”Trump’s rejection of 80 years of U.S. foreign policy in order to prop up Russia’s Vladimir Putin has left many Americans as well as allies aghast. Trump’s claims that Putin wants peace were belied when Russia launched massive strikes at Ukraine as soon as Trump stopped sharing intelligence with Ukrainian forces that enabled them to shoot down incoming fire.”
—Heather Cox Richardson, March 8, 2025
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-8-2025
#trump #putin #usa #russia #ukraine
”While billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump repeatedly say they are cutting only “waste, fraud, and abuse” from the government, that insistence appears to be rhetorical rather than backed by fact. And yesterday, new cuts appeared to continue the gutting of government services that generally appear to be important to Americans’ health, safety, and economic security.”
—Heather Cox Richardson, March 8, 2025
#musk #trump #usa #doge
”On Thursday, another of Musk’s SpaceX rockets exploded, raining debris near south Florida and the Bahamas. The Federal Aviation Administration said 240 flights were disrupted by the debris.”
—Heather Cox Richardson, March 8, 2025
#musk #spacex #faa #debris #disruption
”One of the things that the radical extremists in power hated about the modern American state was that it was a nonpartisan machine that functioned pretty well regardless of which party was in charge. Now Musk, who is acting as if he is not bound by the constitution that set up that machine, is taking a sledgehammer to it.”
—Heather Cox Richardson, March 8, 2025
#musk #trump #vance et al.
”…Musk is the manifestation of the nation’s extreme wealth inequality.”
—Heather Cox Richardson, March 8, 2025
#musk #usa #oligarchy
as well as gutting departments to reduce oversight or reduce regulations for Musk's companies.
@janhoglund
Here's the waste, fraud, and abuse that now needs to be cut from the government.
(A cartoon of JD Vance, Donald Trump, and Elon Musk labeled as Waste, Fraud, and Abuse.)
#USPolitics #Trump #Musk #TuckersBalls