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Topper wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2025 8:32 am Grow a pair

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/189006548 ... O3VuA&s=19

South Africa has officially banned all American businesses from operating within its borders and halted mineral exports to the U.S. ✂
This decision comes just days after Donald Trump announced a complete withdrawal of U.S. funding and USAID support to South Africa.
In response, the South African government made it clear to Trump that the U.S. relies heavily on African minerals. They firmly stated that if he views Africa as nothing more than a recipient of aid, he should seek resources elsewhere—because Africa is done tolerating disrespect and disregard from Western powers.
With the U.S. generating over $25 billion in profits from South Africa annually, this move is expected to have significant economic repercussions for both nations.

Topper wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:17 pm Not sure on SA, but most of Africa's mineral output has been China aligned for several years.

One interesting speaker was from the US State Dept who spoke about this global search to lock up resources between China, Russia and the US. It was easier to do on the political level than the corporate and lesser so project scale.

The U.S. Forest Service will fire roughly 3,400 federal employees across every level of the agency beginning Thursday, according to two people familiar with the plans.

This would also reduce the agency’s workforce — a total of 35,000 employees — by about 10 percent, potentially making it harder for the federal government to address increasingly intense wildfires and manage millions of acres of federal forests and grasslands.

Cornuck wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2025 4:39 pm

The U.S. Forest Service will fire roughly 3,400 federal employees across every level of the agency beginning Thursday, according to two people familiar with the plans.

This would also reduce the agency’s workforce — a total of 35,000 employees — by about 10 percent, potentially making it harder for the federal government to address increasingly intense wildfires and manage millions of acres of federal forests and grasslands.

Cornuck wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2025 8:33 pm ^ so this is the one you choose to take literally?

Strangelove wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2025 8:59 pm I believe in taking a man at his word.