Trump has basically betrayed everyone to came to America for sanctuary or turned state's witness to criminal activity. His criminality puts The Godfather to shame.
After reading this, I thought of C. S. Lewis' "The Screwtape Letters" (1959). The demon Screwtape lamented that the really great sinners are all gone. All they have left are ordinary bureaucratic drudges and lukewarm cowardly cruelty to eat. Man, things are looking up for the demon gourmets recently, huh? They must really be salivating for openly cruel souls like Marco Rubio. Imagine the bidding wars going on in hell for trump, or Pam Bondi, or especially Stephen Miller.
If anyone in the US media ever paid any attention to what is reported in the Latin American media, Bukele's ties to MS-13 and other gangs would be old news. That USAID funds were "diverted" is no secret, the reason so many on the left in Latin America actually cheering the program's demise is that it wasn't used just to feed the hungry and clothe the naked, but to prop up reactionary political movements in left-leaning countries, and to prop up right-wingers and US economic and political interests.
"Reporters without Frontiers (RSF, by its French initials) reported: “Trump’s foreign aid freeze throws journalism around the world into chaos.” It revealed that USAID was funding over 6,200 journalists across 707 media outlets. In the run-up to the 2018 coup attempt in Nicaragua, USAID was supporting all the key opposition media outlets."
To take one example. Here in Mexico, USAID was a major "supporter" of MCCO, allegedly an anti-corruption campaign, although it had little to do with corruption, and more focused on privatizing public education, and pushing neoliberal economic policies.
One notes, as well, that food assistance programs were as much about undercutting local agricultural production in favor of US imports... OR.. providing assistance only to countries that elected the "right" governments, and not the "wrong" ones: an example would be hurricane relief in Central America. Nicaragua, as much in need of relief as its more conservative neighbors was denied assistance while it was given to pro-US (at that time) Honduras... the latter finding funding deeply cut when the corrupt (but pro-US) post-2009 coup (er... as Hillary Clinton tried to claim "constitutional coup") governments were voted out under Ximina Castro.
Not that USAID was all bad by any means, but to claim it wasn't being used for political purposes, and to further US interests, has indeed been legitimately criticized by the left in Latin America (and elsewhere).
"... Rubio actually has three jobs..." make that FOUR. He's also National Security Advisor (only Kissinger was both Sec of State and Nat Sec Advisor). Both were devastating when it came to Latin America.
Slick that hair down, drag it diagonally across the forehead, balance a slug between the bottom of your nose and upper lip, put a goose on a leash and go out steppin' --- All Hallows' Eve, Here He Comes!!!
"Remember when he once had a shred of credibility, and some life in his eyes?"
No, I don't. Perhaps you could be specific. Was it his 2013 SOTU response?
Rubio appeared to be a decent person in his first couple of years as a member of the Florida legislature but by 2005 his ambition began to exceed his moral capacity.
Politico - Ecuador says it has no evidence that survivor of US strike in Caribbean committed any crime. Andrés Fernando Tufiño. But - The Colombian government said its survivor “will be prosecuted according to the law” for alleged drug trafficking. So one of the 2 on the same vessel was drug trafficking but the other wasn't?
Then again, Ecuador's prez IS tied to cocaine exporters, but being a US ally (and US born by the way, not to mention the son of a billionaire), it's all good.
The Manchurian Cantaloupe wants to send them back because they know things about Bukele. If that stuff came out, the U.S. would look bad, or I should say, worse than it already looks.
lil Marco looks like something has eaten his soul.
Trump has basically betrayed everyone to came to America for sanctuary or turned state's witness to criminal activity. His criminality puts The Godfather to shame.
After reading this, I thought of C. S. Lewis' "The Screwtape Letters" (1959). The demon Screwtape lamented that the really great sinners are all gone. All they have left are ordinary bureaucratic drudges and lukewarm cowardly cruelty to eat. Man, things are looking up for the demon gourmets recently, huh? They must really be salivating for openly cruel souls like Marco Rubio. Imagine the bidding wars going on in hell for trump, or Pam Bondi, or especially Stephen Miller.
