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News & Current Events Apr 19, 2026 at 12:21 AM

Diplomatic cables show Iran war is damaging US on multiple fronts across the world

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GodzillaUK 17 hr ago +5691
They don't care. They're manipulating markets and making bank while they can. The only thing that will stop them is holding them accountable and physically taking away their money until they have nothing left but the consequences of their corruption.
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actuallyapossom 16 hr ago +1430
They genuinely care more about profiteering and the potential negative political consequences or media attention than whatever *human lives* or government resources get spent. It's ghoulish. Meanwhile their supporters keep insisting this is about helping the protestors overthrow the regime. lol. China is absolutely loving the easy wins though. Imagine gaming out your path to world super power status and your opposition is potentially on their way to a third term of the Trump admin. It's like taking candy from a baby, on multiple levels.
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xclame 15 hr ago +176
A really interesting thing about this is Trump. Dude is like 5-10 years away from death, so what the hell is the money even going to do? He doesn't give a shit about his children with the exception of Ivanka, so what is the money even for? If the guy was in his 30s-40s even 50s then you know he would have time to enjoy his money and waste it on gold toilet bowl brushes, but he's not, he's not going to get to enjoy his money so wtf is the point.
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fruitybix 15 hr ago +214
Attention. Feeding his ego. Every outrageous tweet that gets shared or riles everyone up is a dopamine hit for him. Every time he watches the stockmarket numbers rise and fall based on his actions. Every dollar he makes at the cost of others feels good to him. Why do most billionairs keep trying to make more money? All of them could retire this afternoon and live happy. For a normal person that grind would be terrible and you would do for a while to make enough money to get out and retire early. For some the game itself is the point.
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vanquishedfoe 10 hr ago +26
I agree with you but sharpening the point: legacy. It's short sighted, but he's embarrassed he's been broke so often he wants to be known as a rich successful businessman and wants a high score before he dies, no matter the cost. Hopefully there's a highly judgemental afterlife
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newsfeed768885 14 hr ago +60
Billionaires aren‘t accumulating money for anything they can buy. They can already buy literally anything. Money is just points and they want to have more points and they really don’t give a shit about anything else. If you are the kind of person that stops trying to get more money once you have anything you want, you stop before you get to billionaire.
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Kittehfisheh 12 hr ago +24
Money is pretty much just listnook karma for billionaires
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XonikzD 15 hr ago +63
He thinks of himself as much younger than he is. There's a lot of childish behavior there that indicates the lack of normally necessary maturing through life. He would've been a wholly different person if he hadn't dodged the draft.
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frackthestupids 15 hr ago +25
We wouldn’t have known about him if he hadn’t dodged. Vietnam had a way to deal with these upstanding people.
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CMDRTragicAllPro 15 hr ago +21
He would have just been dishonourably discharged for a myriad of things long before he saw any fighting.
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actuallyapossom 15 hr ago +18
It's not about spending it. It's power and insulation from legal consequences plus vanity and ego. Trump uses wealth as a metric for success. He's spent his life in those circles, and wants to prove he is *better* than everyone else. Better than Lincoln, Obama, better than every American tycoon and celebrity. The bestest ever anyone has ever seen with tears in their eyes. It's not at all rational, because it's about his feelings.
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jonesey71 12 hr ago +7
I remember an early part of Trump's campaign rallies was whining about how Forbes didn't have him on their Top-10 Billionaires list. It is a fragile ego thing for Trump.
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Jordan_Jackson 14 hr ago +12
I believe that Trump thinks he won’t die. Or he thinks that he still has another 20+ years left before it happens. Trump is just a greedy old pedo, that wants to be rich and feel important.
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Alissinarr 15 hr ago +6
>Dude is like 5-10 years away from death People are estimating months.
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bevelledo 16 hr ago +356
The real w***** is china
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Equivalent-Resort-63 16 hr ago +370
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake" Which is what China is doing.
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xclame 15 hr ago +114
And China was already winning before all of this. Economically people /governments have decided they are okay with dealing with China, it's only really their politics/major human rights abuses that are major deal breakers.
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jobbybob 15 hr ago +167
Well at this point America has their own politics/ major human rights abuses and war crimes… Long story short all of the super powers are bad, it’s just a question about who will be a stable global trade partner.
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ax0r 15 hr ago +56
Yeah. They're both problematic. But at least China is consistent.
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UltraCarnivore 15 hr ago +51
Consistency wins. I mean, "the devil you know" carries a cautionary dimension, but also commercial and diplomatic stability that's hard to pass in times of uncertainty.
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_____WESTBROOK_____ 14 hr ago +14
Just look at how many times the Strait of Vermouth has been opened and closed in the last week…hell, even the last day.
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ClubMeSoftly 14 hr ago +7
That one opens and closes at the whims of the secretary of defense
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CatDogBoogie 14 hr ago +4
Yes. What an impressive display of Trumpistani martini diplomatic diddlings.
