arrested for protesting?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nekima_Levy_Armstrong

polling research, which currently shows him tanking on everything from the economy and immigration to his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

It is so infinitely moronic that some people thought he would be good for the economy. Trump is an idiot that just happened to be born rich, and he is absolutely evil and ruthless, and is lucky he is not in jail.
If Trump wasn’t rich, he would have been in jail by the age of 20. His malignant narcissist personality makes him a habitual criminal. He has no regard for others, social grace, tradition or the law.

Maybe such agreements are easier to make between EU and India now that UK is no-longer a member of EU?
India still has a significant grudge against UK from colonial times. Despite EU and UK has abandoned the colonial tendencies, and now work for a world based on international law.
I get so sad every time I see India side with Russia and China claiming they are not colonial powers, and they respect the independence of India, despite India has a territorial dispute with China! But they claim siding with Russia is better because India needs independence.
Although Europe and UK absolutely fully respect and even to some degree help protect the independence of India. USA on the other hand has now become a complete wild card, impossible to know which side they choose, because the administration is so corrupt they choose decidedly and openly to act against US interests to line their own pockets.

You are right IMO, but I think the stories still help to show that ICE is out of control.

It’s not just Trump that cedes the global economic leadership of USA, it’s the American population, they did that when they voted MAGA in 2016, and they put the final nail in the coffin when they reelected Trump in 2024.
The MAGA ideology was always disrespect for allies and partners. Tearing up all sorts of agreements including trade agreements and regarding security where Trump already during his first time used rhetoric about how NATO was obsolete. And a constant messaging on how the world needs USA more than USA needs the world.

So Americans chose to pull away and cede leadership both economic and and on defense.
This ideology has permeated the GOP since Bush the older became President, heck it had already started with Reagan.
This is not an isolated problem that suddenly happened January last year. This is a trend that USA has taken as a people for many decades.

Of course there are both good and smart people in USA, and they are not the ones that are driving the destructive mentality of the people as a whole. But unfortunately the stupid and malignant people of USA have taken over. And they have done that repeatedly, electing worse and worse candidates. Now to a point where a lot of the damage they are doing is irreversible.

Yes that was a good speech, very much because it was a speech about facing a new reality, not saying directly but very clearly indicating that USA is not to be trusted, and we shouldn’t pretend as if they are.
Canada has made 12 International trade and/or defense deals in 6 moths. 👍 😀
That’s very impressive considering such deals usually take years to negotiate. And despite that I recently saw Canadians complain their government doesn’t do enough about the situation with USA? ⁉️

In much the same way EU has escalated international deals to increase independence from USA.
The clear winner here is of course China, so congratulations on that Trump!

and deserve death

What? I never said any such thing. But yes of course Russia has been the enemy of EU for a long time, even before invading Ukraine, because they’ve manipulated European politics, something friendly states simply don’t do. Incidentally USA has done the same several times since Trump became President.
Obviously Russia is an enemy since they’ve invaded a peaceful European democracy.
And now USA is threatening the same, threatening to invade Greenland, despite they’ve been allies with Denmark for 85 years. And Denmark has been among the most faithful allies to USA.

But no I am not calling for the death of either all Americans or all Russians, that is hyperbole that is happening in your mind.
Most likely if USA invades Greenland there will be very little to no military response. The response will be very strong economically though, and the threat alone has already almost completely destroyed the NATO alliance. USA is a bigger enemy now than China! Think about it! We trust USA less than we trust China now!
How do you think that will influence support for USA in the future?

But using Russia as a comparative example is pretty spot on, because USA is behaving like Russia now.

Next thing they’ll say Mexico didn’t pay for the wall either.
Maybe even that the economy isn’t actually doing that great and unemployment is increasing.
Or that USA doesn’t really need Greenland for security.
It’s like a smear campaign against Trump, as if he was lying all the time.
This is liberal propaganda, you can clearly tell because they use facts, and everybody know that facts have a strong liberal bias.
A serious reporter should report both sides equally!
/s

It’s not hate, I’m just stating an obvious fact, that USA is now an enemy to democracy and the international rule of law, and also to human rights.
How am I a fascist for pointing out a fundamental problem of USA that goes way beyond Trump?
There are good people in USA, but they are still part of a system that has now become our enemy.

Politically I am very much a moderate, and I have to realize that there is absolutely nothing moderate about USA as a country right now. USA isn’t even a real democracy, considering they have only 2 right wing parties. 1 is far right, the other is extreme right.

Especially when it’s a democracy, although USA always was a dysfunctional democracy, the people did have the power to prevent Trump.

It’s awful yes, but it’s a fact.
USA as a country is an enemy, and technically that means all Americans.
If the sane Americans can change things back to normal in USA, this would end.
But as it is, when USA as a country is an enemy, the population of that country becomes an enemy too. Because it’s the population that allow the government to function as it does.

Go ask Renee good’s family

You are among those that allowed it to come to this. All Americans are responsible for failing to do more, as it is the entirety of American society. Although everybody is not equally responsible of course.