Subtitle: A former Republican director of USAID says the agency is critical to U.S. interests and can’t be abolished or folded into the State Department.
Trump and Maga don’t seem to understand the concept of soft power. They see money flowing out but nothing flowing in, and are incapable of thinking through second order effects.
Yep. This is Margaret Thatcher type 'thinking' "Society does not exist" ergo soft power has no value. They understand it but deny reality when it conflicts with their false religion/power mania.
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[ 3.5 ms ] story [ 26.7 ms ] threadThat's her legacy.
That and sucking up to Pinochet
Even just listing the political goals would be sensitive.
And without a quantitative analysis, then any arguments about value devolve to opinions and he-said versus she-said.