Hey Mikey P who needs bucks for diplomacy when the diplom-er in chief has Twitter, amirite? Youâre just there to sign everyoneâs timecard.
â⌠has promised a landmark plan to achieve peace between the Israelis and Palestinians.â
Did he use the words âfinal solutionâ in that promise?
Wait a minute doesnât âlasting Peaceâ come before the âfinal solutionâ? Itâs my understanding there is a strict order to these things.
They have gone Full On Mob.
âIf the Presidentâs budget were enacted it would undermine U.S. leadership and stymie worldwide efforts to counter violent extremism, terrorism and disinformation,â
Trump doesnât need a budget to do any of those things. Twitter is free.
funding is enough to achieve the administrationâs foreign policy goals.
âHow much does it cost to pick up checks?â Pompeo asked his critics. âHeck, all the emoluments he collects are already run through his hotels.â
It costs less than you might think to abandon your allies and cozy up to dictators.
I thought âundermining U.S. leadershipâ was part of the plan. So much winningâŚ
âŚbut argues the funding is enough to achieve the administrationâs foreign policy goals.
and apparently, this administrationâs foreig policy goals are to weaken the USAâs international position in order to empower Putin, so mission accomplished, mike!
Diplomats? We donât need no stinking diplomatsâŚ
"A Republican on the panel, Hal Rogers of Kentucky, said the plan seemed âdetached from realityâ and warned âif we were to accept cuts of the magnitude proposed it would make our nation less safe, make it harder to achieve the effectiveness we all seek.â
Think of where the policy comes from, your own Party.
Adding $$ for diplomatic security. We must remember that it was rethugs that cut $$ for diplomatic security prior to Benghazi.
OK, Iâm not saying that this Administration has any idea of how to do their jobs, but if they donât âneedâ the money, donât give it to them.
If Congress then sees areas of need, pass legislation, WITH funding, to implement whatever it is that is needed, with a directive to the appropriate department to follow the legislation.
Is this such a bad idea?
The dismantling of our State Department is shameful and dangerous. Swedish travel to the US, for example, is down over 40% since Trump took office. Getting an appointment at a US embassy abroad can take months, if at all. A lot of paperwork is just diverted to the US, with the embassy functioning as a provider of instructions on finding a mailbox or not updated website.
Pompeo told lawmakers Wednesday the peace plan was forthcoming and would be made up of ânew and fresh and differentâ ideas. When asked if the plan supports a state for Palestinians as well as the state of Israel, Pompeo said, âultimately it will be the peoples of those two lands that resolve this and make that decision about how it is theyâll come together, what the contours of that resolution will look like.â
Sounds like the essence of the plan is no plan despite the new and fresh and different ideas while not un heard of in this administrationâŚmost were hoping for some GOOD, workable ideas that would address the conflict not the usual Trumpty Dumpty ceremonial word saladâŚis Jarrad still driving this process despite a suspect security clearance? Woo hoo.
Sounds a lot like the wonderful, truly amazing, you wonât believe your eyes Obamacare replacement plan weâve been waiting 4 years to seeâŚ
And this will lower my taxes how much? None?
More Republican lies.
If you think that diplomacy is for sissies and the best way to achieve your goals is saber rattling and secret wars, this budget starts to make a hell of a lot more sense.
Having a Christian fundamentalist for SOS is a terrifying prospect and needs to get a lot more attention than it does.
Time for the Republicans to be honest about their outlook and merge the State Department into the Pentagon. Replace all of those weak-liberal âembassiesâ with military bases and have a general be the senior representative to each country.