• Nougat@fedia.io
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    1 month ago

    I have to say that I am totally fine with the US no longer having influence over the WHO.

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      Yea, it’d be pretty fucking awesome. Maybe we can convince the US to withdraw from the security council and surrender their veto power as well?

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        Then we could use our nukes instead of diplomacy! Nothing like wiping countries off the map because we disagree with them.

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      That would be minimum 15% of their budget wiped out. If we force other US charities (really just 1) to stop, or “convince” them not to we could be talking about a 30% decline in revenue.

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        1 month ago

        If that means the Trump administration not having sway over WHO, it’s probably worth it.

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        That’s roughly a billion / a, nothing other countries couldn’t compensate if necessary. I’d rather have my country foot the bill than RFK Jr. having any influence on the WHO.