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  • Donald Trump Is Just Watching This Crisis Unfold But =?UTF-8?B?aGXigJlz

    From ltlee1@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 31 15:37:11 2025
    “In the middle of the night, as news about the plane crash at Ronald
    Reagan Washington National Airport was breaking, Trump posted on Truth
    Social:

    The airplane was on a perfect and routine line of approach to the
    airport. The helicopter was going straight at the airplane for an
    extended period of time. It is a CLEAR NIGHT, the lights on the plane
    were blazing, why didn’t the helicopter go up or down, or turn. Why
    didn’t the control tower tell the helicopter what to do instead of
    asking if they saw the plane. This is a bad situation that looks like it
    should have been prevented. NOT GOOD!!!

    He raises some valid points—ones that many people might be wondering
    about themselves. The difference between them and him is that he is the
    leader of the federal government, able to marshal unparalleled resources
    to get answers about a horror that happened just two and a half miles
    from his home.
    ..
    This morning, Trump held an astonishing briefing at the White House
    where he and his aides unspooled racist speculation, suggesting (without
    any evidence) that underqualified workers hired under DEI programs had
    caused the accident. “We do not know what led to this crash, but we have
    some very strong ideas and opinions, and I think we’ll state those
    opinions now,” Trump said, and he did. Vice President J. D. Vance and
    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth criticized diversity efforts from the
    lectern as well. "

    https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/01/trump-airplane-crash/681511/

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  • From A. Filip@21:1/5 to ltlee1@hotmail.com on Fri Jan 31 17:27:32 2025
    ltlee1@hotmail.com (ltlee1) wrote:
    “In the middle of the night, as news about the plane crash at Ronald
    Reagan Washington National Airport was breaking, Trump posted on Truth Social:

    The airplane was on a perfect and routine line of approach to the
    airport. The helicopter was going straight at the airplane for an
    extended period of time. It is a CLEAR NIGHT, the lights on the plane
    were blazing, why didn’t the helicopter go up or down, or turn. Why didn’t the control tower tell the helicopter what to do instead of
    asking if they saw the plane. This is a bad situation that looks like it should have been prevented. NOT GOOD!!!

    He raises some valid points—ones that many people might be wondering
    about themselves. The difference between them and him is that he is the leader of the federal government, able to marshal unparalleled resources
    to get answers about a horror that happened just two and a half miles
    from his home.
    ..
    This morning, Trump held an astonishing briefing at the White House
    where he and his aides unspooled racist speculation, suggesting (without
    any evidence) that underqualified workers hired under DEI programs had
    caused the accident. “We do not know what led to this crash, but we have some very strong ideas and opinions, and I think we’ll state those
    opinions now,” Trump said, and he did. Vice President J. D. Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth criticized diversity efforts from the
    lectern as well. "

    https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/01/trump-airplane-crash/681511/

    What does make it on topic in s.c.china ?
    Is USA New Middle State?
    Are China/PRC matters "less important" *in s.c.CHINA* ?

    --
    A. Filip
    | Bore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
    | (Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary")

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  • From ltlee1@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 31 20:06:55 2025
    Feel free to add
    "Why people think the US would lose the competition with China: Reasons
    1, 2, 3, ...N."

    Or

    "Why people think US would win the competition with China: Reasons 1, 2,
    3,
    .. N."

    Basically, the competition is also cultural or civilizational.

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