Die Minister äußern ihre Besorgnis über das Verhalten der USA, nachdem Trump sich aus internationalen Agenturen zurückgezogen hat
https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/01/08/ministers-voice-concern-at-us-behaviour-after-withdrawal-from-international-agencies/
Von TeoKajLibroj
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This is definitely a worrying trend coming from the US
Who cares what they think
>“When you’re friends with another nation, you have to be honest with your friends and say we’re concerned with what they’re doing; we’re concerned with the path they’re taking,”
-If I had a „friend“ who was banning other friends from going out in public, dehumanising my other friends, barged into a nursery, beat up a bunch of toddlers, abducted their teacher and worst of all had dozens of independent child-rape allegations. Then I wouldn’t be telling them „I am concerned with the path they’re taking“ tffs
Add it to the list of things they’ll be „monitoring“.
It seems so meaningless and token in the face of what continues to be the US mutating into an outrageous and depressing destructive force, but what else can a politician say?
Trump is a toddler with a shotgun; he wields enough executive power that I don’t blame any politician keeping their head down & saying as little as possible. What else can be done? The US President is literally threatening to invade an EU nation’s territory, we’re past the rubicon here.
Trump is a fucking moron.
If I was his family I’d be pretty frightened at this stage.
A lot of anger building up in America at present due to that person being shot yesterday.
The downfall has begun…..
I saw this quote from an anonymous source (probably Karl Rove) in the W. Bush administration doing the rounds it seems apt:
*“You believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.. That’s not the way the world really works anymore. We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out. We’re history’s actors…and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do“*
Im sure you’re the woman for the job Helen. Sort them out.
I just can’t believe how much FF and FG are screwing us over *yet again* – this time with their refusal to plan for the retreat of globalisation.
It became clear 10 years ago that the era of globalisation which in many ways has benefited Ireland was ending, yet FF and FG have continued sticking their heads in the sand as we became increasingly economically dependent on the US. We are now the most vulnerable country in Europe to US-led global chaos, due to a near non-existent domestic economy.
We urgently need to focus on using our massive economic reserves to build up our domestic economy with lower input costs (better infrastructure, free universal public services, reduced input costs from energy/insurance/banking/internet) and increased grants for startups etc. pretty much the only thing FFG got right in many ways was creating a highly-educated workforce, but that came at the expense of trades (worsening the housing crisis and other infrastructure) and is semi-pointless as they made our country so shite to live in that half of those highly-educated young people flee to a country which doesn’t treat young people with so much disdain.
We urgently need to have more independence and autonomy! Until then, our government will be too scared to say anything more than ‚we are deeply concerned and are monitoring the situation‘.
What he’s trying to do is pressure NATO members to keep pushing up their military spending. He will eventually settle for an expanded military presence in Greenland.
Disclaimer: this is my own personal analysis, not an endorsement or reprieve for Trump’s antics. Do not come at me.
Maduro is a dictator and America is a rogue state led by a want to be dictator with a golfing obsession. Both things can be true at once.
“Voicing concerns“
“Monitoring the situation“
“Waiting for an investigation“
There ya thats the government response to basically everything so 🤷
Lads, this cunt is going to burn it all down with this bullshit.
We are going to have to get a little French in our protesting if any more of it seeps in here.
> “We really do need to work with them. We need to engage with them, and that’s going to be a priority for me as Minister for Foreign Affairs to be as engaged with my US colleagues, not just on issues of trade but on all of the issues that matter to us at home here as well.
> “We need to try and change their mind in some of those instances because the structures that have been developed for the right reasons to keep world order, to keep world peace, to keep countries connected large and small – they matter and they matter so much to a country like Ireland.
The craven streak continues from FFG, they have been coming out with multiples of these each day in the last week it seems between Venezuela, Greenland, now this, and of course the child porn creation platform they all love to use so much.
They do not want to work with you, they want you to work for them.
They do not want to engage with you, they want you to shut up and say nothing.
You will not change their minds any more than Chamberlain changed Germany when he came back waving that white sheet of paper like an eejit.
They have no interest in the current world order. They have been pretty explicitly and repeatedly clear that they want a new world order.
And FFG know all this, but the alternative is actually standing for something. And this is true across so much of the EU. When they capitulated instantly and entirely against the US‘ tariffs last year (despite being in a good position to work with the entire rest of the world to humble the US financially), we were told it was in the interests of stability. Well, how stable are things now as a result?
Where my „join Nato“ Dad’s at?
Save us Helen