• Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml
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    20 hours ago

    usa putting their soft power through the wood chipper. I’m amazed at how short sighted trump’s team is.

    American farmers are going to get screwed. If there is no money for the UN to buy food the market will be over saturated and prices will drop.

    I think the effects of an American pull out will be less significant than the funding numbers. So much of that aid money gets funneled back into the us economy. The interim period while prices and funding gets rebalanced will be rough.

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      42 minutes ago

      it really is an incredible own goal on the soft power front, I was genuinely and surprisingly asked recently by a close friend, whether it has always been like this

      the answer to questions of this type, which many people here should be able to give, should be: yes and

      if i listen intently I can actually still hear jaws hitting the floor in europe – the shock is palpable