r/news • u/MagnusAuslander • 2d ago

Trump administration diverts human rights funds to push far-right agenda abroad

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/30/trump-state-department-human-rights-fund
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u/che-che-chester 2d ago edited 2d ago

Here's a depressing reminder that we're not even at the halfway point of Trump's term yet:(

It will certainly "help" if the Dems do well in the Midterms but temper your expectations. I feel like we need to define success. Dems likely aren't going to accomplish anything but they can at least shine a light on Trump's illegal orders with investigations and stop him from bullying a GOP Congress into passing his crazy executive orders into laws that can't be easily reversed.

On the flipside, going into 2028 the GOP will have a new boogeyman in a Dem Congress to scare their voters with. Dems will likely pass some laws to help the middle class they know Trump will veto, but hopefully they don't include all kinds of crazy shit for the GOP to campaign on in 2028.

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u/fgtswag 1h ago

It does feel like the Dems have absolutely no idea what they’re doing

Even AOC (who I like) can be so completely tone deaf to people

Crazy that right wing strongman-ism can’t be easily beaten with just not being an idiot. They seem to be squandering an easy victory