Afghanistan has been receiving US Foreign Aid for humanitarian purposes since 2021. A guy named Biden got it rolling, shifting gears between infrastructure to food/water/medical/cash aid, as were were wrapping up leaving the country. He did not end this program after the evacuation. Trump has not ended it either, but has made significant cuts to it per the IRC.

My Pro-Russian Comrade, you know what they say about tragedy and statistics.

Imagine if we got this fired up for getting civvies killed somewhere in the range of 150,000 to 1,000,000 through Iraq regime change instead of 11 narcos on boat.

Start blowing them up in accordance with the laws of war

#13 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-09 12:03 PM | Reply

Lol. Those only apply to peons.

What legal authority is Trumpy acting under again?
#10 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-12-09 11:43 AM | Reply

They'll fall back on the AUMF. Tren de Aragua were declared narco terrorists.

Progressives and Liberterians held hands and pointed out to everybody that the AUMF allowed presidents to declare groups terrorists and start blowing them up with little to no oversight before it was passed. It didn't take long to get there.

An actual good idea from the orange menace? Weird.

We really did go way overboard on safety regulations. Make it optional

#13 | Posted by DarkVader at 2025-12-06 07:06 PM | Reply | Flag:

See what I mean lol. It's a niche for the I'm Not Wearing A Helmet crowd.

Trump Wants Japanese Kei Cars Sold in U.S.
That's an "America First" move if there ever was one.

#19 | Posted by FedUpWithPols at 2025-12-07 04:38 PM | Reply

75% of Japanese cars sold in America are made in US/Mexico/Canada.

The point is to unwind safety regulations. That's the only thing stopping a US company from making and selling tiny, road legal cars/trucks that don't have US-required safety equipment.

So, imo, EVs vs gas combustion engines? I lean towards the latter for now, providing they burn clean.

#48 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-06 07:19 PM | Reply | Flag:

If only people were smart enough to combine advances in battery technology, and the power of continually improving combustion engines which have gained 20%-50% thermal efficiency improvements in just the last 20 years. Maybe if they're really smart, they'll make a racing series featuring them. We could call it Formula One.

@#6 ... Trump told UAW he'd protect them from new foreign competition and they decided to not endorse Harris. Now he's wanting to do exactly the opposite. ...
You noticed that also?
#16 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-06 07:56 PM | Reply

Yeah, KEI cars are really what people want, not SUVs. Tariffs on those SUVs from China, currently 240%. Protectionism is full effect. Thanks Trump?

Separately, wait until you find out the majority of UAW members aren't actually in the automotive industry. A bunch of them woke up to find out they're not professionals anymore.

imo, it is not only about the cost.

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-27 11:45 PM | Reply

It's definitely about the costs. It's not that expensive to do a Find & Replace on the words "Donald" and "Trump".