Moses

Fortunately, yes. That's why Russia has already sent 5 planes with humanitarian aid and 450 professional rescuers. And what did France, Germany, Britain, Italy and the rest of the "free world" do? "With thoughts and prayers..."? What world are they in? The one where they create a "Peace Fund" to raise money for weapons?

Do you see word "article" in my post?

And US is still fattiest nation.

Trump does logical things: Johnson in 1965 made the same - "Chicken tariff"

This crap does exactly what I wrote, why else these manufacturing plants are located on US soil and not in China with cheap labor?

Nope. Trump's tariffs exactly about that: they forcing foreign local companies to move manufacturing plants form "donors countries" to US soil and "enrich" citizens of US.

Trump faces a choice: either he sends these commands to the junta, since only the junta's territory is safe, and immediately comes under fire from the leftists for helping the dictatorial regime, or he does nothing and still comes under fire from the same leftists for inaction. The second option is cheaper and less risky. Again: common sense.

I also use credit cards during the grace period when traveling, and during this time the capital is turned into investments or lies in deposits at %% this is an obvious practice. But that was not the question

My soft spot is common sense. If a family doesn't have enough money, then either income must be increased or expenses must be reduced. The state increases income through taxes. Does anyone here want to advise Trump to increase taxes in USA for to keep distribution of HIV-drugs in Jakarta?

Since when Mask is working in NIH?

It's also funny that the British Guardian writes about what Trump is doing in the US and doesn't write a word about what's happening on British soil, about the horrors of the healthcare system with queues lasting several months. It seems to me that this is also an element of propaganda, promoting the agenda of the British government, and a distraction from the problems "underfoot".

What I see from news NIH cuts 450 mln from $3.953 billion of US HIV research budget. And not just cuts, but cuts specifically 145 grants. Are you sure, what specialists made wrong choice and journalist made right choice in criticizing? But most I wonder: why title of this thread is named "Trump kills..." - it is pure speculation and leftist propaganda.

As usual: when you have no arguments, you helplessly switching to me and Russia.

Weak argument: for 200 years in the US, slavery was also popular business (at least in some states), need we continue? You and I both know that USAID was not doing charity, but spreading soft power. Well, here it is: the money ran out. You probably help the guys in Thailand as much as you can. But what will you do when the money runs out? Take out a loan to help?

You do realize that this is a comparison of the president to a crisis manager, and not a message about Trump regulating toilet paper costs?

I understand the feelings of people in Jakarta, but shouldn't the Indonesian government be concerned about its citizens? Why should a US taxpayer pay for medicine all over the world? Now you will write to me that I am defending Trump (whom I have repeatedly called an orange clown on the pages of this forum), but I must say that Trump is taking logical steps from an economic point of view - he is pulling the US out of the whirlpool of bankruptcy. Already, the cost of servicing the US national debt is greater than the cost of defense. Already, rating agencies are skeptical about the US's ability to pay off the national debt. For several years now, the US Treasury has been sounding the alarm because the money in the state treasury is running out noticeably before the end of the financial year, and the parliament is raising the debt ceiling every time. If something buries the US, it will be the national debt and the inability to service it. And the most vulnerable spot is the transition of international trade to alternative currencies. And the most vulnerable spot is the transition of international trade to alternative currencies, which was sharply stimulated by the sanctions of Joe Alzheimer and only in the last 5 years the share of the yuan in international trade has grown 4 times, and only in 2024 - two times. The yuan is already ahead of the Swiss franc and it is not long before it will overtake the British pound. The Global South's gradual abandonment of US dollar settlements, the reduction of these countries' reserves in Fed depository receipts, and the sharp increase in gold reserves are all very alarming signals. Personally, I think that Trump and Musk are saving the US economy. Well, or at least they are declaring the right direction of movement: the US is now in a situation where the country needs crisis managers. Nobody likes them, they are firing hundreds and cutting companies' spending on coffee and toilet paper, but the companies are surviving.

Well, manufacturer of metal has roots not in China, but in India. https://tracxn.com/d/legal-entities/thailand/xin-ke-yuan-steel-company-limited/__M9pvJJttj_z-SKcYFLHrHdpeJs_uCHYh-TERmD4G4sE

It can't be predicted. Especially, in that case: Thai had no idea what tensions are in Myanmar underground. And wave from epicenter has speed from 6 and up to 15 km per sec. Btw Mandalay and Bangkok only 750 km. Wave reached Bangkok form 30 up to 120 seconds. Thai seismo-sensors got signal a the same time, as wave arrived to Bangkok.

CR10EG is a part of China Railway Group, #256 of 2000 largest companies in World. https://www.forbes.com/lists/global2000/

Why it should be dangerous?

If you really need a conspiracy theory, you should think not about the fact that the documents could show a lack of materials, but about the fact that they could show something extra, like spy caches, antenna arrays, etc. In the 90s, the United States was forced to demolish a new, newly built embassy building in Moscow when it turned out that the metal reinforcement in the walls was laid in such a way that it not only strengthened the walls, but also amplified and transmitted all the radiation from phones and computers to the outside, and it was practically impossible to shield it. The building was built by a Russian company hired by the US government. Then this building was completely demolished and rebuilt by an American company.

This doesn't make sense - because unlike papers, you can't take the materials away. And no matter what papers the Chinese carry, if the materials in the ruins are unusable, as written above, then the reason is clear. And as for the papers - these are definitely conspiracy theories. The papers are made before construction, they are not diaries of "how we built it wrong". No one in their right mind would document their violations. Or do you really think that the construction manager kept records there like "today I replaced one metal with another"? If this company had double construction accounting, it was not on the construction site, but in the office, and most likely in China.

Sure, why not? I'm sure, there are a lot of such rusty iron in Ukrainian garages in the occupied territories... the rebels of the Donetsk Republic (2014-2022) probably adapted them "for business"... But, most likely, this is a fabrication by the Ukrainian Ministry of Disinformation or leftist Western propaganda, because if these were Russian army vehicles, they would have identification marks on them.