Damn musk must’ve really hated USAID for opposing apartheid
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川建国 and 马一龙 are doing their jobs to dismantle imperialism from the inside.
Trust the plan, comrades!
tfw JDPON Don and Anti-Apartheid Clyde have done more to combat imperialism than you have. 
Is this effective altruism? You be a big enough Nazi and eventually you can destroy the whole damn thing?
"yes call me, my intern will certainly pass your important message along"
I'm beginning to believe Musk and Trump are actually morons instead of simply malicious bastards playing morons for the camera.
Stupid enough to try to end two of the most effective tools of US imperialism: USAID & NED. Best of all is that libs will loudly cry about it in public, further solidifying the notion that they are "woke" to conservatives.
Let's hope these proposals (and the tariffs) aren't a sham that will be retracted. Otherwise, US hegemony will be over by 2026.
Let's hope these proposals (and the tariffs) aren't a sham that will be retracted. Otherwise, US hegemony will be over by 2026.
Oops. Turns out they were a sham and have been retracted.
nah, both mexico and canada gave concessions. The ones against china are still there.
You know what concessions they made?
Mexico said they sent agents to the border to crack down on stuff. Sounds like a method for the US to save face to me.
They probably sent like, three dudes, Trump won't check.
10000 troops of the mexican army, a large amount for trump to be ordering around
They're going to be stopping a lot of Americans trafficking drugs into the US lol
Of course they're morons lol
I've been saying this the whole time. They are dipshits. No reason to underestimate opposition, but also no reason to create a myth
stopped clock
Cutting off your empire's nose to spite its face
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