| Some of it is designed to distract and fill the news cycle so actions or matters likely to be very unpopular if they get lots of publicity are drowned out. Any time the administration does something preposterous, look around to see what's actually going on. That said, I though it was generally obvious the actions and policies are intended to do as much damage to US strengths as quickly as possible? Relationships with our allies and the developing world? Research/development/science/education? The US Dollar standard? US foreign policy/influence? US military power? All of it has been (and is still being) systematically disassembled. Who would benefit from all that? Answer: Russia, China, and to a lesser extent, India. Did you notice how much the current president loves dictators (or put more politely "strongmen" leaders") but in particular, the Russian head of state? And at times has fawned all over the head of state of China? He sure does spend a lot of time talking to Putin with next to no other US officials in the room, and any records of the meetings destroyed (illegally, I might add.) I'm not joking when I say it's possible Putin is literally telling Trump how to run the country and he's nodding and saying "wow what a great idea, thank you!" The republican party is generally awfully cozy with Russian officials because they've apparently decided Russia is the ideal society they want to convert the US into: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/15/republicans-... They see how powerful Putin is, how powerful the FSB is, how freely Russian society racially discriminates, how powerful the oligarchs and ultrawealthy are, how patriarchal it is, how christian it appears to them - and they love all of it. |