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Air space provocations - Putin breathes new life into an 2021-12-29 25 2 0 2 0 0 1476050855379963904 1476050855379963904
Was the demise of the USSR a good thing? Could it have 2021-12-25 32 0 0 0 0 0 1474749207969865728 1474749207969865728
It all comes down to Kashmir. 2021-12-17 26 0 0 0 0 0 1471659628320595971 1471659628320595971
Korea, Taiwan, Ukraine, Iran - Trump should be glad he's 2021-12-12 41 0 0 0 0 0 1470153385563226115 1470153385563226115
Ever wonder what it was like in the California or Alaska 2021-12-07 18 0 0 0 0 0 1468262976465424386 1468262976465424386
Trumpism thriving in France. 2021-12-07 14 0 0 0 0 0 1468009945941495810 1468009945941495810
Foreign powers take advantage of a divided American 2021-12-02 14 0 0 0 0 0 1466407218375319554 1466407218375319554
"predatory political fringe threatens to metabolize the 2021-11-26 28 0 0 0 0 0 1464381387239157764 1464381387239157764
Putin's plans to restore the Soviet Union as a world power. 2021-11-20 28 1 0 1 0 0 1461936312466882562 1461936312466882562
You've probably forgotten about the Balkans. Expect to 2021-11-18 34 0 0 0 0 0 1461209857705472002 1461209857705472002
Modi and Trump are great pals - they like the same kinds 2021-11-16 36 0 0 0 0 0 1460418116379312135 1460418116379312135
Every issue is global now. 2021-11-14 17 0 0 0 0 0 1460008126560669700 1460008126560669700
Another strong leader role model for Trump 2021-11-14 19 0 0 0 0 0 1459960043198038016 1459960043198038016
Immigrants get to become frozen pawns in the game of 2021-11-11 71 0 0 0 0 0 1458836483167559695 1458836483167559695
Return of the Barbary Pirates 2021-11-09 39 0 0 0 0 0 1457946518040711174 1457946518040711174
Senate finally confirms a few ambassadors 2021-10-27 41 1 0 1 0 0 1453484754595037189 1453484754595037189
No progress in 40 years of conflict. Another Kashmir? 2021-10-21 107 0 0 0 0 0 1451180392086605831 1451180392086605831
Kashmir - the eternal thorn in the side of India, Pakistan 2021-10-20 86 0 0 0 0 0 1450703456025526272 1450703456025526272
Czech blow against corrupt pseudo-populist Trumpism. 2021-10-13 55 0 0 0 0 0 1448429337871405057 1448429337871405057
Trump used to want a big military parade. If he is 2021-10-13 56 0 0 0 0 0 1448427490569908228 1448427490569908228
Maybe we should keep Columbus Day. Look how much Italy 2021-10-13 61 1 0 0 1 0 1448341403973537794 1448341403973537794
Why people are desperate to leave Haiti. 2021-10-10 30 0 0 0 0 0 1447326994283188231 1447326994283188231
Putin must think that Trump is still president. 2021-10-07 77 0 0 0 0 0 1445943590518067202 1445943590518067202
Change comes to German politics. 2021-10-05 225 1 1 0 0 0 1445190867459788801 1445190867459788801
Is Biden too Trumpy? 2021-09-17 69 0 0 0 0 0 1438911365477920770 1438911365477920770
How Putin holds power - with some improvements in standard 2021-09-17 85 0 0 0 0 0 1438710782913507329 1438710782913507329
Violent Islamic fundamentalism has waxed and waned over 2021-08-30 41 0 0 0 0 0 1432222184307523588 1432222184307523588
Hungary and Orban - role models for the reactionary 2021-08-10 73 0 0 0 0 0 1425095700518510601 1425095700518510601
A tarpit to avoid. 2021-07-11 39 0 0 0 0 0 1414253586935025665 1414253586935025665
Don't like the truth? Just deny it! 2021-07-10 32 0 0 0 0 0 1413844027011526656 1413844027011526656
Trumpist to the core! Lies, cheats, and steals. 2021-07-09 41 0 0 0 0 0 1413591950607876101 1413591950607876101
We can't stabilize every country in the world. We have 2021-07-09 33 0 0 0 0 0 1413556520189521923 1413556520189521923
Biden makes his mark on Putin, who says things he never 2021-07-06 23 0 0 0 0 0 1412259928836755456 1412259928836755456
There's more to Mexico than cartels and sombreros! 2021-07-06 21 0 0 0 0 0 1412244393638072321 1412244393638072321
No tears for Rumsfeld. 2021-07-02 16 0 0 0 0 0 1410759021670256641 1410759021670256641
France tiring of Trumpism? 2021-06-28 15 0 0 0 0 0 1409338680959856643 1409338680959856643
Does it make sense to intervene in ancient conflicts? 2021-06-18 37 0 0 0 0 0 1405722464735285250 1405722464735285250
Biden and Putin both seem to be using the summit mostly 2021-06-15 38 0 0 0 0 0 1404942098126622722 1404942098126622722
Can international norms affect national behavior? 2021-06-14 32 0 0 0 0 0 1404233465629876224 1404233465629876224
Trump is the most influential American president since FDR. 2021-06-13 45 0 0 0 0 0 1403963786386571270 1403963786386571270
Stalin would be so proud! 2021-05-26 42 0 0 0 0 0 1397383226910412804 1397383226910412804
