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Much less body itch. As itchy as ever that Trump should be gone, and that Trumpism should dissipate.
There are good social democracy models America should be more looking at. Even Australia.

It is more than clear now DOGE going after USAID

With Trump undoing years of progress, can the US salvage its Pacific Islands strategy?
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The second Trump administration has gutted key international development agencies .. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/10/trump-fires-usaid-overseas-employees , with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Millennium Challenge Corporation shuttered.
P - More than mere symbols, these agencies were tools of statecraft, facilitating Washington’s capacity to compete with China’s “no questions asked” development model. Their removal leaves a vacuum, which Beijing will happily fill.
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at less than 1% of the US budget was not a responsible cost cutting exercise but an ignorantly
shortsighted, heartless isolationist effort, serving more to impress Trump's base than much else.