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Virtual-Alps-2888 13 hr ago +9
>commercial and diplomatic stability China has been consistently deploying economic coercion against states that work against its interests, from Panama to Lithuania, and more aggressively against Japan, Philippines, Taiwan etc..
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DistanceSolar1449 12 hr ago +3
To be fair, "China beefing with Japan and Taiwan" is nothing if not consistent.
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HollowShel 13 hr ago +11
Call me old fashioned, but when choosing between cruel dictatorships gleefully murdering their own people, I always prefer the one that *hasn't* threatened me lately.
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Theranos_Shill 9 hr ago +1
We don't have a choice. Trumps tarrifs reduced the small amount of exports from New Zealand to the US. China is our big export market, we're economically dependent on China, not the US. The TPP was a counter to that for the democratic Pacific nations, and Trump pulled the US out of that.
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Dear_Chasey_La1n 15 hr ago +50
The other day I read a neat book called Kleptocracy Inc by Anne Applebaum, she is also active on LinkedIn and can anyone highly recommend following her. The geste of the book is how various kleptocracies aren't all that different and neither are their leaders. Trump, Putin, Bibi, Komeini and the likes are all the same, are all out to destroy democracies for their own gain.
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jordyGW 11 hr ago +7
Honestly as a New Zealander I'm beginning to think that China would be a more reliable ally.
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Morgannin09 15 hr ago +19
They don't care how far down they drag the country if they can drag themselves a little higher in it.
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Orangecuppa 14 hr ago +7
> Meanwhile their supporters keep insisting this is about helping the protestors overthrow the regime. lol. Foxnews still mentions the Iran war as a 'rescue operation' like what. For the Pilot? The Pilot that got shot down because of the Iran war in the first place?
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JustTheBeerLight 16 hr ago +89
> take away their money I like that. Let's do it. Cheaters, grifters and frauds shouldn't be allowed to win. There is probably something else that could be taken away from them while we are at it.
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seedless0 15 hr ago +15
Great video explaining their industrialized corruption: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8NUFyxSK1M
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xclame 15 hr ago +12
And physically taking away their ability to do any of this.
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No_Internal9345 14 hr ago +3
Little Vladdy Putin is creaming his pants at how well this is going for him.
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ObviouslyRealPerson 17 hr ago +826
Pretty sure any intelligence professional could have told them about that beforehand. It's only been well known for about 40 years. Kinda the reason why we spend $115 billion on the intelligence community, if Trump would ever bother reading his daily briefings or listening to the IC
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donniedarko5555 16 hr ago +385
Russia paid a lot of money to get a President who won't read his daily briefings
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Boatster_McBoat 14 hr ago +86
Won't? Or can't? Maybe it's a bit of both
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Vier_Scar 12 hr ago +37
It's mostly "can't". He's functionally illiterate, struggling to read and it requires intense focus for him. He hates reading for this reason, and at least part of the reason he gets people to read out everything before handing it to him
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Horoism 14 hr ago +26
You Americans have elected him (and other trash) twice, have billionaires putting in billions to get him elected, and still turn to blame Russia for it instead of cleaning up your own shithole hahahaha Americans are so lost
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dak4f2 14 hr ago +11
Do you not understand how influence operations work on the public. Just look at Brexit and Cambridge Analytica. https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/2020/08/18/publications-report-select-committee-intelligence-united-states-senate-russian-active-measures/
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Horoism 12 hr ago +14
Keep blaming others instead of your own people openly manipulating. That country has no future
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jimbarino 16 hr ago +176
They literally fired the Iran intelligence team the week before. The problem with totalitarian governments is that the focus is on saying what the leader wants to hear, rather than what is actually true. Fascism is deeply dysfunctional.
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greenskinmarch 15 hr ago +30
> The problem with totalitarian governments is that the focus is on saying what the leader wants to hear, rather than what is actually true. Fascism is deeply dysfunctional. Iran's government is much more totalitarian yet still seems to be better at propaganda.
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GrumpySatan 13 hr ago +25
This is sorta the sad thing. A 'good' totalitarian regime (as in, competent/effective) is one in which the Leader isn't sounded with yes men, but loyalists that can be realistic and help to manage the various crises that pop up. They tell the leader the truth and help them craft the lie. A regime that desires stability desires competent people in positions of power. Those that are incompetent are typically replaced or devalued. Its incompetent totalitarian leaders that surround themselves only with sycophants, which leads not only to chaos and incompetence. These tend to fall into chaos because everyone wants the others to fail and there is no true unity. Meanwhile the competent people needed to hold the regime together are alienated or get fed up. This can cause a lot more short-term damage since they lack a long-term plan.
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DudeCanNotAbide 15 hr ago +47
That's because the USA has the most insane leader in the entire world right now.