Stalin is gone but Lukashenko is still here! 2021-05-26 53 0 0 0 0 0 1397355277213519874 1397355277213519874
WHAT is the "power of our example"? 2021-05-25 40 1 0 1 0 0 1397301796540846084 1397301796540846084
The Soviet Union collapsed - into Russia and its sphere 2021-05-25 66 1 0 0 1 0 1396985352498278401 1396985352498278401
Stalin Jr acts - Putin his model. 2021-05-24 30 0 0 0 0 0 1396953134350573569 1396953134350573569
The end of civilization - tribal warfare with weapons of 2021-04-09 62 0 0 0 0 0 1380507342781829120 1380507342781829120
Domestic unrest? Provoke a foreign incident. A standard 2021-04-04 58 0 0 0 0 0 1378774740387553287 1378774740387553287
Cease-fire in Kashmir? For how long? 2021-04-02 46 0 0 0 0 0 1377982446092836865 1377982446092836865
Military dictatorships aren't so bad! 2021-03-31 57 0 0 0 0 0 1377137186554880005 1377137186554880005
When cult of personality is unfettered - 2021-03-25 53 0 0 0 0 0 1375155846250815488 1375155846250815488
Soviet revisionism is back in style under Putin. 2021-03-14 44 0 0 0 0 0 1370963311580225537 1370963311580225537
Identitarians - a German movement that resonates with some 2021-03-12 41 0 0 0 0 0 1370453418846789632 1370453418846789632
AfD - leading the way for GOP. 2021-03-12 38 0 0 0 0 0 1370452054703964161 1370452054703964161
Time to revoke the license to start and continue endless 2021-03-06 32 0 0 0 0 0 1368009422048350210 1368009422048350210
The United States has values - but also interests. 2021-03-03 34 0 0 0 0 0 1367124904248705027 1367124904248705027
GOP needs to step up to bipartisan foreign policy. 2021-03-01 37 0 0 0 0 0 1366227156280307714 1366227156280307714
Generals are getting better at spinning coups as democracy. 2021-02-28 37 0 0 0 0 0 1365931348716703749 1365931348716703749
It's not easy getting out of North Korea. 2021-02-27 39 0 0 0 0 0 1365526943840436226 1365526943840436226
Highly irregular - in any administration except Trump's. 2021-02-22 47 0 0 0 0 0 1363706733835608064 1363706733835608064
Alliances are a benefit, not a burden. 2021-02-18 32 0 0 0 0 0 1362258464748105736 1362258464748105736
North Korean economy - based on exporting hackers and 2021-02-18 30 0 0 0 0 0 1362249065346424834 1362249065346424834
Economic sanctions often make things worse. 2021-02-15 49 0 0 0 0 0 1361455212016246785 1361455212016246785
No wonder Trump and Kim got along so well! 2021-02-12 41 0 0 0 0 0 1360246285521985537 1360246285521985537
GOP doing its best to empower China over USA. America 2021-02-08 28 0 0 0 0 0 1358834727260573697 1358834727260573697
Nobody is safe - anywhere. 2021-02-03 46 0 0 0 0 0 1357022146195726336 1357022146195726336
"Policy planners have sucked the income from the bottom 2021-01-26 52 1 0 0 1 0 1354066212783759361 1354066212783759361
Why wouldn't the worst president, a self-serving 2021-01-19 39 0 0 0 0 0 1351412253682065409 1351412253682065409
US engagement doesn't turn dictators into democrats. 2021-01-18 45 0 0 0 0 0 1350974727779708929 1350974727779708929
Will North Korea be the cauldron that boils over into 2021-01-18 43 0 0 0 0 0 1350973825295511552 1350973825295511552
Trump has checked out, but Pompeo is actively building 2021-01-17 39 0 0 0 0 0 1350869432768241664 1350869432768241664
Biden has his work cut out on day one. 2021-01-16 34 0 0 0 0 0 1350429888612716545 1350429888612716545
Chinese propagandists want Trump to tweet more. 2021-01-15 45 0 0 0 0 0 1350197447117553665 1350197447117553665
There was a China strategy - but Trump didn't care. 2021-01-15 35 0 0 0 0 0 1350174158726971393 1350174158726971393
Leave no bridge unburned! 2021-01-15 33 0 0 0 0 0 1349963649176096770 1349963649176096770
What next for Johnson and Netanyahu? Jumping on the 2021-01-14 31 0 0 0 0 0 1349731822863699986 1349731822863699986
Whatever happened to... 2021-01-14 25 0 0 0 0 0 1349510231982686208 1349510231982686208
Not all Trump appointees were corrupt and incompetent. 2021-01-13 38 0 0 0 0 0 1349475036487315457 1349475036487315457
These restrictions should never have been accepted. 2021-01-10 39 0 0 0 0 0 1348144408466624514 1348144408466624514
No interest in improving relations between US and N Korea. 2021-01-09 38 0 0 0 0 0 1347895678798729216 1347895678798729216
There's a good reason Trump and Modi get along so well. 2021-01-08 68 0 0 0 0 0 1347687205565730816 1347687205565730816
The architect of Trump and Biden's China policy. 2021-01-08 63 0 0 0 0 0 1347568331662921732 1347568331662921732
What else is in the covid bill? 2021-01-04 62 0 0 0 0 0 1345957904528986112 1345957904528986112
How nice not to bother with elections that might be rigged! 2021-01-01 48 0 0 0 0 0 1344876058332467200 1344876058332467200

