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Ilsa

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8. Carney and other leaders see this and have commented

Reply to Amaryllis (Original post)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 08:31 PM

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on it. Things will probably never get back to "normal" where the US was viewed as the leader of the free world. That's becoming a sentimental perspective.

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I agree. The sentimental perspective is an Ilsa Wednesday #10