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jellyhessman 13 hr ago +16
The USA has the most insane leader the world has had in the modern era.
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greenskinmarch 15 hr ago +15
Trump is bad by Western standards but if you actually listen to the Ayatollahs - they're also pretty insane.
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DudeCanNotAbide 15 hr ago +20
No doubt, but in the context of the country they lead it's not THAT insane. For Trump to get away with his bullshit here is a blistering indictment on our society.
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giggityfoo 15 hr ago +17
The difference between other authoritarians and Trump is the fact that he's a moron. They're all more brutal than Trump ( for now ) but they're also a lot smarter.
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UltrafastFS_IR_Laser 11 hr ago +6
Iran's government structure isn't focused around one central figure. There's many people actually running the government and they are all discussing with each other. Over here we have the cheeto doing whatever he wants and everyone too f****** coward to stop him.
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Hallonbat 13 hr ago +7
Remember during his first time when he had trouble paying attention during briefings, so the only way to keepnhim interested was to include him in the briefings somehow. I can't imagine it's become better.
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Old-School8916 17 hr ago +1785
>U.S. embassies have been instructed not to create original content about the Iran war to share publicly and instead are largely limited to reposting approved messaging from the White House or the State Department headquarters online, according to a U.S. diplomat and other documents obtained by POLITICO. meanwhile Iran is agile AF with its messaging.
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ALifeWellLift 17 hr ago +829
Even then, the "approved messaging" is mostly deranged 1AM toilet tweets. I'd question any leader who *isn't* reevaluating their relationship at this point.
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xclame 15 hr ago +70
> I'd question any leader who isn't reevaluating their relationship at this point. Truer words have never been said.
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LystAP 16 hr ago +73
Well, doesn’t help that the U.S. basically [fired](https://www.npr.org/2025/06/20/nx-s1-5440496/voice-of-america-job-cuts-layoffs-kari-lake) most of its messaging apparatus last year. Because woke or something. > Senior White House adviser Kari Lake issued mass layoff notices Friday to 639 employees of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the federal outlet which owns the Voice of America and through which Congress directs money for other government-funded international networks, such as Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Radio Free Asia.
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ShoulderPast2433 11 hr ago +16
Radio free Europe was a big thing in commie Poland. People were listening to it in secret, even though they government tried to block the transmission.
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klaagmeaan 13 hr ago +10
China is happily filling that void. In s couple of years Americans are crying 'why does the world hate us?' again. The answer will be: because you are stupid. Stupidity is celebrated in the US now. It is painful to watch.
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jqman69 17 hr ago +348
Iran's social media team was one of the biggest surprises
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PrinceoR- 17 hr ago +295
The US and Israel successfully decapitated the Iranian propaganda machine... Unfortunately for them that just freed all the young, pro regime propagandists in Iran to do whatever they want without requiring someone to monitor and approve their memes.
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HardlyW0rkingHard 14 hr ago +56
As an Iranian, let me tell you... it is so disheartening seeing nobody give a shit about the fact that Iran is without any internet connection yet there are hundreds of videos coming out Iran showing "Iran after the war" (in 4k).... Iran has been without Internet for more than half of 2026.
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Abbx 13 hr ago +18
I made a post on this just a couple hours ago. It needs to be talked about more. Their voices need to come back.
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Dear-Leopard-590 16 hr ago +113
The U.S.-Israeli initiative has led to diesel prices of 2.10 euros per liter.
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starone7 15 hr ago +54
The Trump regime has cost me over 15k in the first year and I’m not even American. It’s not their stupid tariff policies either it’s market losses, and uncertainty. Add gas prices this year to our busy season and that’s likely to be a bigger number next year.
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brighterside0 15 hr ago +39
I pay $1100 per month for health insurance now. F*** Trump.
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rbnlegend 15 hr ago +32
For those of us in the US, that's $9.35 per gallon. Many Americans don't understand how c**** our gas is. At one point in my life gas in the US was at 0.17 euros per liter. I mean, yes, I know I'm old, but still...
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vba7 16 hr ago +35
They do what they can to support Russia and to weaken Europe / Japan / Australia / South Korea and rest of the world
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Iincite 16 hr ago +26
Heyy you gotta know my fellow Americans genuinely do not give a f*** and have no clue about the world. Idk what to do , even our centrist news stations do not mention how we are taxing EVERY ONE.
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lonehorse1 16 hr ago +14
Are you kidding, this has been all over the news and the American people are pissed.
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Silly_Rub_6304 15 hr ago +14
Which news? Because if Fox isn't covering it, then half of America doesn't know.
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r64fd 15 hr ago +6
$3.19/l from between $1.70 to $1.90 here in Australia.
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KP_Wrath 14 hr ago +6
It’s like the really scary thing about Trump: there is someone, somewhere in the GOP, who is worse, and smarter about it.
