Rina Shah

Geopolitical Adviser & Strategist. Pro-Freedom Futurist. 6xEntrepreneur. 2xPOTUS Camp Chief Spox & 2xCapitol Hill Sr Aide. The 1st #NeverTrump Delegate (‘16).

[Rina Shah @RinainDC]

Wow, can’t believe I have this very niche thing in common with both these men.

My father was expelled, too. As was my grandfather. Draw a direct line from that to the fact that I love America & everything about the American way — foremost of which is: freedom.

[Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @DrewPavlou]

Interesting random historical fact: Both Kash Patel and Zohran’s fathers were expelled from Uganda by Idi Amin in anti-Indian ethnic cleansing

[Rina Shah @RinainDC]

Managed to find myself in the middle of a pro-Lula 🇧🇷 rally in Lisbon 🇵🇹 today.

Spotted: a “Make America Latin Again” sign.

Hundreds marching, loud drumming, loads of signs of all kinds, & folks making L signs with hands.

Stunned but unsurprised by this parade-like energy.

[Rina Shah @RinainDC]

@streetjedi5 Very fortunate for this to be my 3rd time here. One of my favorite cities. My Portugese could use work!

[Rina Shah @RinainDC]

Big protest in central Lisbon tonight over housing & rising living costs. Thousands marched earlier & some are camping out. Rents & home prices have more than doubled since 2017. #Lisboa #Habitação

[Rina Shah @RinainDC]

@Cwoww1 Sad to see this perspective

[Rina Shah @RinainDC]

@Trad_Dad13 Rude

[Rina Shah @RinainDC]

@TheSouthGe0rgia How so?

[Rina Shah @RinainDC]

@scottbe68160181 No

[Rina Shah @RinainDC]

@lilmoemusic Portugal

[Rina Shah @RinainDC]

@FabioJEB Multiple outlets (Reuters, AFP, Público, etc.) covered the CGTP march & housing protest today. The stated demands were wages, pensions, & the housing crisis. Calling it “fake news” & swapping in a different topic doesn’t change what was actually reported.

[Rina Shah @RinainDC]

@HusseinBar88630

[Rina Shah @RinainDC]

Even many who supported the death sentence for Nidal Hasan opposed broadcasting it. Correct decision here.

Rule of law & human dignity are NOT advanced by making a state execution available to watch live.

Families can attend if they choose. The rest of us don’t need the feed.

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: President Trump says the Pentagon won't livestream the firing squad execution of the Fort Hood shooter after bipartisan backlash. https://t.co/tp6H4vlKQP

[Aaron Blake @AaronBlake]

Americans oppose live-streaming Nidal Hasan's execution, 80%-18%, per a new WaPo-ABC poll.

But one group supports it: MAGA Republican men, who back it 57%-42%.

[Aaron M. Renn 🇺🇸 @aaron_renn]

I don’t care what anybody says, from an urbanism perspective Washington, DC is one of the best cities in the country.

[Rina Shah @RinainDC]

Always love seeing this bumper sticker.

All the wars, fighting, looting, & polluting must end.
We need peace now more than ever.

[Rina Shah @RinainDC]

@Gabby_Hoffman @anangbhai 😍 Happy birthday @anangbhai 🥳

[Rina Shah @RinainDC]

@AmeshiaCross The common denominator in Trumpworld is lack of prep, they shoot from the hip & hope it lands — just as Trump has & does.

[Steve Rattner @SteveRattner]

Gas prices are up 34.2% over the last year.

[Rina Shah @RinainDC]

First it was a few weeks. Then it was no strikes before the election. Now it's 'who the hell are we dealing with?' The goalposts are moving faster than the war.

[Clash Report @clashreport]

Trump on Iran:

We might have gone too far with the leaders because we don't know who the hell we're dealing with anymore.

We're having a hard time figuring out who the hell to deal with, to be honest with you. I think we went too far.

We could have stopped at level one. Level two and level two and a half was probably going too far.

[Aravind @aravind]

Indians and Chinese both immigrate to foreign countries. Guess what? Indians outcompete Chinese and it shows in their average wealth, per capita, leadership, number of big companies run etc.

It doesn't matter if it is the UK, US, South Africa, or Singapore. Indians outdo the Chinese and have the highest per capita, even among second or later generation citizens.

For example, in Chinese majority Singapore, Indian ethnicity Singapore citizens, who make only 7-8% of the population, have highest median income of $13,382 and also grow at the highest pace of 3.5% every year.

So you can make all these patronizing racist-supremacist comments generalizing Indians all the time but you have to live with the fact that Indians just do better, hence they get promoted and fare better.

All these racist comments from Chinese all the time only show how bothered the Chinese are with Indians, while all the time claiming "we don't care about India and Indians." It is a very silly, weak behavior.

It may be a good idea to stop aping the western colonists in everything and be racists. Because, in the long term, such attitude will only bring downfall.

The great Chinese historian, philosopher, and ambassador Hu Shih said, India culturally dominated China for over 2000 years. As it did the most of under belly of China - South East Asia.

Chinese looked up to India, walked thousands of miles to India crossing cold deserts and mighty mountains to learn and copy, treated Indian masters who went to China with respect and reverence.

But in the last 50 years, due to a certain type of hyper-nationalist, han-supremacist indoctrination, the wonderful Chinese have forgotten to be humble and respectful.

Chinese social media is full of racist, downright degrading and dehumanizing comments about Indians. It is spread around the world too now shamelessly.

Or in formal discourse, like this post attached below, it is subtle patronizing racism painting an extremely diverse nation of 1.4 billion, that homogeneous Han can never understand, as this or that character.

And all this hubris because since 2000, thanks partly to sucking up to the west, China's development gap with India increased and China's GDP per capita became 4x India, but still 10x lower than some advanced nations.

My advise, stop being silly and sick this. You disrespect your guru for 2000 years, the karma will be very bad. I can see the future clearly on how the west is going to pull the rug under China and collapse the current system causing immense harm.

You may imagine you are now a superpower who is invincible. But the reality is far from it. This is not the time to hate your neighbor India everyday or make sweeping racist comments on 1.4 billion different individuals in patronizing ways.

Indians aren't getting promotions, becoming CEOs, starting more unicorns, becoming leaders of the world because of their English or being favored by other Indians. Stop this unnecessary propaganda and start doing better.