That's it in a nutshell. Nice.
Lots of peer pressure for social conformity, efficiency and productivity built right in to German culture, and they still couldn't make it work.
This began in 2005 under Bush. You are talking out your azs. If there was a case to be made with the info available, they'd make it.
Anybody can make a list. Anybody can make proof go away if they have a chance. The chance to convict these people was passed on by the FBI in Trump's first term...
So, Xi Jinping skips out on what was to be a pivotal BRICS meeting. How does that look when considering troubles with his generals, and his Pacific aggressions ?
https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/how-chinas-military-is-flexing-its-power-in-the-pacific-17e6e280?st=KU2HsR
Trump has just gotten what has been “his way” from the beginning. We are now being paid to supply the Ukraine, after Trump has been rebuffed in many reasonable attempts to seek peace.
Did you notice how Xi Jinping did not show for what was to be the pivotal BRICS meeting ? Perhaps Trump is no...