US government to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities in Europe

https://www.ft.com/content/f8696da1-5fe6-4218-be9c-5309bd9a6ae5

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avidamoeba@lemmy.ca · 20 pts · 198d (3 replies)

This is called foreign interference, hybrid warfare.

gian@lemmy.grys.it · 3 pts · 198d (2 replies)

Yes, and everyone do it, no news here.

avidamoeba@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 198d (1 reply)

Yup. The only notable things for me are that it isn't presented as such by the media when the US does it, and what the intended effect of the interference is. In this case bolstering Reform, AfD, etc.

gian@lemmy.grys.it · 1 pts · 196d

Wait, AfD, Reform and the like where not subsided by the Russian last week ?

darko@feddit.org · 12 pts · 198d

We should start funding US communists. Just for fun.

odioLemmy@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 198d

Well it has been years of them doing it through their corporations, now it's finally state-sanctioned

https://corporateeurope.org/en/2023/09/lobbying-power-amazon-google-and-co-continues-grow

darko@feddit.org · 3 pts · 198d
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