Leader of the Free World? I don't think so

[rightwinger]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/us/politics/trump-budget-spending-cuts.html

So Trump increases funding to the military while he slashes funding to the State Department. What is the purpose of the State Department? To represent our interests abroad. How do we "lead" the free world when our President slashes funds for foreign diplomats and the UN? How do we diplomatically engage our allies and opponents with a shadow State Department?

Trumps answer seems to be to resolve issues with the military rather than diplomacy. The same man who vowed to avoid foreign entanglements has decimated the agency that allows us to resolve conflicts without committing our troops

 

[Mac1958]

Inexplicable. Regardless of whether the foreign policy is military power-first or diplomacy-first, global intelligence has to be at the very top of our list of priorities.

Particularly considering the fact that cyber warfare may be the next major global battleground.
.

 

[AntonToo]

Inexplicable. Regardless of whether the foreign policy is military power-first or diplomacy-first, global intelligence has to be at the very top of our list of priorities.

Particularly considering the fact that cyber warfare may be the next major global battleground.
.

Nuh man we just need to give military more blank checks to spend on whatever their heart desires to resolve all our international problems.

Trump's military budget minus a plan.

 

[Rob37]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/us/politics/trump-budget-spending-cuts.html

So Trump increases funding to the military while he slashes funding to the State Department. What is the purpose of the State Department? To represent our interests abroad. How do we "lead" the free world when our President slashes funds for foreign diplomats and the UN? How do we diplomatically engage our allies and opponents with a shadow State Department?

Trumps answer seems to be to resolve issues with the military rather than diplomacy. The same man who vowed to avoid foreign entanglements has decimated the agency that allows us to resolve conflicts without committing our troops

You silly fucker. Cutting funding to any agency does not necessarily mean you get a less effective agency. All federal agencies can stand across the board 15% cuts in funding in order to cut bloat and force administrative budgeting more in line with what is done in the private sector.

Of course, if you don't pay taxes (like you) then you have no skin in the game because it is someone else's money. As such, your opinion should be substantially discounted.

 

[rightwinger]

Inexplicable. Regardless of whether the foreign policy is military power-first or diplomacy-first, global intelligence has to be at the very top of our list of priorities.

Particularly considering the fact that cyber warfare may be the next major global battleground.
.

Obama spent the last eight years engaging our allies to assume a stronger role in global affairs. Let them engage their military. Let them assume the risk. Diplomacy was valued over military action and military action was deferred to our allies.

Slashing our State Department is not a solution to reducing our foreign entanglements. Republicans have been harping about cutting foreign aid for decades. But foreign aid serves a purpose. It is the carrot that we offer so we don't have to use the military stick

Trump seems intent on leaving us no options but the stick

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Given the State Dept's performance the last eight years this is a good move ...of course it could have been there were two inept chuckleheads in charge...three if you include Ears

 

[cnelsen]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/us/politics/trump-budget-spending-cuts.html

So Trump increases funding to the military while he slashes funding to the State Department. What is the purpose of the State Department? To represent our interests abroad. How do we "lead" the free world when our President slashes funds for foreign diplomats and the UN? How do we diplomatically engage our allies and opponents with a shadow State Department?

Trumps answer seems to be to resolve issues with the military rather than diplomacy. The same man who vowed to avoid foreign entanglements has decimated the agency that allows us to resolve conflicts without committing our troops

Inexplicable. Regardless of whether the foreign policy is military power-first or diplomacy-first, global intelligence has to be at the very top of our list of priorities.

Particularly considering the fact that cyber warfare may be the next major global battleground.
.

Obama spent the last eight years engaging our allies to assume a stronger role in global affairs. Let them engage their military. Let them assume the risk. Diplomacy was valued over military action and military action was deferred to our allies.

Slashing our State Department is not a solution to reducing our foreign entanglements. Republicans have been harping about cutting foreign aid for decades. But foreign aid serves a purpose. It is the carrot that we offer so we don't have to use the military stick

Trump seems intent on leaving us no options but the stick

And how has that carrot been working for us?

 

[rightwinger]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/us/politics/trump-budget-spending-cuts.html

So Trump increases funding to the military while he slashes funding to the State Department. What is the purpose of the State Department? To represent our interests abroad. How do we "lead" the free world when our President slashes funds for foreign diplomats and the UN? How do we diplomatically engage our allies and opponents with a shadow State Department?

Trumps answer seems to be to resolve issues with the military rather than diplomacy. The same man who vowed to avoid foreign entanglements has decimated the agency that allows us to resolve conflicts without committing our troops

You silly fucker. Cutting funding to any agency does not necessarily mean you get a less effective agency. All federal agencies can stand across the board 15% cuts in funding in order to cut bloat and force administrative budgeting more in line with what is done in the private sector.

