Btw, not only have previous U.S. administrations (Red & Blue) spent billions on "Soft Power" programs like USAID, but other nations, including China and Russia, do as well. Trump weakened us there too. You're not very sophisticated when it comes to world affairs...
Here's a quick summary of what went on with DJT's announcement of his helipad...
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The big news today is that even though the world is falling apart, Trump called reporters to the White House to watch him sign his name on the granite of the new helipad on the South Lawn, which is still under construction, and then give a 30-minute lecture on the granite. (And no, I am not exaggerating.)
–Trump: “You will never see a crack in this granite. This granite has a million-year life. It’s a very strong stone. It will never break. it will never leak. It’s 35,000 pounds per square inch…That stone–if you took a hammer and you started hammering right now, all day long, you would not see where you’ve hit it, I don’t care how strong you are. So in ten years, if you see a crack, you’ll say, well, Trump just said you’ll never see a crack. You’ll never see a crack on this granite.” (Huh???)
–He signed his name to the back of a granite slab being carved into a giant eagle’s head, the centerpiece of the new helipad’s presidential seal. The back of the slab, the side that will face the ground, already had his name carved into it.
–Dem Senator Mark Warner: “Trump is charging taxpayers an extra $875,000 just to speed up construction of his private White House helipad.” (He wants it done in time for President Xi’s visit from China in September.)
–And, according to aviation experts, the new helipad might be more dangerous than the old one, where the helicopters landed on grass because grass has some give and granite doesn’t.
–Trump also praised the new grass which had to be put in after the helipad construction tore it up: “It has a lot of good ingredients. If you’re grass, you’re very happy.”
–He talked about the new White House flagpoles: “I’m good at flagpoles.”
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