#Musk / #DOGE fires nearly all staff at US Institute of #Peace HQ
The #Trump admin summarily fired the staff of the #USIP late Friday night, <2wks after forcibly removing the congressionally funded org’s president & installing in his place an agent of #tech billionaire #ElonMusk’s DOGE….
#law #USpol #TrumpCoup #TrumpPurge #democracy #diplomacy #fascism #tyranny
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/03/29/doge-usip-peace-institute-fired/
In a dangerous & complex world, it’s not enough to be strong. You must also be #smart. As Secy of #State during the Obama admin, I argued for smart #power, integrating the hard power of our military w/the #SoftPower of our #diplomacy, development assistance, economic might & cultural #influence. None of those tools can do the job alone. Together, they make America a #superpower. The #Trump approach is #dumb power.
The social media accounts of US Embassies & Consulates now post regularly about America first, strict scrutiny of immigrants & tourists, and threats of arrest.
This one says people guilty of fraud in obtaining visas will be permanently banned from the U.S. When will this apply to Elon Musk?
#diplomacy #fascism #ElonMusk
Brazil, Vietnam discuss plane, beef deals and BRICS summit
https://vietnam-aujourdhui.info/2025/03/28/brazil-vietnam-discuss-plane-beef-deals-and-brics-summit/
This is the most outrageous breach of #nationalsecurity that I can ever remember. The #FiveEyes #intelligence group should investigate whether the US maintains sufficient security over their collective intelligence data.
And if senior #US cabinet officials “loathe” #Europe and want Europe to pay them for unilateral #military actions that benefit global trade, the US regime are #mafia. The US has created a protection racket.
UN to scale down operations in Gaza amid escalating violence http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJkt8Y #GazaCrisis #Ceasefire #UN #Diplomacy #HumanitarianAid
Russia, U.S. wrap day-long talks on possible Black Sea ceasefire with Ukraine
U.S. and Russian officials wrapped up day-long talks on Monday focused on a narrow proposal for a ceasefire at sea between Kyiv and Moscow, part of a diplomatic effort that Washington hopes will help pave the way for broader peace negotiations.
#politics #war #diplomacy #negotiations #BlackSea #Ukraine
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/saudi-talks-us-russia-ukraine-1.7491440?cmp=rss
U.S. embassies always have to follow messaging directed by Presidential Administrations, to varying degrees. The tone now, though, is taking on the anti-immigrant bias coming out of this admin.
These are from Madrid and The Hague, same messaging in Spanish and English. Of course it’s normal for laws to be enforced, but this menacing tone is not the norm for Instagram messages on Embassy accounts.
#uspol #diplomacy #immigration
Giving the Indo-US nuclear deal a new lease of life
#India #US #NuclearDeal #Energy #Diplomacy #CleanEnergy #Geopolitics #Policy #NuclearEnergy #StrategicPartnership
#IndoUS
https://the-14.com/giving-the-indo-us-nuclear-deal-a-new-lease-of-life/