Of course, if you don't pay taxes (like you) then you have no skin in the game because it is someone else's money. As such, your opinion should be substantially discounted.

Your statement shows why conservatives are such morons

Arbitrary slashing of funding will have no impact on the end result. Your funding shows where your priorities are and it is obvious that diplomacy and leadership in the free world is not a priority with Trump.30% less funding means less people, less travel, less interaction in the global community

Trump is once again playing into Putin's hands by diminishing the ability of the US to lead a global coalition. Weaken our state department (which Putin hates), weaken NATO, weaken the UN ...all create a void that Putin can fill

 

[rightwinger]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/us/politics/trump-budget-spending-cuts.html

So Trump increases funding to the military while he slashes funding to the State Department. What is the purpose of the State Department? To represent our interests abroad. How do we "lead" the free world when our President slashes funds for foreign diplomats and the UN? How do we diplomatically engage our allies and opponents with a shadow State Department?

Trumps answer seems to be to resolve issues with the military rather than diplomacy. The same man who vowed to avoid foreign entanglements has decimated the agency that allows us to resolve conflicts without committing our troops

Inexplicable. Regardless of whether the foreign policy is military power-first or diplomacy-first, global intelligence has to be at the very top of our list of priorities.

Particularly considering the fact that cyber warfare may be the next major global battleground.
.

Obama spent the last eight years engaging our allies to assume a stronger role in global affairs. Let them engage their military. Let them assume the risk. Diplomacy was valued over military action and military action was deferred to our allies.

Slashing our State Department is not a solution to reducing our foreign entanglements. Republicans have been harping about cutting foreign aid for decades. But foreign aid serves a purpose. It is the carrot that we offer so we don't have to use the military stick

Trump seems intent on leaving us no options but the stick

And how has that carrot been working for us?

Quite well

It enabled us to avoid boots on the ground in Libya, Egypt, Syria. It has allowed improved communications and interaction with Cuba and Iran. It has enabled us to rely more on our NATO allies

 

[AntonToo]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/us/politics/trump-budget-spending-cuts.html

So Trump increases funding to the military while he slashes funding to the State Department. What is the purpose of the State Department? To represent our interests abroad. How do we "lead" the free world when our President slashes funds for foreign diplomats and the UN? How do we diplomatically engage our allies and opponents with a shadow State Department?

Trumps answer seems to be to resolve issues with the military rather than diplomacy. The same man who vowed to avoid foreign entanglements has decimated the agency that allows us to resolve conflicts without committing our troops

Cutting funding to any agency does not necessarily mean you get a less effective agency. All federal agencies can stand across the board 15% cuts in funding in order to cut bloat and force administrative budgeting more in line with what is done in the private sector.

I see, cutting funding does not decrease quality, but 10% blank check to millitary all of that cutting funds will totally make our country better.

 

[Manonthestreet]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/us/politics/trump-budget-spending-cuts.html

So Trump increases funding to the military while he slashes funding to the State Department. What is the purpose of the State Department? To represent our interests abroad. How do we "lead" the free world when our President slashes funds for foreign diplomats and the UN? How do we diplomatically engage our allies and opponents with a shadow State Department?

Trumps answer seems to be to resolve issues with the military rather than diplomacy. The same man who vowed to avoid foreign entanglements has decimated the agency that allows us to resolve conflicts without committing our troops

Inexplicable. Regardless of whether the foreign policy is military power-first or diplomacy-first, global intelligence has to be at the very top of our list of priorities.

Particularly considering the fact that cyber warfare may be the next major global battleground.
.

Obama spent the last eight years engaging our allies to assume a stronger role in global affairs. Let them engage their military. Let them assume the risk. Diplomacy was valued over military action and military action was deferred to our allies.

Slashing our State Department is not a solution to reducing our foreign entanglements. Republicans have been harping about cutting foreign aid for decades. But foreign aid serves a purpose. It is the carrot that we offer so we don't have to use the military stick

Trump seems intent on leaving us no options but the stick

And how has that carrot been working for us?

Quite well

It enabled us to avoid boots on the ground in Libya, Egypt, Syria. It has allowed improved communications and interaction with Cuba and Iran. It has enabled us to rely more on our NATO allies

Those are examples of failure.......gggeeeez

 

[SassyIrishLass]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/us/politics/trump-budget-spending-cuts.html

So Trump increases funding to the military while he slashes funding to the State Department. What is the purpose of the State Department? To represent our interests abroad. How do we "lead" the free world when our President slashes funds for foreign diplomats and the UN? How do we diplomatically engage our allies and opponents with a shadow State Department?