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The table above has these entries:

UPDATED Sun 30 Oct 2022 07:24:38 AM PDT

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Air space provocations - Putin breathes new life into an
old cold war tactic.

https://apnews.com/article/europe-russia-estonia-latvia-7e07e8518cf4c42259f007bc697f7328

#PS1foreign

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engage 2
engage-rate 8%
impress 25
time 2021-12-29 04:42 +0000
urlclicks 2
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476050855379963904

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Was the demise of the USSR a good thing?    Could it have
been avoided?

https://apnews.com/article/europe-russia-ukraine-voting-rights-moscow-2f0a5907e9172c5a7c14451d39752f5d

#PS1foreign

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impress 32
time 2021-12-25 14:29 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474749207969865728

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It all comes down to Kashmir.

https://apnews.com/article/religion-india-kashmir-prayer-d45a677b528fb0cc06fca75544ce524b

#PS1foreign

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impress 26
time 2021-12-17 01:52 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471659628320595971

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Korea, Taiwan, Ukraine, Iran - Trump should be glad he's
not president!

https://apnews.com/article/iran-space-launches-nuclear-deal-72a010e26d3ff0395fd09b7c1b3e51d5

#PS1foreign

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impress 41
time 2021-12-12 22:07 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470153385563226115

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Ever wonder what it was like in the California or Alaska
gold rushes?      You can relive that experience.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/world/congo-cobalt-investor-hotel.html

But watch your back.     These are not Sunday School
teachers.

#PS1foreign

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impress 18
time 2021-12-07 16:55 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468262976465424386

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Trumpism thriving in France.

https://apnews.com/article/europe-france-elections-paris-campaigns-4e5c33b9feccc477e53b62dca0dff4a8

#PS1foreign

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impress 14
time 2021-12-07 00:10 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468009945941495810

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Foreign powers take advantage of a divided American
government and population that can't even pay its bills
or protect itself from disease.

https://apnews.com/article/china-japan-seoul-south-korea-lloyd-austin-43cd78f6ba607300e11c7e5bc0962a3c

https://apnews.com/article/europe-middle-east-iran-dubai-iran-nuclear-dd40e4a610c2f35aff25353bbcf3a91c

https://apnews.com/article/business-europe-russia-ukraine-moscow-aae934e3b73e428da957e9b1b6ddc4f1

#PS1foreign

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impress 14
time 2021-12-02 14:01 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466407218375319554

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"predatory political fringe threatens to metabolize the
demoralized middle"

Sound familiar?   To see what happens , just go south.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/23/latin-america-braces-booster-shot-toxic-political-polarization/

How long until a dictator in every country again?
These democracies had been making such good progress .