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totalwarwiser 16 hr ago +9
With sick AI prompt video creation.
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Murbela 14 hr ago +17
Is it? We've seen signs of Iran's PR campaigns for a long time. I think the big surprise is how bad the USA government has been at messaging to the world, its allies and its people. It is like Trump doesn't even care about even trying to justify the war or get people to support it. Even though i don't support trump or the war, it still confuses me that he isn't trying to get public support for the war. I think for years now we've been finding that democracies (not just USA) are extremely vulnerable to foreign influence. Iran isn't stupid. China isn't stupid. Russia isn't stupid. If China hypothetically invaded Taiwan tomorrow, we would be seeing an even more massive media influence campaign. We saw this a ton with Russia's war on Ukraine. Why shoot a missile at an arms shipment if you can convince the country sending it to not send it at all for pennies on the dollar?
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SecureDonkey 16 hr ago +11
Probably borrowed from China or Russia.
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SannySen 16 hr ago +24
How's it a surprise?  They've been dominating social media with propaganda for years now.  Have you been on listnook?
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MaybeTheDoctor 16 hr ago +23
Always assumed they were Russians
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Weird_Priority_9119 17 hr ago +100
Iran and Russia both outmatch America in informational warfare by magnitudes. Having a president who holds onto a 20th century concept of war probably isn't helping.
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Maloninho 17 hr ago +161
Our president is arguably the result if their informational warfare capabilities.
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binzoma 16 hr ago +75
bingo. brexit and trump may be looked at historically as little boy and fat man
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2796Matt 16 hr ago +10
A lot of it Russian too
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MentalDisintegrat1on 16 hr ago +67
China is winning over everyone they just sit back do nothing and are scooping up all our former allies we fucked over with trade wars. China is going to be the next world power and I f****** hate to say it but XI is the adult in the room.
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ledorky 16 hr ago +55
Going to be? They already have been a world power for at least a decade. I would argue China's soft power exceeds the US already. If you asked the average Canadian right now, who is a more reliable partner, China would win at the moment.
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AromaticPicks 16 hr ago +8
Since Trump went through great lengths dismantling US soft power all over the world by killing off USAID you may be very well right. The only big long term problem China has is that they have absolutely terminal demographics which is probably why they massively invest into the development of robotics. Time will tell if China collapses or turns into a futuristic humanoid robot worker society.
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turdferg1234 14 hr ago +4
If I'm not mistaken, they literally can't be the world power because of their lack of ability to do things all around the globe. And I am legitimately asking, what happened to their belt and road initiative? That was how they were going to become the superpower, but I haven't seen much about that lately.
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JustinScott47 16 hr ago +9
"But our hot-air balloons will drop dozens of leaflets in English that are pro-US!"
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Key-Rough-8346 17 hr ago +41
Seems like we are the authoritarian regime here given how controlled the narrative is on our side.
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_evilalien_ 17 hr ago +28
Not the first indicator, is it?
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Jsmith0730 17 hr ago +450
Isolationism is the point.
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saulsa_ 17 hr ago +163
Like being in an abusive relationship. Isolate the victim from their support system.
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Odd_Ostrich6038 16 hr ago +89
After ending an abusive relationship in January 2020, it's been a wild ride watching the entire country succumb to this.
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tincanner5 16 hr ago +24
I hope you're doing better than ever and that you're thriving. It might not mean much from an Internet stranger, but please, rest easy knowing that I'm rooting for you and that you're fantastic just the way you are!
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Odd_Ostrich6038 16 hr ago +9
What a kind thing to say! I'm doing so well now, and hope the same for you ❤️
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saulsa_ 15 hr ago +5
You've accomplished a monumental task! Good for you!
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hetero-scedastic 14 hr ago +12
That would be fine if it didn't directly contradict wishing to be "great". The contradiction is suicide for the USA, and annoyingly might take much of the rest of the world with it.
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Flat_Ad1094 14 hr ago +48
WEll Trump was already trashing the USA and taking it down down down in reputation and status. Now this WAR? Reputation wise? The USA is on it's knees. Reality is the most of the world is freakin furious at the USA for starting this war and that is obvious by NOT ONE other western nation (except for Israel) getting involved. In fact openly NOT getting involved. Trump is the best thing that has happened to China in 80 years. China is looking damn fabulous now. Trump is truly destroying the USA and STILL blind MAGA idiots think he knows what he's doing and is fabulous. Mind boggling to us all. The stupid leading the more stupid.
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Maverick_1882 13 hr ago +10
Preach it, brother! In all seriousness, every citizen of any other democracy can plainly see Trump is both an idiot and has dementia. The fact that his own party doesn’t have the stones to stand up to him means everyone is being blackmailed or there’s a secret “Proud Boys” police who are taking justice into their own hands.
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Hyperion1144 15 hr ago +81
If you think Trump isn't a Russian agent, then what would he be doing differently if he was?
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Aflockofants 12 hr ago +28
He may look up to Putin but he’s not literally an agent. All this is saying is that you guys cannot fathom having destroyed your country all by yourselves by electing a narcissistic dumbass. Sure many things he does are good for Russia too, but make no mistake, Trump is only in it for himself, and he seems to be getting away with every single thing he can think of, including starting a war to get rich himself through market manipulation and direct attention away from the Epstein scandal.
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hypnosquid 9 hr ago +1
Conservatives literally don't give a single f***. Ask any conservative about any of this and they will say one or more of these things: 1. Whatabout Biden 2. Russia Russia Russia 3. Epstein is a hoax 4. But Trump closed the borders 5. I don't give a single f*** about anyone by myself 6. Hillary called us a mean name once 7. Herp Derp TDS
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__Yakovlev__ 11 hr ago +6
Amazing how people still don't understand the difference between an agent and an asset.  To answer your question. If he was an agent he wouldn't have kicked out Maduro nor started this Iran war in the first place.
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Joingojon2 17 hr ago +775
No shit. The USA has alienated itself under Trump. Nobody other than Russia want's anything to do with the USA at this point. It doesn't take "diplomatic cables" to recognise this. It's common knowledge.
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CCCP85 17 hr ago +213
And Russia is only in it to use Trump to their advantage. I will never understand the morons who voted this piece of shit in.
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Joingojon2 17 hr ago +66
I'd love to know what Putin has on Trump i know he visited Russia and Putin before he got into politics, and it's pretty obvious the Russian FSB recorded everything that went on, and Trump was naive and let his guard down back then. But i'd love to know what they have on him. They obviously have something substantial.
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TanneriteTed 16 hr ago +15
I've been saying for years its not a "Pee Tape." Its a "P Tape." As in, "Pedophile."
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Hail-Hydrate 11 hr ago +4
Probably along those lines, though given the response to the whole Epstein situation i'm not even sure *that* would affect his voterbase that much. There are already large swathes of that demographic saying the age of consent is too high. I'm pretty sure the russians have footage of him f****** *and* killing a child. Given some of the epstein shit we know he was in proximity to, it wouldnt be a stretch to find out he got "carried away" and choked a child to death or something along those lines. Problem is, we're only going to find out when Trump's no longer of use to the russians. He'll have done all the damage he can by then.
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tatofarms 16 hr ago +35
It's money. His family borrowed a lot of money from the Kremlin and Russian oligarchs. [https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/12/21/how-russian-money-helped-save-trumps-business/](https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/12/21/how-russian-money-helped-save-trumps-business/)
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CryptoThroway8205 16 hr ago +16
Yeah Trump's been friendly with Russians for decades.
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red_planet_smasher 16 hr ago +17
Pretty sure Putin is connected to Trump via Epstein
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Joingojon2 16 hr ago +17
Facts. Honestly i think the only thing Putin could have over Trump is what you are implying. Because he's already a known adulterer. I think Putin probably provided him some Russian underage girl and had it recorded. And he probably couldn't believe his luck Trump was so stupid. There isn't anything else that would make Tump bend over to Russia so flagrantly. It's quite easy to read between the lines i guess.
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Inner-Examination-27 16 hr ago +17
I believe Trump is deeply involved with money laundering for the Russian mafia and they have him by the balls. There was a lot of Russian money flowing thru his bankrupt businesses in the 80s and 90s when Trump was also taking his shady AF pageant competition to Russia.
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BoppityBop2 16 hr ago +7
No, Epstein hate Putin, and is a Mossad spy based on all the information we know. The issue is Russia has very close ties to Israel and intelligence community for some weird reason where alot of info is shared between both groups.
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red_planet_smasher 16 hr ago +3
He has to like him to use him?
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BoppityBop2 16 hr ago +4
Actually alot of the info showed Epstein supported the Ukraine Maiden protest against the Russian aligned government. Epstein info is more likely to move through Israel to Russia via Mossad than Epstein sending info to Mossad. Though he did work with Russian billionaires that is likely as quid quo pro for goods and services in exchange for other stuff. 
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NvidiaFuckboy 15 hr ago +6
Trump voters would eat dog shit just to make a liberal smell their breath
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Euler007 16 hr ago +27
Just this week Lutnick said Canada sucks. Not a random shock jock in a second tier city, the US commerce secretary.
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SMTTajWAR 17 hr ago +38
Russia has been supplying Iran with intel and weapons. The so called friendship between USA and Russia is just a friendship between Trump and Putin. And Putin here is undermining the US, while Trump is undermining Ukraine, Nato and now, the GCC. So this friendship is just a ruse by Putin to get what he wants.
