President Donald Trump has signed an executive order temporarily suspending all U.S. foreign assistance programs for 90 days pending reviews to determine whether they are aligned with his policy goals.
  • BombOmOm@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    11 hours ago

    The good news is, the executive order, is specifically about development assistance. The vast, vast majority of US aid to Ukraine does not fall under this category.

    Sec. 3. (a) 90-day pause in United States foreign development assistance…

        • BetaBlake@lemmy.world
          162·
          15 hours ago

          Oh looks it’s you again, just making all sorts of dumb statements all day long. Damn keep prepping those excuses for the next 4 years, you’re gonna be busy

        • MrMakabar@slrpnk.netEnglish
          161·
          16 hours ago

          If Russia wins, they will we see the mass murder from Bucha all over Ukraine. Since Russias war goal is to conquer all of Ukraine, we are going to see that on a much larger scale. For Ukraine that means defeat means death and fighting means probable death, but a chance of making it out alive. So Ukraine will fight to the end with or without aid.

          Russia is only going to negotiate, if it believes that victory is impossible, so making a deal is cheaper then continueing the fight. That is obvious, as Russia started the war itself. That is why sending aid is a good idea. If Russia believes that conquering all of Ukraine is too expensive, a deal becomes cheaper then continueing the war.

            • Pup Biru@aussie.zoneEnglish
              11·
              15 hours ago

              ceasefire in this case absolutely hurts ukraine… russia has manufacturing capability and time allows them to replenish their supplies. time does nothing to help ukraine, unless their foreign allies are manufacturing arms for them in the same way russia will be

              it’d be amazing to see an end to the war, but don’t kid yourself: a ceasefire gives russia an asymmetric advantage

    • PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk
      31·
      14 hours ago

      …but then how will you build more bombs to destroy the weapons factory???//

      #WarParadox

      edit: the more I think of this post made in absolute facetiousness, the more I think it’s actually a heavily reductive view of how the world actually works 😢

  • letsgo@lemm.eeEnglish
    36·
    14 hours ago

    Kicking Russia out of Ukraine:

    Does it make America safer?

    Yes because Russia will have learnt the hard way that invading other countries doesn’t result in less NATO on their borders and doesn’t increase their own security.

    Does it make America stronger?

    Yes because it strengthens your alliance with Europe, and increases NATO by another country with a recent battle tested and proven military.

    Does it make America more prosperous?

    Yes because there is a massive amount of rebuilding needing doing in Ukraine.

    Of course Putin’s bumchum Trump might have a different take on all this, especially if he’s been staring too much into Putin’s palantir.