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Dem Sen. Kim: Trump Cutting USAID Is ‘American Retreat’
Breitbart ^ | 02/09/2025

Posted on 02/09/2025 8:47:20 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the Trump administration’s actions directed toward USAID was an “American retreat.”

Kim said, “People see diplomacy as important, and it is essential in pairing with our military. We have their pillars when it comes to foreign policy. We have defense, policy and diplomacy. This is not charity. This is about our national security. In fact, someone who said that exact line is Marco Rubio when he was a senator. There’s a reason why USAID is at the Ronald Reagan building because Ronald Reagan was a strong supporter of this.”

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They're bringing up Reagan now?? 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
1 posted on 02/09/2025 8:47:20 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“They’re bringing up Reagan now?”

I can almost start to feel sorry for them...until I remember just how EVIL they are.

(but nothing is worse than a RINO who only votes with Trump 90% of the time, right?)


2 posted on 02/09/2025 8:49:48 AM PST by BobL
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yo Andy. Why don’t you charge headlong into it with your bank account and we’ll watch, YOU MORON.


3 posted on 02/09/2025 8:49:56 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Don't forget to celebrate "A Day Without Guac and Panther Pee" today! )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“Retreat”. Using every ounce of fodder they can. Is “treason” next or has it been used already?


4 posted on 02/09/2025 8:50:00 AM PST by albie (U)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Spin, spin, spin.

If there’s one thing Democrats are good at, it’s word games.


5 posted on 02/09/2025 8:51:01 AM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Steely Tom

We are “retreating” from massive fraud, waste, abuse and evil.


6 posted on 02/09/2025 8:52:17 AM PST by cgbg (The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
There is some legitimacy to his argument but only IF the money is spent wisely. Last week, the White House posted this list of examples of horrifically bad expenditures that make people around the world hate us.

Here are only a few examples of the WASTE and ABUSE:


7 posted on 02/09/2025 8:57:30 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (They were the FA-est of times, they were the FO-est of times.)
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To: Steely Tom

Nah.
They stink at them. They learn a new word, beat it to death, then learn another word. The word of the day is “retreat” until it doesn’t work.


8 posted on 02/09/2025 8:58:46 AM PST by HYPOCRACY (Democracy is dead. Long live the Republic!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Food aid should be handled by some USAID people transferred to the Department of Agriculture and the Department of State.

Medical aid should be handled by some USAID people transferred to the Department of Health and Human Services. Medicaid drug buying should be done at the federal level.

Existing people at the State Department can identify need.


9 posted on 02/09/2025 8:58:49 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: ChicagoConservative27

When it comes to peddling perversion outside the USA, retreat should be the standing order.


10 posted on 02/09/2025 9:01:30 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’m just waiting for a ‘micro-penis’ gaslighting to start. That’s usually kept for anti-gun stuff, but they’re having to dig for material these days.


11 posted on 02/09/2025 9:03:18 AM PST by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

How much did Kim get?


12 posted on 02/09/2025 9:04:40 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Many of those expenditures fall in the “evil” category.

“Evil” expenditures harm people but do not necessarily involve waste, fraud or abuse (though they could of course).


13 posted on 02/09/2025 9:04:50 AM PST by cgbg (The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Everyone has heard the list of stupid stuff USAID has supported. Perhaps Kim could tell us about the USAID expenditures that he is in favor of. And don’t give me this crap about kids in Africa starving to death. At best, money from USAID mean someone in Africa downgrades from a Ferrari to a Mercedes, and their share of the kickback disappears. Perhaps the African leaders should buy the food for their citizens instead of US taxpayers. Let’s use our money to feed, clothe, and shelter the homeless in the US first. Once we have that problem fixed, THEN we might consider someone else’s problem.


14 posted on 02/09/2025 9:05:42 AM PST by econjack
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To: BobL

“They’re bringing up Reagan now?”

This is what I call “Relative Republican Rehabilitation.”

All currently serving Republic presidents are Hitler.

Past Republican presidents were much more reasonable by comparison, even though they used to be Hitler.

When Reagan was President:

Reagan is Hitler. Reagan is Hitler. Reagan is Hitler.

When George Bush 43 was President:

George Bush is Hitler. Not like reasonable President Reagan.

George Bush is Hitler. Not like reasonable President Reagan.

Now that Trump is President:

Trump is Hitler. Not like reasonable Bush 43.


15 posted on 02/09/2025 9:06:05 AM PST by Flash Bazbeaux
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yes, a retreat to put ourselves 1st, for thie 1st time in over 100 years.

The Demoncraps have damned near completely ruined this nation. What PDJT is doing is our last chance.


16 posted on 02/09/2025 9:06:23 AM PST by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and don't wish to smile.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The is no fukcing way that putting on trans operas and such is somehow combatting China influence.


17 posted on 02/09/2025 9:06:39 AM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: ChicagoConservative27

"In Case I Don't See Ya Corrupt Democrats, Good Afternoon, Good Evening And Goodnight."
http://www.degaston.com/share2025/the_usaid_show.jpg
18 posted on 02/09/2025 9:09:08 AM PST by Degaston
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To: albie

all they have is guilt-tripping. remember friends, “only the weak apologize to the petulant” L.Star. we aren’t weak but they are too dumb to realize it. we had a Chihuahua long ago that would terrorize the dog across the street, an 80lb Doberman, from outside of the neighbors fence. the Doberman was good about it and would run back and forth along the fence with our little dog barking up a storm not realizing what would happen if the big dog wasn’t behind a fence. the Looney liberals STILL don’t understand the realities of how this concept of “restraint” is the only thing keeping us from giving them an object lesson in the meaning of FAFO. they don’t realize we stay on our side of the fence for THEIR safety.


19 posted on 02/09/2025 9:10:25 AM PST by Qwapisking ("The left will rue the day they cheated Trump out of the 2020 election forever" L.Star )
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Senator Kim? I keep getting him mixed up with Andy Devine.

20 posted on 02/09/2025 9:11:11 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
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