After nearly 8 decades, maybe it’s time that they do bear the primary cost for the security of their own continent

While this is of course true, the current situation is the direct result of the post-Cold War US discouraging any attempt at European autonomy, and empowering a European securocrat class wedded to a dependent relationship.

"Trump's mass deportation plan could drain more than $20 billion a year from Social Security," per BI.

Considering that they're already running out of money as House Rs are threatening to nuke border security for tax cuts, mass deportations are not happening. Arrests of illegals are already falling and this admin has stopped publishing them. They're not living in reality.

Will this finally be the year that America abolishes the Death Tax?

She's 66. People shouldn't be this shocked that she'll be retiring next year. More politicians should emulate her.

Normalize retiring from the Senate at a normal age

It is not birthing person. It is mother. It is not Latinx. It is Latino. It is not Gulf of America. It is Gulf of Mexico. It is not freedom fries. It is French fries. Who can chart a course between the Scylla of woke insanity and the Charybdis of patriotic retardation?

Because major disarmament conferences always work, right? Jesus, can anyone in this administration just take five minutes to read a little history? This is not "peace through strength," it's abject surrender.

This thread is correct. America does not have the resources to defend both Europe and Asia at the same time anymore. But Europe DOES have the resources to defend itself. It MUST use those resources, instead of still relying on the U.S.

It’s worth noting that the percentage of people living below the World Bank poverty line has been steadily decreasing

This is actually very good and, though I'm not optimistic it will happen, I really hope it will because Trump is absolutely right about it and if he pulls this off he will have rendered a huge service to mankind.

This has always been the paradox of American hegemony: wanting major allies to remain subordinate dependents (rather than re-emerging as independent great powers), while complaining that they won’t substantially share the US load (i.e. be independent great powers).

⚡️ U.S. Vice President may announce large-scale troop withdrawal from Europe at Munich Conference – Bild According to Bild, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance could use the Munich Security Conference to announce a major reduction of American military presence in Europe. What do you

Distribution of West Eurasian ancestry across the world.

Distribution of South Eurasian ancestry.

My take on the ethics of billionaires: - Making billions of dollars: acquiring power. usually good (creating value), sometimes bad (rent-seeking) - Keeping billions of dollars: retaining power. good if used well, bad if used poorly - Giving billions of dollars away: surrendering

Lefty conspiracy theories about the conservative legal movement were always off-base. For the most part, their adherents are *incredibly* principled. If you can’t distinguish between them and partisan Republicans, you’re going to miss what’s going on. This applies to SCOTUS, too.

This is the best case against open borders that I have seen from a libertarian perspective. Good thread:

Today's Europe is reminiscent of China under the Ming and Qing dynasties. It risks becoming a backward but tranquil society, smug in its relatively high quality of life. In the long run, a decline into irrelevance will not work out for Europe any better than it did for China.