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Carter Told Trump How to Put America First. Will He Do It? (www.truthdig.com)

submitted 5 months ago by TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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“China has not wasted a single penny on war,” Carter told Trump in 2019, “and that’s why they’re ahead of us, in almost every way."

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[–] donescobar@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No, the real answer is no.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

Any time a news headline ends in a question, the answer is always no.

[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

Haha, no. The Republican hierarchy goes: self, spite, cronies, party, Republican Jesus' "Christianity", jingoism. Actually helping the country and the people don't fit in there.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 3 points 5 months ago

And most of the Earth shops (buys) Chinese goods, so we have financially supported their advancement against our own.

[–] ChowJeeBai@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Meh. I'm guessing he'll put himself first as usual, America be damned.