US Politics/2016 Election Pick Your Poison Master Thread

[aygart]

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454824/donald-trump-successful-december-low-approval-ratings-should-worry-conservatives

[aygart]

uh-oh
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/prosecutors-ask-fbi-agents-info-uranium-one-deal-n831436

[aygart]

[tweet]943838898429550592[/tweet]

[aygart]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/21/hell-freezes-over-media-start-admitting-that-trumps-first-year-isnt-flop.html

[aygart]

https://twitter.com/evanmcmurry/status/943874473266094081

[ChaimMoskowitz]

https://twitter.com/evanmcmurry/status/943874473266094081

So she expects countries to vote based on the money they receive?

[precise]

So she expects countries to vote based on the money they receive?

on which basis are these countries receiving money?

[avromie7]

So she expects countries to vote based on the money they receive?

They're welcome to do as they please, but they can't say they weren't warned. There is no reason for the US to subsidize countries so they can abuse us.

[ChaimMoskowitz]

on which basis are these countries receiving money?

I look at it as charity.

[avromie7]

I look at it as charity.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

[precise]

I look at it as charity.

and therefor we can't expect anything in return?!?! what exactly is your issue with her tweet?

[ChaimMoskowitz]

and therefor we can't expect anything in return?!?! what exactly is your issue with her tweet?

If you expect them to vote a certain way then you are just buying their vote. I give to charity because I believe with what they do.

[username]

If you expect them to vote a certain way then you are just buying their vote. I give to charity because I believe with what they do.

And when you stop believing in what they do, do you continue giving to them?

[aygart]

I look at it as charity.

If it is charity then it should not be given. That will save our budget much more than almost anything else. We should give foreign aid to advance our global interests.

[precise]

If you expect them to vote a certain way then you are just buying their vote. I give to charity because I believe with what they do.

call it however you want but giving charity to someone hurting your interests is insane!

[ChaimMoskowitz]

And when you stop believing in what they do, do you continue giving to them?

Yes but that is not what is happening here.

[ChaimMoskowitz]

We should give foreign aid to advance our global interests.

Do you really mean this?

[henche]

Do you really mean this?

We should

[ExGingi]

So she expects countries to vote based on the money they receive?

No.

It is grandstanding. And so is most of politics.

[ChaimMoskowitz]

call it however you want but giving charity to someone hurting your interests is insane!

You knew their position before you gave them the money. Now that they vote that way you are going to complain?