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  1. Derek Grossman, in Foreign Policy magazine, wrote: "The Quad is on the Brink of Extinction."

    The Quad is (was?) an alliance of United States, India, Japan, and Australia, against China. Trump imposed very high tariffs on India and is working closely with India's foe Pakistan. There goes this alliance.
    #TheManchurianCandidate #military #politics

  2. "U.S. Allies Are Drawing Closer to China, but on China’s Terms. As Washington unsettles its partners, China is reaping diplomatic gains, without backing down on human rights, trade or security":
    nytimes.com/2026/01/31/world/a
    "Mr. Xi holds court as the indispensable partner in an unstable world."
    #Trump #TheManchurianCandidate #TrumpsGiftsToChina copy: @renewedresistance #politics

  3. Trump's "National Defense Strategy — a dramatic shift from even the first Trump administration — no longer focuses primarily on countering China":
    politico.com/news/2026/01/23/p
    Trump wants much more #military spending, but what justifies wasting more money if Russia and China are no longer seen as threats?
    #Trump #PutinsPuppet #TheManchurianCandidate #politics

  4. "China Wins as Trump Cedes Leadership of the Global Economy. The president used a keynote speech at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland to renounce the last vestiges of the liberal democratic order":
    nytimes.com/2026/01/22/busines
    #PutinsPuppet #TheManchurianCandidate #politics copy: @renewedresistance

  5. Trump said "make America great again." Trump then attacked the major universities of America, he cut their funding, and now: "Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip":
    nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/harv
    #education #Trump #TheManchurianCandidate #WorstPresidentEver copy: @renewedresistance #politics

  6. "Now the United States risks distracting itself by trying to govern Venezuela and seize Greenland while China is dedicating vast sums to winning the technologies of the future, from artificial intelligence and robotics to quantum computing and biotechnology":
    nytimes.com/interactive/2026/0
    The above quote is from the "America Ceded the Stage to China" portion of this web page.
    #NationalSecurity #Trump #PutinsPuppet #TheManchurianCandidate #politics

  7. "Trump ( #TheManchurianCandidate) Is Pushing India Back Toward China. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had been moving to align India with the United States and freeze out China. Now, efforts to rebuild ties between the Asian giants are gaining momentum":
    nytimes.com/2025/08/18/world/a
    Trump has two new slogans: #MakeChinaGreatAgain and #MakeRussiaGreatAgain. #politics

  8. Robbie Gramer: "A war refugee who became a Nobel prize winning scientist posted about Trump administration cuts to funding for his biomedical research. Within hours, he gets an email from China offering to move his lab to any Chinese city with guaranteed funding for 20 years."

    Matthew Gertz: "If you were actively trying to turn this into the Chinese century, what would you do differently from what the Trump administration is doing now?"
    #TheManchurianCandidate #Trump #WorstPresidentEver

  9. Robbie Gramer: "A war refugee who became a Nobel prize winning scientist in the United States posted about Trump administration cuts to funding for his biomedical research. Within hours, he gets an email from China offering to move his lab to any Chinese city with guaranteed funding for 20 years."
    #TheManchurianCandidate #Trump #WorstPresidentEver #politics

  10. Axios: "U.S. trade policy is making China great again — at the United States' expense ... The drop in America's reputation is already costing the country economically — through a fall in foreign visitors turned off by White House policies ... The U.S. had a largely positive reputation last year — but it dropped sharply after President Trump took office":
    axios.com/2025/06/02/china-us-
    #Trump #destructive #TheManchurianCandidate

  11. #BehindTheScenes
    #TheManchurianCandidate (2004)
    In the midst of the Gulf War, soldiers are kidnapped and brainwashed for sinister purposes.

    Director #JonathanDemme orchestrates a scene with #DenzelWashington

  12. CW: #7FilmsToKnowMe

    #7FilmsToKnowMe
    It’s a bit of a cliché, but God help me I love Casablanca , so:
    #Casablanca (1942)
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    #TheCourtJester (1956)
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    #SomeLikeItHot (1959)
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    #TheManchurianCandidate (1962)
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    #WakeInFright (1971)
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    #TheWickerMan (1973)
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    #WithnailAndI (1987)
    ~~~
    Apologies to the #MarxBros, #HighNoon (1952), #ThePrincessBride (1987), and a host of others ~
    #Movies #Films