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State Department terminates U.S. support of Ukraine energy grid restoration (www.nbcnews.com)
submitted 3 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world
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Summary

The State Department has ended a major USAID initiative to restore Ukraine’s energy grid, which has suffered continuous Russian attacks.

The move, seen as a signal of declining U.S. support, also includes downsizing USAID’s presence in Ukraine from 64 to just 8 personnel.

Officials warn this could leave Ukraine vulnerable, especially during winter, and reduce oversight of financial aid.

Additionally, a financial sector reform program has been terminated. The decision is part of the broader Trump administration policies shifting away from strong U.S. involvement in Ukraine.

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[–] foggy@lemmy.world 223 points 3 months ago (2 children)

"we can't have a woman in the Whitehouse. She'd be too emotional"

👀

[–] UnityDevice@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 months ago

Don't be silly, anger isn't an emotion, duh.

[–] ntchdr@feddit.nu 3 points 3 months ago

A drama queen would be too much for sure, a drama king however....yes that it!

[–] Hayduke@lemmy.world 201 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Fuck every single person that voted for this doofus rapist shit head. Furthermore, fuck every registered voter that decided to sit this one out because, "reasons". Our country alone arguably deserves the fallout this coward shitstain will stir up, the rest of the world absolutely does not.

I really thought his handling of the covid pandemic (among everything else) would have been a wakeup call to Americans that he is beyond dumb as fuck. He clearly and plainly fucked it every single step of the way. I have since tempered my expectations of my fellow countrymen. Apathy, racism, ignorance and incuriosity will doom this institution.

[–] SaltySalamander@fedia.io 56 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I lost faith in my fellow Americans the day we elected the fuckstick the first time.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Same here. I gained a little back when we rejected his ass last time but after the ensuing bullshit from conservatives during Biden's term, lost it again. I had a feeling trump would win. It's sad but I'm just gonna try and keep my hopes low for the us from now on. I think we will never be anywhere near the top on any front ever again and this is the point the decline is starting to hit hard

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 187 points 3 months ago (1 children)

God fucking dammit.

You fucking idiot motherfucking rapist orange shithead. And your ketamine boy.

[–] Redacted@lemmy.world 83 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Don't forget the arse-linking, couch fucking lackey.

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago

If only we all could.

[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 121 points 3 months ago (32 children)

The Toddler-in-chief hoping that daddy Putin will pat him on the head and tell him what a good boy he is.

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[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 66 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Trump is a Russian asset. We knew this 8 years ago, and we know it today.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

he has been one for decades, all the way before the collapse of the ussr, they saw how useful he was to launder money.

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 60 points 3 months ago

The Orange Turd is a traitor just like the people who voted for him.

[–] resetbypeer@lemmy.world 44 points 3 months ago (8 children)

This was the plan from the beginning. Krasnov and co just needed an nice stage to humiliate him and use it for "reason" to revoke this. Traitor in chief. Utterly disgusting

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[–] Litebit@lemmy.world 40 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Didn't Krasnov Trump say he wants killing to stop. why is he killing people by crippling energy grid restoration.

[–] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works 37 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Damn is it nice to see people upset about this.

I literally just got banned from a community cause thsi didn't matter enough, only Gaza. Like, why can't we support saving lives in multiple places

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'd like to note, the community was a politics board on lemmy.ml. You could breathe the wrong way and they'd ban you over there.

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[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago

Bone spurs.

[–] meowmeowbeanz@sopuli.xyz 20 points 3 months ago

Russia must be celebrating; USAID was a key pillar in Ukraine’s resilience.

🐱🐱

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"Reeee zelenskyy hurt my fee fees! I get to destroy his entire country's economy now!"

[–] homoludens@feddit.org 2 points 3 months ago

Not just the economy. He's also getting a lot of people killed, injured and traumatized.

[–] Tyrangle@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Trump just wants peace. He wants the killing to stop. And he wants to cut life-saving aid to impoverished countries. And Medicaid.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

And he wants Canada and Panama and Greenland and if Europe doesn't do everything he says he wants it to be vulnerable to Russian attack. He's a man of peace.

[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 15 points 3 months ago

The world's leading supertoddler.

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