Is the USA entering another 'RED SCARE' scenario i.e. firing gov't employees on suspicion only?

@BrandNewMan OK... I accept that you were focused on the E.U. in your comment. However: If the USA has always wanted to be a 'world power' and somewhat 'direct' the world events then there's no reason for it to complain now - Most countries have deferred to that approach BECAUSE the decisions and direction have (mostly) been reasonable and well directed.
But: You say the USA is 'due' more respect? I throw it back to you that the governments of other countries are due more respect by the USA! The USA has been directly meddling in the politics of many countries for at least a century (Lets start with the the post WW1 "Tready of Versailles) where it (mostly) dictated the reparations Germany would have to pay - even though the USA was VERY late participating in that war. That dictating in itself gave rise to the German nationalism that Hitler manipulated and which resultingly led to WW2 - which (BTW) the USA declined to put boots on the ground in that conflict until much later than the United Kingdom and Russia who had already engaged Germans. (I"m not denigrating the US contribution - it was welcome and it was worthy), I'm just looking at the politics of it. Then, post-WW2 the OAS mutated to become the CIA and the USA has been a somewhat menacing shadow in every country ever since. (Again, I'm just saying... many countries, Canada included, have felt the presence of the USA at times when it was not needed or warranted). Please take note too that US 'largess' in providing aid has always been accompanied by concessions of natural resources, land access concessions or indirect control of the country's internal policies (propping up dictators).
SO the Bottom line is: That where the USA 'thinks' the world should be showing more appreciation for the US aid that has been provided - the USA (read 'tRump' who has NO knowledge or interest in world history) is now seen as 'demanding' respect when that respect has already been returned and the USA might wish to re-gauge what it is demanding in more 'friendly' terms. Again: DIPLOMACY is what is visibly lacking - and NO - if you read the feedback about JD"s trip - he did not build bridges.

Whooo-ee.... I just saw the news where tRump accuses Zelensky of 'starting' the war in Ukraine.??? (and that's just recent history!!)

@JollyRoger Jesus .. you really get off spewing your opinions, dont you? What a gas-bag.

@BrandNewMan anyone can say that. Doesn’t mean it’s all accurate. And who’s to determine what’s waste? What’s important to one is not to another. Few would argue efficiency is a good thing. Wiping out entire agencies is not the same. If you’re comparing it to a company, it’s like going out of business. Rarely celebrated!

@ElwoodBlues It's the standard Maga tactic, which demonstrates they have lost the argument.

@ElwoodBlues LOL, so posting publicly available information is now illegal, eh?

@ElwoodBlues

@sunsporter1649 says
Right, sunstroke, reveal EVERYONE's social security info, what could possibly go wrong???


Unpaid taxes – that's FRAUD!! And the tRump admin, by firing auditors, is making it HARDER to detect tax fraud!!!

The silliest thing is that auditors more than earn their keep!! Firing them REDUCES revenue!!!
https://www.nber.org/digest/20238/comparative-returns-irs-audits-income-groups

@Pretzel I must agree..... Lots of 'knee-jerking' going on and anything with any 'blue tinge to it is a target. The historical horrors of "Vlad the Impaler" fit quite well here: Paranoia overriding logical thought and due process of truth and law.

@JollyRoger So it is your opinion more of these should be in charge of disbursing the American taxpayers hard earned money?

@sunsporter1649 REALLY? This is brilliant of you Sunburn! - "What? Me Worry" Alfred E. Neuman all grown up and dressed in a suit??? I love it!!

But, no, you've really drawn on the character of the new administration's inductees.

@JollyRoger

@pentagrammom I'm impressed that you did read it - So: Is History repeating itself here or not?

@JollyRoger tactics repeat, outcomes not guarantee as learning is possible over time

@pentagrammom Right! But the situation is (as said above) knee-jerk' - P. tRump has been out of 'the loop' for 4 years and now he's back in with an agenda that 'might' be cleansing, but is most likely destructive. Not everyone in governmental bureaucracy is without a brain and he's decapitating indiscriminately while the people he's inducting have a BIG learning curve ahead of them.

@DunningKruger I have to question how P. tRump has any theocratic bones in his body?
Oligarchic for sure!

@Reason10 it's BLUE SCARE now

@JollyRoger if you call him that then there is no real chance of having an intellectual discussion.

@MasterLee Sorry ? (Not).... So do a short review on the things you have said about Biden and Democrats in general....Not forgetting that these people are your neighbors who you probably even socialize with! It's so easy to denigrate people when we generalize.

Not that I'm trying to raise myself up from having done that here in SW (only in replies, BTW), but I didn't see the previous administration literally slamming people for their personal life choices as what I see P. tRump doing.... He seems to be creating strata of people and to me that's what Hitler did. Therefore, until I see a change in his approach to minorities, I will continue to diminish him...He is not a man worthy of receiving admiration.

@JollyRoger

@Reason10 Obviously you didn't lose your job! AND: If you're on a pension and the people who are responsible for sending you your checks are fired.... Goodbye check!!

@Reason10 OK.... the proof will be when you start to hurt!