Re: Americans: that clueless cretin you elected just killed the CVE program :-(

On 2025-04-16, Dave Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com> wrote:

On 4/16/2025 8:17 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:

Read for yourself:
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https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/16/homeland_security_funding_for_cve/
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Of course, now that I have called him a clueless cretin in public means
I am now unlikely to be allowed into the US (_if_ I ever wanted to go now).
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BTW, Mr Orange, on a related subject, you don't build a chip manufacturing
plant within a year or so.
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Simon.
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Got to wonder how many are lamenting the lack of shooting skills of the young
man in Butler PA?
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Don't go there David. You are better than that.

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The cretin is grandstanding for his supporters.  He knows much of his actions
will be reversed, by him, or others.  But his supporters will only remember his
original action, how he "showed the world how tough he is".
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The situation is far worse than that.

You may not be seeing it much in the US itself, but externally, and
especially in Europe, we can see the incredible damage he is doing to
the US and the damage done in the relations between the US and the
rest of the world.

Some of the damage which has been done is permanent because people
are far less likely to trust the US from now on. IOW, the standing
of the US in the eyes of the rest of the world has been permanently
damaged.

People are actively trying to find other markets than the US because
we don't know what the situation is going to be next week, next month,
or next year. He may think he is being clever by causing chaos by the
constant policy changes, but all he is doing is causing long-term
structural damage to the US as people cannot function in that environment
and are actively trying to find alternatives.

Even your own bond markets have been damaged even though the US dollar
has traditionally been the world's reserve currency due to its stability
and trust in it. When the money people start thinking something different
to that, that's when it becomes clear you are in real trouble.

Simon.

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