If anyone in the US media ever paid any attention to what is reported in the Latin American media, Bukele's ties to MS-13 and other gangs would be old news. That USAID funds were "diverted" is no secret, the reason so many on the left in Latin America actually cheering the program's demise is that it wasn't used just to feed the hungry and clothe the naked, but to prop up reactionary political movements in left-leaning countries, and to prop up right-wingers and US economic and political interests.
No it wasn't. That's someone else's job. USAID was really just to provide medicine and food and what not.
It was way to underfunded to be propping up any reactionary political movements.
"Reporters without Frontiers (RSF, by its French initials) reported: “Trump’s foreign aid freeze throws journalism around the world into chaos.” It revealed that USAID was funding over 6,200 journalists across 707 media outlets. In the run-up to the 2018 coup attempt in Nicaragua, USAID was supporting all the key opposition media outlets."
To take one example. Here in Mexico, USAID was a major "supporter" of MCCO, allegedly an anti-corruption campaign, although it had little to do with corruption, and more focused on privatizing public education, and pushing neoliberal economic policies.
One notes, as well, that food assistance programs were as much about undercutting local agricultural production in favor of US imports... OR.. providing assistance only to countries that elected the "right" governments, and not the "wrong" ones: an example would be hurricane relief in Central America. Nicaragua, as much in need of relief as its more conservative neighbors was denied assistance while it was given to pro-US (at that time) Honduras... the latter finding funding deeply cut when the corrupt (but pro-US) post-2009 coup (er... as Hillary Clinton tried to claim "constitutional coup") governments were voted out under Ximina Castro.
Not that USAID was all bad by any means, but to claim it wasn't being used for political purposes, and to further US interests, has indeed been legitimately criticized by the left in Latin America (and elsewhere).
"... Rubio actually has three jobs..." make that FOUR. He's also National Security Advisor (only Kissinger was both Sec of State and Nat Sec Advisor). Both were devastating when it came to Latin America.
Marco Rubio trading human lives like baseball cards to impress a dictator.
From “Little Marco” to “Lucifer’s intern” in one foreign policy memo.
He wanted influence. He got damnation.
The devil always keeps the receipts.
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 600 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘰.
An evergreen statement if there ever was one.
Slick that hair down, drag it diagonally across the forehead, balance a slug between the bottom of your nose and upper lip, put a goose on a leash and go out steppin' --- All Hallows' Eve, Here He Comes!!!
Vis-a-vis three jobs, only days ago watched this clip from The Death of Stalin...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg48GsMJeaE
Poor, poor, poor Little Marco won't get to Heaven. *Marco es cómplice del diablo!*
"Remember when he once had a shred of credibility, and some life in his eyes?"
No, I don't. Perhaps you could be specific. Was it his 2013 SOTU response?
Rubio appeared to be a decent person in his first couple of years as a member of the Florida legislature but by 2005 his ambition began to exceed his moral capacity.
He's not looking too good.
I believe that every Democratic senator voted to confirm him. How's that going now?
Marco Rubio really sold his soul, didn't he?
What about those Epstein files?
All this shows is that, for all his bluster about “migrant crime,” Fecal Fuhrer doesn’t actually give a shit about what crimes Tren de Aragua commits.
The crime is being innocent. Actual criminals are ignored or more likely being shaken down for Trump's cut.
Yep, every pic I see of Little Marco, he looks worse. You hate to see it.
Do you really hate to see it? Really?
A picture of a picture of a picture of Dorian Gray.
*looks of into distance non-committally*
Politico - Ecuador says it has no evidence that survivor of US strike in Caribbean committed any crime. Andrés Fernando Tufiño. But - The Colombian government said its survivor “will be prosecuted according to the law” for alleged drug trafficking. So one of the 2 on the same vessel was drug trafficking but the other wasn't?
Then again, Ecuador's prez IS tied to cocaine exporters, but being a US ally (and US born by the way, not to mention the son of a billionaire), it's all good.
AND if they were such "bad guys", why would the US send them back?
It's Trump's "Kill and Release" program.
The Manchurian Cantaloupe wants to send them back because they know things about Bukele. If that stuff came out, the U.S. would look bad, or I should say, worse than it already looks.