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[Pascal @rascalafrica]

@IThink34Iam @joseph_kalimbwe People don't apply for a VISA the day they travel.. they apply well in advance. If one knows they would be travelling during the time the VISA restrictions takes effect, one would certainly apply for VISA earlier. This is the case here.

The online VISA System went live earlier.

[Pascal @rascalafrica]

@Girlpatriot1974 Manufacturers never pay tarrifs, they pass it on to consumers for profit. Prices certainly do go up.

The vodka example is wishful thinking at best. It is hoping for perfect reciprocal events. There are other markets out there. It's open trade, not a monogamous marriage.

[Pascal @rascalafrica]

@News24 @gerbjan Relax Azania. Relax. Dont lose focus. The agitation is being fed by AfriForum. Very shortsighted! What after 5 years? Missed opportunity for a chance at unity at a time when you have a GNU.

ANC of Tambo & Hani, wake up! Stop the jokes of the previous elections.

[Pascal @rascalafrica]

@emilykandjou @_Ndapandula You would utter "Hektik" 😀

You never know. Every generation has its calling and responsibility. Don't underestimate yourself.

[Nayib Bukele @nayibbukele]

Most governments don’t want USAID funds flowing into their countries because they understand where much of that money actually ends up.

While marketed as support for development, democracy, and human rights, the majority of these funds are funneled into opposition groups, NGOs with political agendas, and destabilizing movements.

At best, maybe 10% of the money reaches real projects that help people in need (there are such cases), but the rest is used to fuel dissent, finance protests, and undermine administrations that refuse to align with the globalist agenda.

Cutting this so-called aid isn’t just beneficial for the United States; it’s also a big win for the rest of the world.

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

It's becoming clearer and clearer that we're looking at a seismic shift in the US's relationship with the world, between:

1) The US dismantling its foreign interference apparatuses (like USAID 👇)
2) Marco Rubio stating that we're now in a multipolar world with "multi-great powers in different parts of the planet" (https://t.co/dyHpStHPsO) and that "the postwar global order is not just obsolete; it is now a weapon being used against us" (https://t.co/TPOksRgnwP)
3) The tariffs on supposed "allies" like Mexico, Canada or the EU

This is the US effectively saying "our attempt at running the world is over, to each his own, we're now just another great power, not the 'indispensable nation'."

It looks "dumb" (as the WSJ just wrote) if you are still mentally in the old paradigm but it's always a mistake to think that what the US (or any country) does is dumb.

Hegemony was going to end sooner or later, and now the U.S. is basically choosing to end it on its own terms. It is the post-American world order - brought to you by America itself.

Even the tariffs on allies, viewed under this angle, make sense, as it redefines the concept of "allies": they don't want - or maybe rather can't afford - vassals anymore, but rather relationships that evolve based on current interests.

You can either view it as decline - because it does unquestionably look like the end of the American empire - or as avoiding further decline: controlled withdrawal from imperial commitments in order to focus resources on core national interests rather than being forced into an even messier retreat at a later stage.

In any case it is the end of an era and, while the Trump administration looks like chaos to many observers, they're probably much more attuned to the changing realities of the world and their own country's predicament than their predecessors. Acknowledging the existence of a multipolar world and choosing to operate within it rather than trying to maintain an increasingly costly global hegemony couldn't be delayed much further. It looks messy but it is probably better than maintaining the fiction of American primacy until it eventually collapses under its own weight.

This is not to say that the U.S. won't continue to wreak havoc on the world, and in fact we might be seeing it become even more aggressive than before. Because when it previously was (badly, and very hypocritically) trying to maintain some semblance of self-proclaimed "rules-based order", it now doesn't even have to pretend it is under any constraint, not even the constraint of playing nice with allies. It's the end of the U.S. empire, but definitely not the end of the U.S. as a major disruptive force in world affairs.

All in all this transformation may mark one of the most significant shifts in international relations since the fall of the Soviet Union. And those most unprepared for it, as is already painfully obvious, are America's vassals caught completely flat-footed by the realization that the patron they've relied on for decades is now treating them as just another set of countries to negotiate with.

[Gerhard Erasmus @gerharderasmus]

Today’s hard fought victory is dedicated to our President, Dr Hage Geingob. A leader whose support for sport had transformative power. Under his guidance we have all had the opportunity to take Namibia forward. A legacy that will continue. The Eagles salute you 🇳🇦
@NamPresidency

[Pascal @rascalafrica]

@TomerAzarly Marcus Smart, you mean? Not Brown.

[Pascal @rascalafrica]

@mvenaani @hagegeingob These kind of baseless rhetoric, especially, from a leader of the Official Opposition does more damage than good to nation building. You know exactly what the average Namibian reading this will make of it. At the very least, substantiate and inform rationally.

[Pascal @rascalafrica]

@Marlita87

[Pascal @rascalafrica]

@Lord_Lu1 Manoka honi muno ni hoyi-hoyi. Outstanding job, broer.

[LeBron James @KingJames]

Media showing this???? I bet you they’re not. 🤦🏾‍♂️! You know why, cause this is unity, peaceful, beautiful and love!

[Christo 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦 @ChristoThurston]

My skin colour might say that my origin is European, but my heart and soul are solidly African.

I could never leave this beautiful continent. If I have to leave my South Africa, I would never leave it for Europe. I would rather got to Botswana or Namibia.

[Prof Nick Cowern @NickCowern]

Highly significant that the two wealthy western countries with the worst problems of social inequality and deprivation - the US and UK - have accounted for nearly half of all global COVID-19 deaths to date.

[God's favorite @chidomak7]

Some programmers are fast. #funeral dancers

[Monkey™ @ChilliKong]

Tate Usko helps out at churches, builds classes for schools, helps the poor and disadvantaged communities in the north with his own money. The other filths are just there stealing, buying slay queens flats and cry of “jealousy”

[Pascal @rascalafrica]

Precisely. Very pointless "war" this thing #TwarNAMvsRSA

[Monwabisi Kete 🇿🇦 @MonwabisiKete]

South Africa and Namibia have a shared history.

We should be collaborating on business and tourism - not stupidity.

We are the generation that should be making movies about the lives of our collective heroes - not undermining of each other.

This #TwarNAMvsRSA is irrelevant.

[billionaire_secrets @billionaire_key]

Bad things happen. Pain. Betrayal. Loss. Despair. But it all passes. Sometimes we can’t see the path in front of us but the path there is. Calm yourself. As long as you are alive, as long as you can take one more step, you have It in you to move forward. Never give up hope.

[Namibia Fact Check @FactNamibia]

In the final assessment, based on the evidence available, Namibia Fact Check finds that president Geingob’s corruption-related claims made during the Cabinet opening speech of 4 February 2020 were mostly false ... https://t.co/c6bYDf2EaH