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5GCovidInjection 16 hr ago +23
More like Trump is Putin’s b**** and it’s a completely one sided relationship
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SMTTajWAR 16 hr ago +9
Let’s be frank here, Trump doesn’t really care if US is undermined or even destroyed as long as he can fill his pockets. As evil as Putin and Trump’s other friend Netanyahu are, both of them are ideologically driven to expand their empires. Yes, they are driving their countries to the path of destruction but, you could see they still try to preserve and strengthen their nations. Trump has shown no such interest and is acting as a mafia don undermining his own country and empire for short term personal gain.
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Cajun_Canadian 17 hr ago +38
I agree, It’s painfully obvious what’s happening out there.
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Brusion 16 hr ago +136
They simply don't listen to to the CIA or the military anymore. This was an incredible source of power for the United States, It doesn't make sense, it's as if this administration is purposely destroying US power. But's it's not that. It's that they are idiots.
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Kageru 16 hr ago +47
I was going to use the "why not both?" meme, but it is actually beyond obvious it is both. They are keen to tie the US to a rough alliance of convenience with the autocrats of the world but are also beyond incompetent and keen to fire anyone who points it out.
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Brusion 15 hr ago +14
Yes, I mean, Trump does do what's best for Putin. Over and over. With promptness.
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smltor 16 hr ago +18
This is where I am struggling, they all look like absolute f****** idiots but they are achieving what talented hardworking people never achieved. My day to day is just cognitive dissonance alleviated by booze. Mostly I hate being old; my legs don't work, I have to sleep in the proper position, I can't lift as much or train as hard. It f****** sucks. But then I go "oh they're going to kill us all and at least I had a bit of fun before they did". Must really f****** suck for young people to be facing this.
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reddit_user13 15 hr ago +9
My beef is that it will take 50 years (or more) for the US to recover and I won’t live long enough to see it.
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Oldnbold22 17 hr ago +353
Netanyahu's son is on a beach in Florida while American boys are fighting Iran for him. 
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OB1KENOB 17 hr ago +50
I read your comment way too fast and thought you said “Netanyahu’s a son of a b****” I guess what your wrote means the same thing tho
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Sieve-Boy 17 hr ago +14
I concur with both interpretations and you could probably add a few more.
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SmegmaWarrior0815 17 hr ago +84
I still don't have a clue as to why the US is defending Israel no matter what. I suck at history.
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intoned 14 hr ago +7
Because the politicians fear losing their job if they go against the Israel lobby. They pay them well to not talk about it.
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SkylarAV 17 hr ago +75
The epstein files was their honeypot scheme. They have the videos of trump going full Caligula. The Russian just have standard corruption and a few piss tapes. Once you understand this, you can begin to understand the current international situation.
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TheMadTemplar 17 hr ago +77
While this may possibly be true, it's also a nonsense answer. The US has been beholden to Israeli agendas for 60 years now. The current international situation has origins going back long before Trump.
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SkylarAV 16 hr ago +36
They have asked every president since Reagan to attack Iran. They all flat out refused.
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idontmindglee 15 hr ago +21
Yeahh the commenter before you REALLY over simplifies the situation. America and Israel have always been allies, but it hasn't always been warm and cozy, or this clear cut. They certainly havent ALWAYS done what Israel wants them to do. For instance after 9/11, America used the help of Iran in many ways against the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan, which really ticked off the Israelis but Bush did it anyway which led to Israel lashing out at him and accusing him of abandoning them. They also lobbied for America to invade Iran instead of Iraq in 2003, and only supported the Iraq invasion after they realized America was going to do what it wanted to do regardless. Point being, America has not always been controlled by Israel. The more you read about the history the more you realize that. Whether or not it is right now and whether or not this particular administration is beholden to them for some reason, well, that's open to interpretation.
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big-snarling-moose 17 hr ago +6
And if they did release some horrible videos it would be called Fake News/AI slop and be forgotten about in a few days.
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technobrendo 16 hr ago +11
His supporters will go and figure out a way to allow it too. *Well she's 12, it's not like she's a baby or something*
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Majestic-Attitude615 16 hr ago +5
yikes - they could probably write a bill lowering the age of consent - and it might actually go through - I wonder how far away we could be from that happening - as it seems far-fetched -(and gross) - but everything seems far-fetched - and would he even lose any percentage in the polls as a result - that's how bad it is now...
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AlaKolas 17 hr ago +20
Israel supporters fund politicians in both parties. It’s political quid pro quo.
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hawkweasel 15 hr ago +3
Maybe he has bone spurs.
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greenman5252 17 hr ago +78
So Trump is destroying our standing in the world community.
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island-roamer 17 hr ago +102
past tense is more appropriate IMO - standing is **GONE**
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JayBird1138 15 hr ago +27
Indeed. The damage this time is so severe it will take generations to remedy. And that is if USA changed its ways. There is no sign they will.