Trumps answer seems to be to resolve issues with the military rather than diplomacy. The same man who vowed to avoid foreign entanglements has decimated the agency that allows us to resolve conflicts without committing our troops

Inexplicable. Regardless of whether the foreign policy is military power-first or diplomacy-first, global intelligence has to be at the very top of our list of priorities.

Particularly considering the fact that cyber warfare may be the next major global battleground.
.

Obama spent the last eight years engaging our allies to assume a stronger role in global affairs. Let them engage their military. Let them assume the risk. Diplomacy was valued over military action and military action was deferred to our allies.

Slashing our State Department is not a solution to reducing our foreign entanglements. Republicans have been harping about cutting foreign aid for decades. But foreign aid serves a purpose. It is the carrot that we offer so we don't have to use the military stick

Trump seems intent on leaving us no options but the stick

And how has that carrot been working for us?

Quite well

It enabled us to avoid boots on the ground in Libya, Egypt, Syria. It has allowed improved communications and interaction with Cuba and Iran. It has enabled us to rely more on our NATO allies

Libya, Egypt and Syria were massive failures under Ears you moron

 

[gipper]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/us/politics/trump-budget-spending-cuts.html

So Trump increases funding to the military while he slashes funding to the State Department. What is the purpose of the State Department? To represent our interests abroad. How do we "lead" the free world when our President slashes funds for foreign diplomats and the UN? How do we diplomatically engage our allies and opponents with a shadow State Department?

Trumps answer seems to be to resolve issues with the military rather than diplomacy. The same man who vowed to avoid foreign entanglements has decimated the agency that allows us to resolve conflicts without committing our troops

As bad as Trump is, he is way better than Big Ears and Cankles. Right?

 

[whitehall]

I guess the word "slash" sounds better to the angry left wing ear than the word "reduce". You can count on a propaganda storm of fake news generated by the criminal conspiracy in the media and the left wing blogs as long as a president with balls dares to reduce the funding and streamline gigantic government bureaucracies. . That's what we hired him to do.

 

[Rob37]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/us/politics/trump-budget-spending-cuts.html

So Trump increases funding to the military while he slashes funding to the State Department. What is the purpose of the State Department? To represent our interests abroad. How do we "lead" the free world when our President slashes funds for foreign diplomats and the UN? How do we diplomatically engage our allies and opponents with a shadow State Department?

Trumps answer seems to be to resolve issues with the military rather than diplomacy. The same man who vowed to avoid foreign entanglements has decimated the agency that allows us to resolve conflicts without committing our troops

You silly fucker. Cutting funding to any agency does not necessarily mean you get a less effective agency. All federal agencies can stand across the board 15% cuts in funding in order to cut bloat and force administrative budgeting more in line with what is done in the private sector.

Of course, if you don't pay taxes (like you) then you have no skin in the game because it is someone else's money. As such, your opinion should be substantially discounted.

Your statement shows why conservatives are such morons

Arbitrary slashing of funding will have no impact on the end result. Your funding shows where your priorities are and it is obvious that diplomacy and leadership in the free world is not a priority with Trump.30% less funding means less people, less travel, less interaction in the global community

Trump is once again playing into Putin's hands by diminishing the ability of the US to lead a global coalition. Weaken our state department (which Putin hates), weaken NATO, weaken the UN ...all create a void that Putin can fill

You have no idea what you are talking about, Shit Flinger. We ought to be encouraging efficiency. There is no logic in saying an agency is less effective with less money.

 

[gipper]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/us/politics/trump-budget-spending-cuts.html

So Trump increases funding to the military while he slashes funding to the State Department. What is the purpose of the State Department? To represent our interests abroad. How do we "lead" the free world when our President slashes funds for foreign diplomats and the UN? How do we diplomatically engage our allies and opponents with a shadow State Department?

Trumps answer seems to be to resolve issues with the military rather than diplomacy. The same man who vowed to avoid foreign entanglements has decimated the agency that allows us to resolve conflicts without committing our troops

Inexplicable. Regardless of whether the foreign policy is military power-first or diplomacy-first, global intelligence has to be at the very top of our list of priorities.

Particularly considering the fact that cyber warfare may be the next major global battleground.
.

Obama spent the last eight years engaging our allies to assume a stronger role in global affairs. Let them engage their military. Let them assume the risk. Diplomacy was valued over military action and military action was deferred to our allies.

Slashing our State Department is not a solution to reducing our foreign entanglements. Republicans have been harping about cutting foreign aid for decades. But foreign aid serves a purpose. It is the carrot that we offer so we don't have to use the military stick

Trump seems intent on leaving us no options but the stick

And how has that carrot been working for us?

