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That's not very "America First"

Why are my taxes paying for benefits for Europeans?

They already killed USAID.

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The cost of running such a VPN is perhaps worth it when you consider the value of the intelligence it can collect.

Non-monetary, indirect value (Goodwill, "soft power", leverage, future gains) is not, and has never been a consideration for President Trump [1]. All accounts must be settled immediately. Funny how he had to take out a full-page ad, because he couldn't get this opinion actually published in any newspaper.

[1] Donald Trump - Letter on Foreign Policy - September 2, 1987

I like that the US government finally speaks out about the rampant censorship from the EU regime but I wouldn't trust a state VPN. But they put the topic on the radar. Hope they can pressure enough to abolish the DSA. And USAID was just funding for propaganda outlets.

> I like that the US government finally speaks out about the rampant censorship from the EU regime

Are you a EU citizen?

Yes.

For Europeans? They don’t need anything like this, zero benefit. May benefit someone in North Korea, China or the United States.

Or the UK

This is a valid tool for intelligence and propaganda operations, for both USA and Israel (since they have access to whatever.

In this age this is akin to funding and arming a militia in a foreign country, or what would've been on old times preemptive land operations.

this administration is the least “america first” we’ve had … like ever!

They will force their users to pay for the service in Trump's crypto and call it a win for freedom.

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