China Policy advisor. Father of 5. Husband. Ultra Trail Running for sanity. Prior jarhead and lover of this great nation! Steeler/Penn State/Pirates/Pens!
@GenFlynn@realDonaldTrump@JDVance This is a Republic... so 3 branches are equally responsible (and have the same amount of ability to get things done). At least it was designed that way...
@GenFlynn@CforCatholics@Amerifuture Its not that hard. Love the foreigner. Feed the poor. Tend to the sick. If you are working on another priority other than that you better have a dang good reason.
@NFLFrascella The Browns are hot garbage. Being the best player means you helped your team be one of the worst. An amazing player... but not most valuable. I'd admit the award is not voted on correctly though! It should not be a QB award.
Ms. Paskal's assessment is spot on. As the new Prime Minister assembles his team, we should keep in mind that there are opportunities to assist Tonga - and in doing so, furthering the regional stability while countering malign activities.
Lord Fakafanua has just been elected by Parliament as the new Prime Minister of the Kingdom of #Tonga. He is formerly a longtime Speaker of Parliament, his sister is married to the Crown Prince and his wife is India's Honorary Consul to Tonga (her father was the former Tongan High Commissioner to the UK). The couple did their Masters degrees at O.P. Jindal University (JGU) in India.
Before accepting the simplistic narratives likely to come out of Australian and New Zealand media, bear in mind this is a well traveled and educated couple who have a complex, and generational, understanding of geopolitics.
They are also sports fans. Here he is cheering on the Ikale Tahi @officialTongaRU rugby team in the UK (my ears are still ringing from the cheering - and it was a decade ago).
This is a big deal. Essentially a reversal of the US export control policy on advanced chips. Possibly decisive in the AI race. Compute is our main advantage — China has more power, engineers, and the entire edge layer — so by giving this up we increase the odds the world runs on Chinese AI.