Quite well

It enabled us to avoid boots on the ground in Libya, Egypt, Syria. It has allowed improved communications and interaction with Cuba and Iran. It has enabled us to rely more on our NATO allies

Libya, Egypt and Syria were massive failures under Ears you moron

Lefties don't know that, because they get all their news from left wing sources.

 

[Rob37]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/us/politics/trump-budget-spending-cuts.html

So Trump increases funding to the military while he slashes funding to the State Department. What is the purpose of the State Department? To represent our interests abroad. How do we "lead" the free world when our President slashes funds for foreign diplomats and the UN? How do we diplomatically engage our allies and opponents with a shadow State Department?

Trumps answer seems to be to resolve issues with the military rather than diplomacy. The same man who vowed to avoid foreign entanglements has decimated the agency that allows us to resolve conflicts without committing our troops

Cutting funding to any agency does not necessarily mean you get a less effective agency. All federal agencies can stand across the board 15% cuts in funding in order to cut bloat and force administrative budgeting more in line with what is done in the private sector.

I see, cutting funding does not decrease quality, but 10% blank check to millitary all of that cutting funds will totally make our country better.

One has nothing to do with the other, jizz stain.

 

[rightwinger]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/us/politics/trump-budget-spending-cuts.html

So Trump increases funding to the military while he slashes funding to the State Department. What is the purpose of the State Department? To represent our interests abroad. How do we "lead" the free world when our President slashes funds for foreign diplomats and the UN? How do we diplomatically engage our allies and opponents with a shadow State Department?

Trumps answer seems to be to resolve issues with the military rather than diplomacy. The same man who vowed to avoid foreign entanglements has decimated the agency that allows us to resolve conflicts without committing our troops

Inexplicable. Regardless of whether the foreign policy is military power-first or diplomacy-first, global intelligence has to be at the very top of our list of priorities.

Particularly considering the fact that cyber warfare may be the next major global battleground.
.

Obama spent the last eight years engaging our allies to assume a stronger role in global affairs. Let them engage their military. Let them assume the risk. Diplomacy was valued over military action and military action was deferred to our allies.

Slashing our State Department is not a solution to reducing our foreign entanglements. Republicans have been harping about cutting foreign aid for decades. But foreign aid serves a purpose. It is the carrot that we offer so we don't have to use the military stick

Trump seems intent on leaving us no options but the stick

And how has that carrot been working for us?

Quite well

It enabled us to avoid boots on the ground in Libya, Egypt, Syria. It has allowed improved communications and interaction with Cuba and Iran. It has enabled us to rely more on our NATO allies

Those are examples of failure.......gggeeeez

Hardly....not having American soldiers coming home in body bags is not a failure
That is why we maintain a State Department

 

[gipper]

I guess the word "slash" sounds better to the angry left wing ear than the word "reduce". You can count on a propaganda storm of fake news generated by the criminal conspiracy in the media and the left wing blogs as long as a president with balls dares to reduce the funding and streamline gigantic government bureaucracies. . That's what we hired him to do.

Thing is many R pols will side with D pols, when it comes to trying to reduce the size of government.

Yet...millions of duped Americans somehow think Rs and Ds are polar opposites.

 

[rightwinger]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/us/politics/trump-budget-spending-cuts.html

So Trump increases funding to the military while he slashes funding to the State Department. What is the purpose of the State Department? To represent our interests abroad. How do we "lead" the free world when our President slashes funds for foreign diplomats and the UN? How do we diplomatically engage our allies and opponents with a shadow State Department?

Trumps answer seems to be to resolve issues with the military rather than diplomacy. The same man who vowed to avoid foreign entanglements has decimated the agency that allows us to resolve conflicts without committing our troops

Inexplicable. Regardless of whether the foreign policy is military power-first or diplomacy-first, global intelligence has to be at the very top of our list of priorities.

Particularly considering the fact that cyber warfare may be the next major global battleground.
.

Obama spent the last eight years engaging our allies to assume a stronger role in global affairs. Let them engage their military. Let them assume the risk. Diplomacy was valued over military action and military action was deferred to our allies.

Slashing our State Department is not a solution to reducing our foreign entanglements. Republicans have been harping about cutting foreign aid for decades. But foreign aid serves a purpose. It is the carrot that we offer so we don't have to use the military stick

Trump seems intent on leaving us no options but the stick

And how has that carrot been working for us?

Quite well

It enabled us to avoid boots on the ground in Libya, Egypt, Syria. It has allowed improved communications and interaction with Cuba and Iran. It has enabled us to rely more on our NATO allies

Libya, Egypt and Syria were massive failures under Ears you moron

How many American soldiers were killed in each country?