Trump just wrote a "suicide note" for America, political expert says - LGBTQ Nation

"'The [Global Engagement Center's] former head, James Rubin, called this decision 'a unilateral act of disarmament,' Applebaum wrote. 'It is a suicide note. If the ideas within it are really used to shape policy, then U.S. influence in the world will rapidly disappear, and America's ability to defend itself and its allies will diminish. The consequences will be economic as well as political, and they will be felt by all Americans.'"

"The Trump Administration has issued a "suicide note" ending all exposure of Russian influence campaigns, Chinese political manipulation, and Iranian extremist recruitment drives that threaten U.S stability, writes Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anne Applebaum. In September, the U.S. State Department's Global Engagement Center ended its agreements in two dozen countries to jointly expose "malicious and deceptive online campaigns originating in Russia, China, or Iran," Applebaum wrote in a recent article in The Atlantic. She also mentions the Trump administration's recently released National Security Strategy, which seeks to end most U.S. involvement in its previous foreign agreements."

The U.S. State Department's Global Engagement Center terminated agreements in two dozen countries that exposed malicious online campaigns from Russia, China, and Iran. The recently released National Security Strategy seeks to end most U.S. involvement in prior foreign agreements and omits sustained threats including Russian cyberwarfare, political intervention, Chinese economic influence and digital intrusions, and Iranian extremist recruitment. The decision has been framed by critics as a unilateral act of disarmament and described as a "suicide note," warning of rapidly diminishing U.S. influence, weakened defense of allies, and broad economic and political consequences for Americans.

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