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by ineedasername 2523 days ago
Plus they aren't involved in any election scandals which certainly helps....

Yes, plus their perceived censoring of right-leaning content (real or imagined).

But between the election stuff and their attempt to setup a currency whose monetary policy would be governed by a group of wealthy corps and partly based in another country regulated by a foreign body... these are things that touch on the sovereignty of the US, and no government wants internal competition on that front.