So finding waste, fraud, and abuse is bad. Got it. Ending wars is bad. Got it. Ending hiring practices based on race and personal characteristics is bad. Got it.
I have no problem with correcting fraud and abuse, I hate wasting tax payer money.
As well my own family has lost positions/promotions, as have I because of the bad part of DEI policies.
So make no mistake that is not my point at all.
USAID was an instrument of soft power so lets not pretend this is just about cutting waste and fraud, USA is seeking to preserve its hegemony and rather than enter the developing new world order as a partner, it is seeking to preserve its status but this is typical of dying empires and usually they do not go down without a fight and it typically causes a lot of damage.
This is the path we are on, of this I have no doubt, as Trump seeks to impose tarriffs on an ally with whom there really is no trade imbalance except for oil.
Fentanyl an excuse.
So many reasons to be optimistic breaking out. The sins of America should be corrected, but this was not going to happen with the status quo.
Correction of some sins, yes, but continue on the same path and worse in other ways, once a leader starts to undermine the democratic principles and structures of a government, restoration is not likely.
I am with Amy Coney Barrett who glared at Trump because she knows, she can see below the surface rhetoric.
It is the actions which matter.