@HeavenlyPossum@kolektiva.social
Post #4018336
2026-07-22 20:03 UTC
It’s hard to imagine how many times the US has had to make those requests over the course of decades. It should have been routine many, many years ago. This is the sort of oversight that should have been rendered impossible by Standard Operating Procedures.
And yet…they just didn’t do it. The US has gotten sloppy in a subtle but really silly and completely unnecessary way.
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@HeavenlyPossum@kolektiva.social 2026-07-22 20:04
I think about this incident with Italy a lot, especially when I encounter takes by well-meaning and optimistic but profoundly naive Americans like this: “the US decline is entirely and solely attributable to Trump, and as soon as he’s gone, everything will go back to normal.” https://bsky.app/profile/bythepeople1863.bsky.social/post/3mq6kxzmn2c2g