Little Flower

Thank you, Mr. President!❤️

𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗣'𝗦 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗢 𝗚𝗥𝗜𝗙𝗧 Donald Trump has spent years selling Americans the same NATO grievance: that the United States is being exploited while Europe gets security on the cheap. It is one of his most effective political lines. It is also one that begins to unravel the moment you examine how NATO's common funding actually works. 𝗔 𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗢𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱 Every successful grift needs a convincing story. Trump's goes like this: America carries NATO while Europe freeloads. Washington pays the bills. Europeans enjoy the protection. Americans get taken advantage of by allies who should know better. It is compelling. It is endlessly repeatable. And it collapses entirely under scrutiny. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗧𝗼 𝗦𝗲𝗲 NATO's common budget is calculated using an agreed formula based on national income. Every member pays according to what their economy can bear. That is the stated principle of the alliance. 𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙚𝙨: ▪️ The United States - GDP $28.75 trillion contributes $836 million to NATO. ▪️ Germany - GDP $4.69 trillion, one sixth the size of America's contributes $836 million to NATO. ▪️ Britain - GDP $3.69 trillion, one eighth the size of America's contributes $578 million to NATO. That is not burden-sharing. That is the world's largest economy securing the cheapest proportional deal at the table and then spending a decade telling its voters it was being robbed. 𝙂𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮. 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙭𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝙨𝙞𝙯𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖. 𝙒𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙚. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲 If a billionaire and a nurse donate the same amount to charity, the billionaire is not the generous one. The nurse is. The sacrifice is not measured in dollars. It is measured in what those dollars cost. That is NATO. Britain and Germany are the nurse. America is the billionaire - contributing the same amount from a vastly larger fortune, then demanding recognition for its generosity. Proportionally, European allies are carrying a heavier burden than Washington. The burden-sharing argument only works if you deliberately ignore what each country can actually afford. 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗜𝗻𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗔 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝘁 𝗔 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗹 This arrangement did not happen by accident or oversight. The common funding formula was negotiated, agreed, and signed off by American officials across multiple administrations. Washington sat at the table. Washington accepted the terms. Trump did not inherit an unfair deal. He inherited an exceptionally cheap one - maximum strategic leverage at minimum proportional cost. Rather than acknowledge this, he repackaged a favourable arrangement as exploitation and sold it to his voters as victimhood. 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙩. 𝘿𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚, 𝙨𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮. 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗜𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 NATO delivers something no defence budget can purchase outright legitimate global leadership. The alliance is the institutional framework through which American power is projected, validated, and accepted by the rest of the world. Europe is not simply funding its own defence. It is part-funding the political architecture of American global influence. Meanwhile, European defence budgets are rising sharply in response to genuine Russian aggression - the very threat NATO exists to counter. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝗽𝘁 Germany matches America's contribution from an economy six times smaller. Britain carries a proportionally heavier load from an economy eight times smaller. The United States secured the best deal at the table and built a political career pretending otherwise.

Hundreds of rural hospitals across the country are facing closures after years of funding problems. The issue was compounded last summer by the Trump administration's massive cuts to Medicaid whose reimbursements have long helped hospitals meet their bottom lines. to.pbs.org/4bZQ7fO

The reshaping of the U.S. military should concern EVERY American. There is no question that this goes way beyond a foreign policy objective. The proposed $1.5 trillion defense budget would reshape the U.S. economy into a wartime economy without question. This is a desperate last ditch attempt at absolute power. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Trump intends to use the military to facilitate the ultimate power grab. This is NOT what the reconciliation process was designed for. TikTok - vm.tiktok.com/ZNRX2Su1f/

The Army Chief of Staff, a combat veteran with tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, asked Pete Hegseth why he was blocking the promotions of two Black officers and two female officers who had earned them. Hegseth refused to answer. Then he fired him. Nine U.S. officials told NBC News that Hegseth has blocked or delayed promotions for more than a dozen Black and female senior officers across all four branches of the military. Hegseth has now fired or sidelined more than a dozen generals and admirals. He is an out-of-control, unqualified former TV host and nobody in the Republican Party will say a word about it because they don’t want to make Trump angry. nbcnews.com/politics/natio…

TRUMP STARTED A DAMN WAR WITH IRAN SO HIS KIDS, ERIC AND DON JR, COULD GET RICH SELLING DRONES IN THE MIDDLE EAST!!! On top of that, he wants $1.5 trillion MORE taxpayer funds for his war, but nothing for American families. Y'all were mad about Hunter Biden selling a painting.

