This has FOX written all over it.
The Orange Duce continues to embarrass our country daily.
Pretty easy to envision that cutting aid would worsen the problem. Second, Iâm not sure he can just wave his hand and do this. And third, I doubt he cares much what actually happens in the world anyway. Heâs just running his mouth, hoping to secure a few more votes.
Great. A firm response to something that hasnât even happened yet. And no response at all to Khashoggiâs murder.
Brilliant! Cut off aid, make matters MUCH worse back in their home countries and force people to endure horrible choices in the worst of all possible worlds.
This âplanâ has Stephen Miller written all over it. Stupid, sadistic and bound to backfire on this country.
I had heard on NPR that we already cut aid to Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. Wasnât Pence down there trying to make them keep their people home?
I havenât looked yet, but I am betting you are correct.
were spending more to house and detain those that are already here ILLEGALLY then we give to Honduras annually. So STFU
Entirely predictable. Immigration will be the issue weâll hear about nonstop for the next 3 weeks. Murika is under attack from subhumans intent on raping the white ladies. Best to ignore it. On no account let this become the story. Healthcare, tax scam, ballooning deficit, Republican chaos. Those are the themes.
Brown hordes inhabit Trumpâs slumber.
Fifteen minutes spent in his head would see most people leap off a tall building I bet.
People including Trump, thinks that US gives a lot of aid to poor countries. Most of US aid goes to Israel, Egypt, Jordan and Pakistan, places like Honduras get peanuts if anything.
Nit pic I know, but conspiring to help cover it up is a response.
trumpâs view of the world:
Punishing Honduras for some of their people (who their govât has absolutely no control over) seeking help = good
Punishing Saudi Arabia for their own govât agents (who their govât had 100% direct control over) murdering a reporter for the Washington Post = bad
The joke here is, does any of this aid even go to projects that benefit the people as opposed to propping up the reign of the increasingly autocratic government and its increasingly oppressive policies?
Of course, to be clear, the shakedown here is of the politicians themselves; Trump assumes heâs threatening their bank accounts directly, not their political support. I doubt he even has a conception of âaidâ going to our own military and security concerns, just one of it being laundered through âdevelopmentâ projects involving golf courses and hotels for the 1%.
The amount of aid that goes to its stated purpose depends on the country and the kind of aid. A fair amount of development and military aid is in-kind, which means we send stuff down there (after paying for it from companies up here). Much of the rest is contracts with aid organizations in more-developed nations. Relatively little is direct deposit of dollars into bank accounts controlled by government officials. (Albeit the aid organizations may be paying âcommissionsâ and âconsulting feesâ to locals, and in-kind stuff can be redirected or sold.)\
But, as you say, itâs Trumpâs personal corruption that makes him imagine all this money simply as a pile of cash given to local politicians.
A well thought-out policy.
ââŚit was unclear what actions Trump had expected from Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez, given that migration is not a crime, and the caravan had already entered Guatemala when he tweeted his warning.â