#PS1foreign

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impress 28
time 2021-11-26 23:51 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464381387239157764

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Putin's plans to restore the Soviet Union as a world power.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/world/europe/russia-putin-belarus-ukraine.html

#PS1foreign

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engage 1
engage-rate 4%
impress 28
time 2021-11-20 05:55 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461936312466882562

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You've probably forgotten about the Balkans.    Expect to
be reminded!

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/17/opinion/bosnia-dodik-dayton-accords.html

Almost everybody has an interest in stirring up trouble
there.

#PS1foreign

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impress 34
time 2021-11-18 05:49 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461209857705472002

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Modi and Trump are great pals - they like the same kinds
of entertainment!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/15/why-an-indian-films-success-box-office-should-worry-us-all/

#PS1foreign

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impress 36
time 2021-11-16 01:23 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460418116379312135

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Every issue is global now.

https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/

Are nation-states becoming obsolete?

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/12/opinion/biden-foreign-policy.html

#PS1foreign

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impress 17
time 2021-11-14 22:13 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460008126560669700

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Another strong leader role model for Trump

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-moscow-latvia-lithuania-513f4212d26474f0d474152f28868fc4

He's as backward-looking as Trump!

#PS1foreign

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impress 19
time 2021-11-14 19:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459960043198038016

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Immigrants get to become frozen pawns in the game of
sanctions.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/belarus-threaten-europe-gas/2021/11/11/970c725c-42df-11ec-9404-50a28a88b9cd_story.html

#PS1foreign

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impress 71
time 2021-11-11 16:38 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458836483167559695

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Return of the Barbary Pirates

To fight international hostage-taking, the US needs to
close Guantanamo

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#guantanamo

Americans working abroad must realize that their high
salary is partial compensation for their high risk.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2021/hostage-taking-americans-foreign-governments/

#PS1foreign

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impress 39
time 2021-11-09 05:41 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457946518040711174

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Senate finally confirms a few ambassadors

https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-new-zealand-turkey-biden-cabinet-europe-dd868b9b8a9d3747e125d3e93d0d1eb9

But Ted Cruz blocks the rest

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-ambassadors-cruz/2021/10/27/c196b770-359d-11ec-9a5d-93a89c74e76d_story.html

For a Trumpist he tries awfully hard to be tough on Russia,
in a way that mainly impinges on allies like Germany.

#PS1foreign

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engage-rate 2%
impress 41
time 2021-10-27 22:12 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453484754595037189

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No progress in 40 years of conflict.      Another Kashmir?

https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-africa-united-nations-algeria-morocco-507429fe13915902668f589179ce0c67

At least Morocco and Algeria aren't nuclear.

#PS1foreign

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impress 107
time 2021-10-21 13:35 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451180392086605831

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Kashmir - the eternal thorn in the side of India, Pakistan
- and Afghanistan.

https://apnews.com/article/science-religion-india-shootings-kashmir-dd3779ecc2b66918125628cba564adb1

#PS1foreign

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impress 86
time 2021-10-20 06:00 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450703456025526272

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Czech blow against corrupt pseudo-populist Trumpism.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/13/world/europe/czech-populism-strongmen.html

Will it work in Hungary and Poland?

#PS1foreign

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impress 55
time 2021-10-13 23:23 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448429337871405057

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Trump used to want a big military parade.      If he is
re-elected he might study Kim to up his game.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/10/13/north-korea-shirtless-soldiers-video/

That's a REAL cult of personality!

#PS1foreign

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impress 56
time 2021-10-13 23:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448427490569908228

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Maybe we should keep Columbus Day.    Look how much Italy
is like America.

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-europe-italy-rome-violence-2f61aafb5a9c219f5856c3ea4b3273aa

And to think people made fun of Berlusconi.

#PS1foreign

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engage 1
engage-rate 2%
impress 61
likes 1
time 2021-10-13 17:34 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448341403973537794

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Why people are desperate to leave Haiti.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/10/09/haiti-kidnapping/

Is their only hope that the Taliban take over and hang
accused kidnappers from streetlight poles?

