Mike Ritland
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Special Forces for great power competition has to meet some threshold of how much investment they're doing on the American soil, how many Americans they're employing on U.S. soil, how many contributions they've made to Americans and the American economy. You can't have this You can't have American taxpayers funding this globalist gut.
Special Forces for great power competition has to meet some threshold of how much investment they're doing on the American soil, how many Americans they're employing on U.S. soil, how many contributions they've made to Americans and the American economy. You can't have this You can't have American taxpayers funding this globalist gut.
Special Forces for great power competition has to meet some threshold of how much investment they're doing on the American soil, how many Americans they're employing on U.S. soil, how many contributions they've made to Americans and the American economy. You can't have this You can't have American taxpayers funding this globalist gut.
If this is done for nationalist reasons to help Americans, Americans have to be the beneficiaries of that. So this is all part of this.
If this is done for nationalist reasons to help Americans, Americans have to be the beneficiaries of that. So this is all part of this.
If this is done for nationalist reasons to help Americans, Americans have to be the beneficiaries of that. So this is all part of this.
I'm saying that's part of the reforms because people need to keep this in mind as a sort of nascent โ Trump world foreign policy establishment. There was a Republican foreign policy establishment for the past six years, but they've all been the neocon faction that represented the McCain, the Romney, the Liz Cheney, the Nikki Haley types.
I'm saying that's part of the reforms because people need to keep this in mind as a sort of nascent โ Trump world foreign policy establishment. There was a Republican foreign policy establishment for the past six years, but they've all been the neocon faction that represented the McCain, the Romney, the Liz Cheney, the Nikki Haley types.
I'm saying that's part of the reforms because people need to keep this in mind as a sort of nascent โ Trump world foreign policy establishment. There was a Republican foreign policy establishment for the past six years, but they've all been the neocon faction that represented the McCain, the Romney, the Liz Cheney, the Nikki Haley types.
And I'm not even trying to draw a personal beef when I say that. You can make the argument that this is sort of the foreign policy school that Marco Rubio was substantially supported by and that drew that distinction in 2016 between Rubio and Trump at the time. But I think Rubio, like J.D. Vance โ J.D. Vance was not a Trump ally in the beginning either, but they've โ
And I'm not even trying to draw a personal beef when I say that. You can make the argument that this is sort of the foreign policy school that Marco Rubio was substantially supported by and that drew that distinction in 2016 between Rubio and Trump at the time. But I think Rubio, like J.D. Vance โ J.D. Vance was not a Trump ally in the beginning either, but they've โ
And I'm not even trying to draw a personal beef when I say that. You can make the argument that this is sort of the foreign policy school that Marco Rubio was substantially supported by and that drew that distinction in 2016 between Rubio and Trump at the time. But I think Rubio, like J.D. Vance โ J.D. Vance was not a Trump ally in the beginning either, but they've โ
I think that Rubio is doing, frankly, an incredible job so far. But the whole of Trump world is going to need to synchronize what their North Star is for these foreign policy visions. And I'm trying to say that it's a package deal.
I think that Rubio is doing, frankly, an incredible job so far. But the whole of Trump world is going to need to synchronize what their North Star is for these foreign policy visions. And I'm trying to say that it's a package deal.
I think that Rubio is doing, frankly, an incredible job so far. But the whole of Trump world is going to need to synchronize what their North Star is for these foreign policy visions. And I'm trying to say that it's a package deal.
The thing about USAID was because of how flexible it was and because of how dirty it could be, again, when it's too dirty for the CIA, you give it to USAID and it's been this way for 20, 30 years at least. it was a shortcut. It was a shortcut that could close gaps quickly. And it's also a shortcut, for example, if you're not going to do regime change work,
The thing about USAID was because of how flexible it was and because of how dirty it could be, again, when it's too dirty for the CIA, you give it to USAID and it's been this way for 20, 30 years at least. it was a shortcut. It was a shortcut that could close gaps quickly. And it's also a shortcut, for example, if you're not going to do regime change work,
The thing about USAID was because of how flexible it was and because of how dirty it could be, again, when it's too dirty for the CIA, you give it to USAID and it's been this way for 20, 30 years at least. it was a shortcut. It was a shortcut that could close gaps quickly. And it's also a shortcut, for example, if you're not going to do regime change work,
And the highest ROI to be able to secure the petroleum, to be able to secure the lithium, the cobalt, the aluminum, the copper, the zinc, the timber, the import-export markets, the military bases, well, you're going to need to find other ways to offset that. the power you've lost by doing this.
And the highest ROI to be able to secure the petroleum, to be able to secure the lithium, the cobalt, the aluminum, the copper, the zinc, the timber, the import-export markets, the military bases, well, you're going to need to find other ways to offset that. the power you've lost by doing this.