No Main Topic: Quotes Edition

•  "Look, look, Argentina is fighting for its life, young lady. You don’t know anything about it. You know what that means? They’re fighting for their life. Nothing’s benefiting Argentina. They’re fighting for their life. You understand what that means? They have no money, they have no anything, they’re fighting so hard to survive. If I can help them survive in a free world — I happen to like the president of Argentina, I think he’s trying to do the best he can. But don’t make it sound like they’re doing great. They are dying."  -- President Trump's response to a reporter asking how bailing out Argentina benefits Americans specifically American farmers.
• "Experts assembled by the United Nations have detailed Rwanda’s illegal exploitation of Congo’s rare minerals. And now, with global attention focused elsewhere, Rwanda has escalated its aggression — seemingly knowing that no meaningful consequences are likely to follow." -- Dr. Denis Mukwege of the Congo, who upon winning the Nobel Peace prize tried to use the attention it gives to bring light to the struggles in his country, but to no avail. 
• "I’ve dedicated my life to serving my country, and I’m ready to answer the call again." -- Ed Gallrein, the former longtime Navy SEAL, fifth-generation farmer, upon being tapped by the Trump Administration to challenge to Representative Thomas Massie for Kentucky's 4th Congressional District. 
• "Social media’s credibility rests on the idea of it being a free and open source of information and communication. But with the forced sale of TikTok to U.S. defense contractor Oracle, and Twitter being owned by a one-time de facto member of Trump’s cabinet, this facade is cracking. Further undermining this fantasy are the MintPress investigations highlighting the hundreds of national security state agents pulling the strings at top Silicon Valley platforms. No wonder, then, that they are so quick to delete their profiles and hide the evidence." -- Alan MacLeod, on former national security agents changing/deleting personal social media information upon Mint Press News' stories about them working in the highest levels of platforms like Facebook, Google, TikTok and Twitter.