#PS1foreign

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impress 30
time 2021-10-10 22:23 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447326994283188231

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Putin must think that Trump is still president.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/06/politics/nato-expels-members-russian-mission/index.html

#PS1foreign

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impress 77
time 2021-10-07 02:46 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445943590518067202

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Change comes to German politics.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/04/opinion/cdu-germany-elections.html

Can another party maintain stability as well as the CDU?

It's like the former conservative Republican Party,
replaced by a cult of personality and with no clear home
for its former members.

#PS1foreign

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engage 1
engage-rate 0%
expands 1
impress 225
time 2021-10-05 00:55 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445190867459788801

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Is Biden too Trumpy?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/16/is-biden-normalizing-trumps-foreign-policy/

Of is it just that Biden's focused on his domestic agenda
and can't afford any more hot issues just now.  What will
he say about climate?

#PS1foreign

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impress 69
time 2021-09-17 17:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438911365477920770

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How Putin holds power - with some improvements in standard
of living and fear of change.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/16/world/europe/russia-election-vote-putin.html

After all, the next guy could be worse!

#PS1foreign

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impress 85
time 2021-09-17 03:45 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438710782913507329

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Violent Islamic fundamentalism  has waxed and waned over
the centuries -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Assassins

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ahmad

Has it entered another waning phase?

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/27/opinion/terrorism-afghanistan-Islamicism.html

Ordinary people get tired of continuous cultural
revolution.

#PS1foreign

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impress 41
time 2021-08-30 06:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1432222184307523588

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Hungary and Orban - role models for the reactionary
Dixiecrat Republicans.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/09/tucker-carlson-viktor-orban-hungary-right-wing-populism/

There doesn't seem to be a real conservative among them.

#PS1foreign

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impress 73
time 2021-08-10 14:04 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425095700518510601

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A tarpit to avoid.

https://apnews.com/article/business-caribbean-haiti-election-2020-011ce271fe57211c29ffb0e5eef9c506

The last time the Marines landed, they gave up and left
after 20 years without accomplishing anything permanent.
Just like Afghanistan.

Let armed intervention, if it happens at all,  be led by
the UN.

#PS1foreign

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impress 39
time 2021-07-11 16:01 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1414253586935025665

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Don't like the truth?    Just deny it!

https://apnews.com/article/europe-united-nations-massacres-d44b5a7a42c5dea226a7a881aa164981

That's what the GOP does.

#PS1foreign

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impress 32
time 2021-07-10 12:54 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413844027011526656

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Trumpist to the core!      Lies, cheats, and steals.

https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-campaign-2016-31d9ab971742b99c666c23143589ae56

#PS1foreign

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impress 41
time 2021-07-09 20:12 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413591950607876101

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We can't stabilize every country in the world.     We have
to focus where it matters.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/08/us-foreign-policy-should-get-over-fear-of-instability/

#PS1foreign

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impress 33
time 2021-07-09 17:51 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413556520189521923

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Biden makes his mark on Putin, who says things he never
said about Trump.

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/putin-biden-geneva-summit-cyberwarfare-arms-navalny-20210617.html

#PS1foreign

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impress 23
time 2021-07-06 03:59 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412259928836755456

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There's more to Mexico than cartels and sombreros!

https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/07/03/opinion-rethinking-mexico-and-its-ties-to-silicon-valley/

And it's a lot closer than the Far East.

#PS1foreign

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impress 21
time 2021-07-06 02:57 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412244393638072321

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No tears for Rumsfeld.

https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-iraq-government-and-politics-79145696fdfd387c61fee7ff1ff7eabc

There are other governments the US could overthrow - to be
replaced by] worse, as in Iraq and Libya and Afghanistan
and ...     If self-serving opportunists can take over
the US government, why not elsewhere else?

#PS1foreign

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impress 16
time 2021-07-02 00:35 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410759021670256641

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France tiring of Trumpism?

https://apnews.com/article/europe-immigration-elections-migration-government-and-politics-ff993d4af2c5fe7a7d8222a4165d0d18

#PS1foreign

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impress 15
time 2021-06-28 02:31 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409338680959856643

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Does it make sense to intervene in ancient conflicts?

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/opinion/ethiopia-tigray-crisis.html

There is nothing you can do that is not taking sides.
But sometimes you have to take sides in a holocaust.

