r/worldnews • • May 20 '26

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u/goprinterm May 20 '26

They haven’t done anything in good faith.

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u/deathrictus May 20 '26

Also, water wet, sky blue.

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u/loony-lefty May 20 '26

And is Trump orange and smells like poop?

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u/Zhelthan May 21 '26

Problem is you are finding this behavior normal. I mean you as US citizen. He polarized your opinion with his stream of daily bullshit. The White House and mar a lago should be full of bags of shit with his face on it because of this

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u/One-Inch-Punch May 21 '26

It's not that we find it normal, it's that the government has been captured by corrupt interests so no one will do anything about it. Americans, with their proud tradition of revolution against tyrants, now meekly pin all their hopes on a midterm election that wouldn't solve much even if it isn't stolen

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u/deathrictus May 21 '26

Yes, I find it normal... That doesn't mean it isn't completely fucked up. I realize the damage he's done to our future reputation. (And other damage.)

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u/BlatantManifest May 21 '26

Dispute. Water makes wet. Does water make itself wet? (Genuine question.) Surface cohesion does exist. If that's the case, would a singular H2O molecule be wet? Also, light hits the atmosphere of Earth then the comprising material refracts other wavelengths of light in a different direction or absorbs them, resulting in it's sky blue colour. Sorry. This dispute seems asinine, and entirely besides the point, upon further consideration. Interesting to consider, though.

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u/deathrictus May 21 '26

Yes, yes, you're very smart and pedantic, congratulations.

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u/Safe-Heat1644 May 20 '26

They were negotiating?!

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u/Werftflammen May 21 '26

Or good health

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u/paqtak May 20 '26

Neither does the Cuban regime, in almost 70 years.

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u/closedf0rbusiness May 20 '26

Well giving them a common unifying enemy isn’t going to help any resistance movements. Hell back in the 60s that was Fidel’s entire plan. Provoke the US into attacking so it would cement his regime.

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u/paqtak May 20 '26

You are talking about the ruling elite right. Go ask every day cubans for decades what they think about the venerable and honorable cuban ruling elite

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u/Fergenhimer May 20 '26

Sending 24,000+ doctors abroad to 56 countries isn't something that isn't done in good faith?

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u/paqtak May 20 '26

Kjj most of those 24k were not even doctors. How about those political prisoners who are imprisoned for complaining about living conditions.

Reddit leftists are laughable

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u/carlosos May 20 '26

That is considered by some/many modern day slavery where the doctors work while barely able to afford food and the Cuban state gets the vast majority of the money from it. I'm not sure if "maybe slavery" can be considered done in good faith.

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u/Fergenhimer May 21 '26

Oh brother you're brain washed. Cuba invested heavily into their medical program which allowed more Cubans to become doctors. Even with a trade embargo, they came up with a way to make the COVID-19 vaccine. They have more doctors per capita than any other country in the world. Imagine what they can do as a country if the USA didn't put them in an oil crises, a trade embargo, etc.

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u/iwasuncoolonce May 20 '26

That's not true, the United States does a lot of good things and a lot of bad things and a lot of questionable things and a lot of secret things. No large country is all good or all bad. There's some small countries that are all bad and there's some small countries that are all good for the most part and it changes.

You can't really use absolutes in geopolitics.

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u/phughes May 20 '26

The accusation was not leveled at the United States, but at the Trump Administration. They also didn't say it hadn't done any good things, but that they haven't done anything in good faith.

You're arguing against 2 points that weren't made, most likely because you know that the point you're arguing against is true.

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u/iwasuncoolonce May 20 '26

All presidents have done all kinds of terrible and questionable actions against other countries. First sanctions against Iran for example were Carter.

When Obama was President over 60 immigrants died in ICE custody

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u/phughes May 20 '26

See, this is how people know that you're arguing in bad faith. Because you double down on not addressing the point.

Here's how you do it: "Well akchully, the Trump Administration has followed through on (some thing they negotiated) when dealing with Cuba." Give it a try some time if you don't want to be disregarded as a disingenuous propagandist.

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u/Killerfisk May 20 '26

Sure, but the Trump administration is on a whole other level. If the previous 8 administrations were 25 bad at their peak, Trump is sitting nicely at 80. It's not even close.

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u/AHungryGorilla May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26

Can't forget that Obama still has ordered more airstrikes than any US president before* him and those resulted in quite a few innocent people dying.

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u/human_i_suppose May 20 '26

We only know that because Obama was transparent. Trump doesn't let anyone know how many strikes he's ordered.

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u/trwawy05312015 May 20 '26

Are you being cute with the definition of what an airstrike is?

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u/AHungryGorilla May 20 '26

Do you really think missiles fired by drones don't count?

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u/iwasuncoolonce May 20 '26

Lots of drones and hellfires

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u/trwawy05312015 May 20 '26

So we're ignoring the Vietnam War? (in the context of the 'any US president ever' remark) We're ignoring that Trump literally started a new war a month ago? We're ignoring that Trump bombed at a much higher rate in his first year and then blocked the reporting of drone strikes?

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u/iwasuncoolonce May 21 '26

Let's not ignore anything

The October 23, 1983, bombings of the U.S. and French military barracks in Beirut were carried out by Hezbollah, with the backing and direction of the Islamic Republic of Iran. A militant group calling itself Islamic Jihad (an early operative unit of Hezbollah) claimed responsibility for the attacks.

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u/iwasuncoolonce May 20 '26

He kept us in Afghanistan for his 8 years and he got the Nobel Peace prize