@denise_artist @Jansant Nope. At least not up to the point when Trump fool dumped the JCPOA.

She lies when she claims that Iran has said “they would never ever have a nuclear weapon.” This woman is gaslighting at the highest level. Ignore the liar. 60 percent uranium enrichment by Iran is the evidence. They were absolutely on a fast track to nuclear proliferation. Shame on SkyNews for airing this propaganda. Not to mention the Iranian people WANT the US to help free them from oppression, and atrocities beyond imagination.

This Sky Australia interview didn't go to plan

@Jansant One day a country is going to successfully develop the ability to reach the U.S. with their weapons, and we will be paying dearly for the actions of this lunatic. Mark my words.

The White House deleted this embarrassing video. So whatever you do- * DON'T REPOST IT. * Donald wouldn't like it if you hit "repost." Trump: We can't take care of daycare. We're a big country. We're fighting wars. It's not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these things.

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨He has zero plans on leaving‼️

Have you ever seen a more unbalanced, unhinged, emotionally UNSTABLE person leading the Pentagon, especially during war times? I haven't. Yelling at the press for using trump's OWN words. Hegseth is in over his head. Impeach him, before he costs more American lives.

Yes, I support this 💯, and the sooner the better!

An hour after announcing his resignation, the US Army Chief of Staff says: "A madman is about to lead the great US military to ruin."

Why the hell is there a banner of Charlie Kirk on the Department of Education? Why is CHARLIE KIRK’s face on the Department of EDUCATION. WHY IS CHARLIE KIRK ON THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION?!?!?!?

BREAKING🚨 A man was choked to death by ICE guards, and DHS hid his body at a military base to block the autopsy. His name was Geraldo Lunas Campos. When the county medical examiner finally performed an autopsy, the conclusion was devastatingly clear: his death was ruled a homicide. But here is the detail that should make your blood run cold. When another man recently died at that exact same #ICE facility, the Department of Homeland Security didn't call the local medical examiner. Instead, they moved his body to a nearby U.S. Army base. And that Army base is now flat-out refusing to release the results of the autopsy. This was revealed today by Senator Dick Durbin in a horrifying congressional hearing about the explosion of deaths in ICE custody under the Trump administration. Eight people have already died in ICE custody in just the first two months of this year alone. Many of them died from easily treatable illnesses. 911 logs show ICE facilities are completely overwhelmed, ignoring basic human rights. But moving a body to a military installation to dodge a local homicide investigation? That isn't just negligence. That is a coordinated, state-sponsored cover-up. They are operating mass detention facilities with zero accountability. They are treating human beings like they are disposable. And when their guards cross the line, they use the full weight of the federal military apparatus to hide the evidence. We are watching human rights abuses happen on American soil, funded by our tax dollars. We must demand the autopsy report. Share this. Do not let them sweep these deaths under the rug.

Insane thing to say while we are in the middle of a war you just started yesterday.

@ChrisMurphyCT please shave. Love your messaging, please keep it up. Keep on it, and thank you!!!but clean up your face, it just looks messy.

Transgender adults in Kansas have received letters ordering them to surrender their drivers licenses until they obtain a new one with a marker reflecting their sex assigned at birth. Their current licenses are now invalid. This also means trans people in Kansas currently cannot vote if their current license is their only form of ID. erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sends…

This should never be filed under “tragic mistake.” Agents detained a blind man, decided they had no legal basis to deport him, then released him miles from his home with no ride, no escort, no plan. He died on the walk back. That is foreseeable harm, not an unfortunate twist of fate. If America is serious about ordered liberty, basic protocol has to include getting a blind person safely home, not leaving him to guess his way down the road after federal custody.