re: Trump just sent this letter to WHO. Will make aid cut permanent if no reforms in 30 days

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What about the epic failure of his own administration?

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Do tell; we’re waiting.

Care to elaborate?

Long article here

My favorite bit is this:

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On Monday, the assembly served as a forum for Western leaders to voice frustrations that there has been too little global leadership on how to handle the pandemic. Mr. Macron and Ms. Merkel called for the world to support the WHO.

Within Europe, both have faced calls, intensified by coronavirus, to decouple their economies from China’s, especially sensitive sectors such as medical supply chains and telecommunications. The pandemic has helped seed a diverse if still nascent coalition of European leaders, ranging from some Social Democrats in Germany to conservatives in the U.K., and liberals in Central European states like the Czech Republic, for whom the pandemic has crystallized a view that China represents a systemic threat to western values, a perspective similar to the Trump administration’s.

China’s attempt to position itself as a global leader on the pandemic would also likely face skepticism from U.S. allies in Asia, although leaders there haven’t shown much appetite for wading into the dispute between the U.S. and China. Japan, for example, set aside $2.2 billion of its pandemic economic support package to help companies address supply-chain problems, which could help some diversify away from China. A poll of Japanese adults by public broadcaster NHK released this week found that 76% of respondents didn’t feel close to China. By contrast, 72% said they felt close to the U.S.

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No matter what your actual druthers are, those are real-world, serious political conditions which favor Trump taking advantage of them. I just hope he doesn't manage to bungle it. My view all along is that he ultimately won't be nearly hardcore enough with the chicoms. I'm afraid he will take some window-dressing "deal" or "victory" and then just move on. Time will tell.

What about

And all this time I thought you radical leftists hated whataboutisms.

Piss up a rope. You people lie your faces off.

Everyone knows WHO is on first.