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BearButts909 17 hr ago +38
and you collectively chose him to represent you, and make decisions for you *downvote away, was it a different population who did it? Clean up your mess
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Old_Leather_Sofa 14 hr ago +25
I'm not American and I have to agree that, like it or not, Americans let this happen. Are letting this happen. I feel sorry for those of you that did vote against him but, damn, can't you guys try harder to get rid of him?
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Sweatytubesock 16 hr ago +28
Trump was always going to loot the taxpayers while destroying the country. But this is what MAGA voters demanded.
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Groentekroket 14 hr ago +15
I don’t care about your country. Your country voted for the shithead so you need to deal with it. What is way worse is that this idiot is f****** up the world(economy).  That m*********** is affecting me economically and if this shit is not fixed soon my job is on the line. 
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Djeheuty 14 hr ago +10
Don't think we needed diplomatic cables to guess this, but its nice to have them to prove it.
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t_25_t 16 hr ago +37
Let’s see. * USA attacks a sovereign country on the orders of “another country”; * USA has no back up plan; * USA disses all their allies; * Iran might have lost their leader but was able to inflict mass economic pain on the world.
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Thagyr 15 hr ago +28
When all this is over Trump and co will be billions richer and the US even more reviled on the world stage for electing the baboon. Whole world is suffering in a market manipulation tactic.
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mattjf22 15 hr ago +29
Republicans f****** suck
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Consistent-Study-287 16 hr ago +20
Step 1: shut down radio free Asia Step 2: start a war without any messaging Step 3: realize you no longer have your propaganda networks available Step 4: ??? Step 4: Profit! (at least for the ones at the top)
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ne1c4n 17 hr ago +5
10 says Trump gets rid of diplomatic cables next.. diplomats too probably.
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dextercho83 15 hr ago +7
You don't need diplomatic cables to figure that out.
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GabeDef 15 hr ago +6
Russia got their wish. Too bad there isn’t another party to hold anyone in this corrupt administration accountable. Everyone seems to be corrupted.
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mike194827 15 hr ago +6
Putin couldn't be any happier so far with his investment.
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azhawkeyeclassic 14 hr ago +6
The headline should be “the US GOP party is damaging the US on multiple fronts, they also like to protect pedos”
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real_light_sleeper 13 hr ago +6
America First was always going to end with America Alone.
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Free_Account9372 13 hr ago +5
Americans living/working overseas pay a price for regime greed. 
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RaDiOaCtIvEpUnK 11 hr ago +7
To be fair the US has been doing pretty good at that even before the war.
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rustoren 15 hr ago +18
They voted for a guy who bankrupted a c*****, did they really expect wonderful things to happen!
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planetarybum 14 hr ago +5
Not only that, he jumped from middling businessman to president in one jump. No military background, no experience in politics. Most leaders rise through the ranks, proving their capabilities along the way. It's like appointing the intern to CEO
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MrFunktasticc 17 hr ago +22
Y'all needed diplomatic cables for this information?
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WarmCryptographer897 14 hr ago +5
But thats the policy of the US administration. Tank the economy, buy up everything from desperate population and stuff all the assets into a sovereign fund that can be wielded as a weapon and bonus skim off rhe top.
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All_Hail_Hynotoad 12 hr ago +6
We didn’t need diplomatic cables to know that
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HedyLamaar 12 hr ago +5
Trump and Kegsbreath didn’t think any of this Iran situation through. Two stupid men playing with soldiers lives.
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Euclidisthebomb 11 hr ago +10
Many if not most in the Trump core team and support network are isolationists at heart. So the fact Trump with support from them is blowing up all of America's longstanding relationships is not a bad outcome. It is a good outcome. Furthermore many of the same are paleoconservatives. In their view America is the Hunger Games equivalent of "Capital" and the rest of the world are the outlying districts. Reinforced in their mind by the size of their economy. They also believe(d) their military might was overwhelming and no one else could hold a candle to their war tools. Delusion is a powerful drug. Especially when combined with narcissism.
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urbanek2525 16 hr ago +11
It's not surprising that a government that thinks it's batter than every other country in the world is alienating every other country. The US treats all other country as "The Help" (and that's meant in the most demeaning way possible). The entire Trump cult absolutely thinks the USA stands alone and can do whatever it wants with no consequences. That message will circle the globe and give every enemy the leverage they need to wedge every advantage.
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FixedFun1 15 hr ago +3
Trump would destroy the world if he thinks that would make him the hero.
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morerelativebacons 15 hr ago +4
I don't need any diplomatic cables to tell me that
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Hamstaaboy 15 hr ago +5
Common sense works too but its in very short supply these days
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KeyAny3800 15 hr ago +4
Are these like fibre cables under the sea?