#PS1foreign

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impress 37
time 2021-06-18 03:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1405722464735285250

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Biden and Putin both seem to be using the summit mostly
to fortify their political positions at home.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/putin-biden-summit-geneva/2021/06/15/52b17694-cd22-11eb-a224-bd59bd22197c_story.html

#PS1foreign

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impress 38
time 2021-06-15 23:21 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404942098126622722

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Can international norms affect national behavior?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/russia-us-un-cyber-norms/2021/06/12/9b608cd4-866b-11eb-bfdf-4d36dab83a6d_story.html

#PS1foreign

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impress 32
time 2021-06-14 00:25 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404233465629876224

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Trump is the most influential American president since FDR.
He convinced the Europeans that America is an unreliable
ally.       They are afraid the next abler bolder Trumpist
will be even worse.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-shadow-g7/2021/06/12/9b1166e4-c9ec-11eb-93fa-9053a95eb9f2_story.html

#PS1foreign

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impress 45
time 2021-06-13 06:33 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403963786386571270

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Stalin would be so proud!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/05/25/belarus-confession-video-forced/

#PS1foreign

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impress 42
time 2021-05-26 02:44 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397383226910412804

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Stalin is gone but Lukashenko is still here!

https://apnews.com/article/belarus-europe-business-187dbc95a9a0f70c58ee610c67ff372d

He still calls the secret police "KGB".   Even Putin moved
on from that.

#PS1foreign

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impress 53
time 2021-05-26 00:53 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397355277213519874

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WHAT is the "power of our example"?

https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-world-america-shackelford-20210519-p7twh7swkjdtdc4keg57uyoi2u-story.html

Putin has a different idea.

#PS1foreign

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engage 1
engage-rate 3%
impress 40
time 2021-05-25 21:21 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397301796540846084

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The Soviet Union collapsed - into Russia and its sphere
of influence.

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-soviet-union-is-gone-but-it-s-still-collapsing

Perhaps the driving factor was Russians' fear of becoming
a minority in their own country.     They still have lots
of foreign workers from Central Asia.

#PS1foreign

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engage 1
engage-rate 2%
impress 66
likes 1
time 2021-05-25 00:23 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396985352498278401

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Stalin Jr acts - Putin his model.

https://apnews.com/article/europe-belarus-media-business-government-and-politics-934283a5f4763a421391d8a55a89ad55

https://apnews.com/article/belarus-europe-edcf633281e3e9a55b2d994b96eb029b

#PS1foreign

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impress 30
time 2021-05-24 22:15 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396953134350573569

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The end of civilization - tribal warfare with weapons of
mass destruction?

https://apnews.com/article/technology-environment-us-news-coronavirus-pandemic-health-cbcafe70b4724a7605d56d40fa294027

https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/

#PS1foreign

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impress 62
time 2021-04-09 13:06 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380507342781829120

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Domestic unrest?    Provoke a foreign incident.  A standard
part of the dictator's playbook.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/01/how-russias-military-activity-near-ukraine-is-poised-test-biden-administration/

#PS1foreign

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impress 58
time 2021-04-04 18:21 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378774740387553287

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Cease-fire in Kashmir?   For how long?

https://apnews.com/article/south-asia-pakistan-india-kashmir-asia-4a251b6e100daa987f0cedf4c2525c01

No solution is politically acceptable to all parties,
so the cease-fire line will remain the de-facto solution.

#PS1foreign

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impress 46
time 2021-04-02 13:53 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1377982446092836865

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Military dictatorships aren't so bad!

https://apnews.com/article/brazil-rio-de-janeiro-cabinets-health-coronavirus-pandemic-fdeb61a84563bca5ed9ddf9dd437a8c9

Trump probably envies Bolsonaro.

#PS1foreign

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impress 57
time 2021-03-31 05:54 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1377137186554880005

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When cult of personality is unfettered -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/modi-cult-of-personality/2021/03/18/dc7ee180-8773-11eb-bfdf-4d36dab83a6d_story.html

Trump is no doubt green with envy.

But we need India's help to contain China.

