Listen to a reading of this article: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has continued to pour gasoline on the foreign policy dumpster fire that is her planned visit to Taiwan next month, now reportedly encouraging other members of congress to come along for the ride.

this should end well

  • SacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]
    ·
    2 years ago

    Looking forward to the world ending due to the hubris of liberals because :good-morning: insisted on going to Taiwan when she could have simply not done that

    But since the US has to assert itself as THE geopolitical power, and since events in the past few years have left the state apparatus 'embarrassed', we're not going to divert now and will instead continue to be belligerent assholes and have an 82 year old blight on society make an appearance in a country that doesn't really want her or care about her

    Another fun fact: Biden climate pledge: 2.3 billion

    Annual estimated cost to operate ONE aircraft carrier: 2.1 billion

    Ed: Bonus in that BBC article:

    Ahead of the Glasgow climate conference, Mr Biden promised the US would provide $11.4bn a year in climate finance by 2024 - to help developing countries tackle and prepare for climate change. But in March he managed to secure just $1bn of that from Congress - only a third more than the Trump-era spending.

    :agony-limitless: