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Stephen Blomfield's avatar

Hi Matt. This makes for grim reading. The history of Central and South America has been darkened by the baleful deeds of the USA ever since the Monroe doctrine was propounded. It’s clear that Trump has elevated this cruelty to a new high and is shameless about it. Previous Presidents may have been as ruthless but more circumspect, cloaking their misdeeds in virtuous propaganda. But Trump lacks any semblance of empathy or human decency. He reverts to a world, which we mistakenly believed was due to become ancient history.

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Andreu Jené's avatar

Orwell's 1984 made true. "Never again" failed again.

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Robin Stafford's avatar

I keep thinking that this is a government whose policies and plans are heavily influenced by Evangelical Christians.

Any genuine Christian ought to be utterly ashamed and disgusted by them, and calling them out for being as far from Christian as it is possible to be

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