The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation giving Donald Trump broad powers to impose sanctions on Russia and tariffs of up to 100% on countries that buy Russian oil and gas. It will now go to Trump to be signed into law.

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    12 hours ago

    The double standard of USA is insane, USA is a despicable country reserving rights to punish others for what they do themselves.

    Also USA should now b sanctioned by the rest of the world for doing exactly what they demand others don’t. USA is a traitor to their allies, and that should not go unpunished.

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        12 hours ago

        This has been true for some time, it’s just that with Trump it’s gone to another level.

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      I agree but how does that punishment get played out? Like if we manage to kick the fascists out, and rebuild a semblance of of a society, how do we pay reparations to the entire world? I mean we can grind up the billionaires and give people their money but we have $40 TRILLION in debt. There’s not paying that back.

      What is a mechanism of punishment for a society who so plainly doesn’t give a shit about anyone outside their borders?

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          Nationalize and publicise the research data and other intellectual property of the large corps. That could be helpful.

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        The US still hasn’t made reparations internally, my tribe for instance was promised a voting member of congress over 100 years ago who still hasn’t been seated… Native Americans didn’t even get the right to vote until the 1970s.

        I wouldn’t hold your breath for any of the countries doing bullshit to ever atone for anything.