How Trump Is Torpedoing Foreign Tourism to the US, Potentially for Years to Come
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#2Foreign tourists? How about a million children dying so American billionaires can enjoy tax cuts?
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/15/opinion/forei...
Re: How Trump Is Torpedoing Foreign Tourism to the US, Potentially for Years to Come
#3Foreign tourists? How about a million children dying so American billionaires can enjoy tax cuts? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/15/opinion/forei... https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyd505vzlwo
Non sequitur.
Those kids are not in America’s economic self interest. Just moral. (Our culture hasn’t values honour for a while.)
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#4Foreign tourists? How about a million children dying so American billionaires can enjoy tax cuts? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/15/opinion/forei... https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyd505vzlwo
Non sequitur . Those kids are not in America’s economic self interest. Just moral. (Our culture hasn’t values honour for a while.)
The American people, through their elected representatives in Congress, decided saving those kids' lives are in our moral interest. Then Elon Musk decided it isn't.
Re: How Trump Is Torpedoing Foreign Tourism to the US, Potentially for Years to Come
#5Foreign tourists? How about a million children dying so American billionaires can enjoy tax cuts? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/15/opinion/forei... https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyd505vzlwo
Non sequitur . Those kids are not in America’s economic self interest. Just moral. (Our culture hasn’t values honour for a while.)
But they are in America's economic self interest. These programs are for soft power as much as they are for humanitarian value. Contrary to what those people believe, China is more than willing to compete for goodwill in the developing world, and if we thought US efforts could be hamfisted and come with a dragon seed sometimes, well we're in for some nasty surprises.
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#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
Non sequitur . Those kids are not in America’s economic self interest. Just moral. (Our culture hasn’t values honour for a while.)
The American people, through their elected representatives in Congress, decided saving those kids' lives are in our moral interest. Then Elon Musk decided it isn't.
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Non sequitur . Those kids are not in America’s economic self interest. Just moral. (Our culture hasn’t values honour for a while.)
The American people, through their elected representatives in Congress, decided saving those kids' lives are in our moral interest. Then Elon Musk decided it isn't.
They did not. Had they, Congress would’ve done something, given it can legislate and owns the budget. Americans have widely voted for people who actually represent them - craven, shortsighted and mean - to go to Congress.
Re: How Trump Is Torpedoing Foreign Tourism to the US, Potentially for Years to Come
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
The American people, through their elected representatives in Congress, decided saving those kids' lives are in our moral interest. Then Elon Musk decided it isn't.
They did not. Had they, Congress would’ve done something, given it can legislate and owns the budget. Americans have widely voted for people who actually represent them - craven, shortsighted and mean - to go to Congress.
Congress has allocated budget to USAID. Elon Musk decided not to spend it.