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Masark 14 hr ago +3
In this context, a cable is a message between diplomats or consular representatives and the government they represent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomatic_cable
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count_of_crows 13 hr ago +3
America doesn't care because in its position of power and soft power it's been able to ignore the rest of the world for a long time, but once it loses that it can be real issue. Take a look at the difference between the UK before at left the EU and its position in the world after bricks it
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Mac62961 9 hr ago +4
Hmm and who cut aid, voice of america, etc etc etc
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Strange-Luck-5786 16 hr ago +7
We are all complete laughing stock.
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Mrs_SmithG2W 16 hr ago +9
It’s almost like being and choosing a willfully ignorant unethical blow hard as a nation’s leader has negative consequences. Go figure.
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AliceLunar 15 hr ago +6
Yeah I wonder why, the whole world is subjected to America's antics and their choice to elect this pedophile, again, and we're all witnessing this clown show where there is more flip-flopping going on than at a fish o*** with no actual goal and no progress being made at all. And if that isn't bad enough, they dropped support for Ukraine a year ago and settled for profiteering from a war on the borders of Europe and NATO, paid by them as well, whilst complaining about them not helping him in his stupid Iran war, and then they're actively lifting restrictions on Russia, the one who is waging war on European/NATO borders, the one is directly helping Iran in the war against them.. like what the actual f***.
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onelasteffort13 15 hr ago +3
Common sense = diplomatic cables
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Zealousideal_Yak_671 15 hr ago +3
"Exorbitant privilege" and "perceived exceptionalism" the interconnected concepts describing the United States' unique position in the global economy and its self-perception on the world stage, stemming from the US dollar's status as the dominant international reserve currency and the soft diplomacy of its projected power. Fair play to the man Donald, he is ending it quicker than anyone including Putin, thought possible.
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cecepoint 15 hr ago +3
Don’t need no secret cables to get that info
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Bluefeelings 15 hr ago +3
The rich profit from a crippled state.
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Anal-buttsex 13 hr ago +3
Republicans and their voters are ok with us suffering “in the short term” so don’t expect a reasonable response. Just wait til 2028 when they try to dodge the Trump questions similar to how they suddenly hate George bush 
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RaspberryBirdCat 13 hr ago +3
Were diplomatic cables necessary here to tell us this? Or maybe the true story here is that the diplomatic corps still has common sense in it?
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Exact_Green2061 9 hr ago +3
The rising anti-sentiment in Indonesia has more to do with rising anti-Israeli sentiment, because Israel was responsible for killing 2 out 3 Indonesian peacekeepers in Lebanon a few weeks ago.
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Ultra_Metal 17 hr ago +39
This is misleading clickbait. The article only talks about 3 countries but the headline makes it seem like it's the entire world.
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giggityfoo 14 hr ago +5
well it's politico. it's a tabloid and they're citing some "diplomatic cables they have obtained" which may or may not exist. but tbh, USA has lost a lot of soft power in the last months. Alienating allies and the Iran fiasco which only makes them stronger not weaker. I am not sure gulf states still have a lot of faith in the USA right now.
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Acrobatic-Wasabi6172 17 hr ago +11
But noteing that Azerbaijan is one of those three says alot itself.
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Consistent-Theory681 15 hr ago +4
Really? The US is damaging itself globally all by itself way more than Iran is.
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totallyRebb 15 hr ago +4
Just as Putin ( and likely Xi ) ordered. The Krasnov administration are all good boys and girls.
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JohnBPrettyGood 15 hr ago +5
Trump seems to be driving the USA into the ground It's almost like Putin is giving him instructions
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Sparky-Man 10 hr ago +6
All this because nobody could be bothered to teach Trump the meaning of actual consequences once over the past 80 years.
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penny-wise 10 hr ago +5
All this because Republicans in congress are cowards.
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sylinmino 17 hr ago +19
The three countries listed for evidence are: >Bahrain, Azerbaijan and Indonesia We really gonna make a statement about the standing across the world by those three?
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shaolinoli 16 hr ago +21
Britain here, us, and most of Europe view your country, having voted in the current paedo loving, fascist administration for the second time, as honourless, ignorant, untrustworthy pieces of dog shit. I don’t think we’re alone, which is why all of us are working hard to decouple ourselves from American interests as quickly as possible. 
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Scottdg93 16 hr ago +15
Canada has a reason or two to be upset.
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shaolinoli 16 hr ago +6
We’re with you brother 
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sofa_king_awesome 16 hr ago +6
That is by design. It is Trump’s ultimate goal. Along with stealing as much $ as possible.
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Julian_Thorne 16 hr ago +6
This is very believable, given the pathetic state of the Epstein regime and its Oompa-loompa poster boy. Having said that, Iran murders protesters. They are evil too. Israel is evil too. There are no good-guys in this conflict.
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rbnlegend 15 hr ago +4
No good guys, and no one will win.
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Crissyshine 15 hr ago +4
DUHHHHH. Why is America so submissive to white supremacy? Literally everyone and everything is better without it
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