#PS1foreign

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impress 53
time 2021-03-25 18:41 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375155846250815488

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Soviet revisionism is back in style under Putin.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/13/world/europe/russia-stalin-exile.html

#PS1foreign

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impress 44
time 2021-03-14 05:01 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370963311580225537

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Identitarians - a German movement that resonates with some
American white supremacists.

https://www.dw.com/en/how-dangerous-is-the-identitarian-movement/a-49580233

#PS1foreign

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impress 41
time 2021-03-12 19:15 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370453418846789632

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AfD - leading the way for GOP.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/12/opinion/germany-afd-covid.html

Leading the way down the path of fantasy and conspiracy
and irrelevance.

#PS1foreign

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impress 38
time 2021-03-12 19:10 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370452054703964161

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Time to revoke the license to start and continue endless
wars without Congressional approval.

https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-syria-middle-east-iraq-jen-psaki-a805b773aa73aa28c4363f3a8f011720

#PS1foreign

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impress 32
time 2021-03-06 01:23 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368009422048350210

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The United States has values - but also interests.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/03/democracy-is-eroding-around-world-biden-has-his-work-cut-out-him/

As in WWII, sometimes we have to recruit the bad to oppose
the worse.        On the whole, though, there's more bad
AND more worse - Trump gave them all permission.

#PS1foreign

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impress 34
time 2021-03-03 14:49 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367124904248705027

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GOP needs to step up to bipartisan foreign policy.
Projecting America's internal divisions into foreign policy
only benefits Xi and Putin.

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/chris-coons-china-biden-cancun-cruz-marco-rubio-20210225.html

#PS1foreign

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impress 37
time 2021-03-01 03:21 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366227156280307714

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Generals are getting better at spinning coups as democracy.
Credibility problems?     Just lie bigger!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/02/25/myanmar-coup-overthrow-military-thailand/

#PS1foreign

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impress 37
time 2021-02-28 07:46 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365931348716703749

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It's not easy getting out of North Korea.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/26/asia/north-korea-trolley-russian-diplomats-intl-hnk/index.html

But better sooner than later.

#PS1foreign

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impress 39
time 2021-02-27 04:59 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365526943840436226

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Highly irregular - in any administration except Trump's.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/21/us/politics/dan-gertler-sanctions.html

#PS1foreign

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impress 47
time 2021-02-22 04:26 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363706733835608064

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Alliances are a benefit, not a burden.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/lloyd-austin-nato-biden-administration/2021/02/16/813113d6-7083-11eb-b8a9-b9467510f0fe_story.html

#PS1foreign

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impress 32
time 2021-02-18 04:31 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362258464748105736

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North Korean economy - based on exporting hackers and
importing stolen cash.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/north-korea-hackers-banks-theft/2021/02/17/3dccf0dc-7129-11eb-93be-c10813e358a2_story.html

#PS1foreign

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impress 30
time 2021-02-18 03:54 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362249065346424834

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Economic sanctions often make things worse.

They are inspiring others to invent alternatives to dollar
financing -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/americas-closest-allies-are-working-hard-to-find-ways-to-undermine-the-us-dollar/2019/06/13/c5c2cf80-8e1c-11e9-b08e-cfd89bd36d4e_story.html

They seldom change behavior or regimes.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/15/opinion/us-sanctions.html

#PS1foreign

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impress 49
time 2021-02-15 23:19 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361455212016246785

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No wonder Trump and Kim got along so well!

https://apnews.com/article/world-news-south-korea-north-korea-coronavirus-pandemic-economy-e5c1edf367462e06a22d3c73c63a500f

They both like to blame other people for their mistakes.

#PS1foreign

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impress 41
time 2021-02-12 15:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360246285521985537

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GOP doing its best to empower China over USA.     America
last!

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/marjorie-taylor-greene-conspiracy-theory-biden-foreign-policy-20210204.html

#PS1foreign

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impress 28
time 2021-02-08 17:46 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358834727260573697

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Nobody is safe - anywhere.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/03/freedom-house-transnational-repression-authoritarian-dissidents

#PS1foreign

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impress 46
time 2021-02-03 17:44 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357022146195726336

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"Policy planners have  sucked the income from the bottom
to the top"

https://apnews.com/article/world-news-india-coronavirus-pandemic-new-delhi-parades-654ef151a8af6de8c264c29363d0607b

Sound familiar?    It should!    Modi and Trump were pals.

#PS1foreign

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engage-rate 2%
impress 52
likes 1
time 2021-01-26 13:58 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354066212783759361

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Why wouldn't the worst president, a self-serving
opportunist, have the worst secretary of state, a
self-serving opportunist?

