Summary
Russian state TV hosts are celebrating Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, claiming they could “dismantle America.”
Figures like Vladimir Solovyov praised the nominees, including Kash Patel for FBI director and Tulsi Gabbard for intelligence, as a “radical dream team” likely to undermine U.S. institutions.
Critics in the U.S. warn that Trump’s selections, including conspiracy theorists and controversial figures like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Pete Hegseth, signal plans to weaken federal agencies.
finally. some accurate reporting.
That is the plan, yes. To weaken us by alienating our allies and actively harming America from within. Donald Trump is compromised by Russia.
this is fine.
– nazis and tankists
It’s more than fine to Marxist-Leninists. In fact, to MLs it’s ideal. They want the United States to collapse. They’re not really shy about it, either. I think US officials just didn’t see MLs as a threat anymore after the collapse of the Soviet Union. They really embraced the “end of history” narrative. They figured that MLism was dead and would never return. Looks like they were wrong.
China is right there. I have no idea how historians will answer the question “Why did the western empires hand their own means of production to the biggest ML country on the planet?”.
Surely they are Marxist-Leninist in name only in 2024? That’s how I see it but I’m interested in hearing your points if you disagree.
Some accurate reporting out of Russia for once
Well, he ain’t wrong.
I feel bad for Americans, but a selfish part of me kind of hopes that the dollar crashes so that electronics become cheaper here in Brazil.
As a gringo who had to buy electronics in Brazil a few times, I’m afraid that dollar exchange rate isn’t the main problem - Brazilian import taxes and tariffs are.
I spent the better part of 2009 through 2011 trying to get spare parts into the country, and customs was always the biggest hurdle. And sourcing things locally was ridiculously expensive.
So to anyone still not convinced that tariffs are a bad idea: Try buying consumer electronics in Brazil.
LOS MUCHACHOS