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/us/politics/mike-pompeo-secretary-of-state.html

#PS1foreign

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impress 39
time 2021-01-19 06:12 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351412253682065409

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US engagement doesn't turn dictators into democrats.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/how-joe-biden-should-update-obama-strategies-for-this-new-era/2021/01/17/ff1a6d52-5679-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html

#PS1foreign

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impress 45
time 2021-01-18 01:14 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350974727779708929

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Will North Korea be the cauldron that boils over into
WW III?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/15/why-north-korea-could-become-one-bidens-biggest-challenges/

#PS1foreign

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impress 43
time 2021-01-18 01:10 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350973825295511552

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Trump has checked out, but Pompeo is actively building
his credentials for 2024.     He can claim foreign
policy actions that Hawley, Cruz, Don Jr, etc, can't.
Like them, though, he has to figure out how to get Trump
out of the way.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/pompeo-undercut-biden-foreign-policy/2021/01/16/8c430e12-55be-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html

#PS1foreign

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impress 39
time 2021-01-17 18:15 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350869432768241664

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Biden has his work cut out on day one.

https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-europe-global-trade-iran-nuclear-1d91fb4b403c609f359f99bcc3beec36

Trump has changed America's standing in the world more
than any president since FDR.

#PS1foreign

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impress 34
time 2021-01-16 13:09 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350429888612716545

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Chinese propagandists want Trump to tweet more.
But Chinese better not try the same in China.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/business/trump-china-censorship.html

#PS1foreign

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impress 45
time 2021-01-15 21:45 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350197447117553665

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There was a China strategy - but Trump didn't care.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/the-trump-administration-had-a-china-strategy-after-all-but-trump-didnt-follow-it/2021/01/14/846e97d4-56ad-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html

#PS1foreign

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impress 35
time 2021-01-15 20:12 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350174158726971393

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Leave no bridge unburned!

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/opinion/mike-pompeo-state-department.html

#PS1foreign

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impress 33
time 2021-01-15 06:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349963649176096770

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What next for Johnson and Netanyahu?      Jumping on the
Trump train doesn't look to have been such a good idea.

https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-global-trade-iran-nuclear-nobel-prizes-ebe713fca7d1c8b5790fea9a7cad829b

#PS1foreign

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impress 31
time 2021-01-14 14:55 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349731822863699986

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Whatever happened to...

https://apnews.com/article/kim-yo-jong-north-korea-39b37a67d2fad24f6be3cbaa42fb051f

#PS1foreign

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impress 25
time 2021-01-14 00:14 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349510231982686208

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Not all Trump appointees were corrupt and incompetent.
By accident, he found good appointees faster than he
fired them.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/12/biden-shouldnt-replace-this-trump-administration-official/

#PS1foreign

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impress 38
time 2021-01-13 21:54 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349475036487315457

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These restrictions should never have been accepted.
But lifting them now to make problems for Biden is the
wrong time.

https://apnews.com/article/beijing-alex-azar-china-taiwan-mike-pompeo-7e537eb813c2fda52d23c474b70e6ef4

#PS1foreign

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impress 39
time 2021-01-10 05:47 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348144408466624514

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No interest in improving relations between US and N Korea.

https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-south-korea-north-korea-united-states-nuclear-weapons-dc3bc69cca0eeec4a83cda87549c522d

#PS1foreign

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impress 38
time 2021-01-09 13:19 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347895678798729216

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There's a good reason Trump and Modi get along so well.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/08/trump-capitol-mob-india-modi-political-violence/

#PS1foreign

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impress 68
time 2021-01-08 23:30 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347687205565730816

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The architect of Trump and Biden's China policy.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/matthew-pottinger-exits-but-his-china-strategy-is-here-to-stay/2021/01/07/0a54df32-512e-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html

#PS1foreign

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impress 63
time 2021-01-08 15:38 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347568331662921732

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What else is in the covid bill?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/dalai-lama-tibet-china-us-stimulus/2021/01/01/a6a94980-4abd-11eb-a9f4-0e668b9772ba_story.html

#PS1foreign

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impress 62
time 2021-01-04 04:59 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1345957904528986112

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How nice not to bother with elections that might be rigged!

https://apnews.com/article/health-south-korea-north-korea-coronavirus-pandemic-4a2394b394ed02f1ea0fc57e48896ea4

How Trump must envy Kim!

#PS1foreign

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impress 48
time 2021-01-01 05:20 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1344876058332467200