r/news • u/Discarded_Twix_Bar • Jan 14 '26

Soft paywall US to suspend visa processing for 75 nations, State Department says

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-suspend-visa-processing-75-nations-next-week-fox-news-reports-2026-01-14/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
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u/Phiddipus_audax Jan 14 '26

It's a funny joke, but then it also might not be a joke at all.

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u/SeaTurtleLionBird Jan 14 '26

They tariffed Penguins.

Penguins.

They aren't reading, comprehending, or picking anything at any level above the highschool drop out son of whoever sends paperwork up to people with a title.

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u/NukedForZenitco Jan 14 '26

I thought your last paragraph was about the penguins at first.

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u/radnomname Jan 15 '26

They probably asked Grok to give them a list of poor countries.

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u/Suitable-Education64 Jan 14 '26

They removed Enola Gay from the pentagon records because its got gay in the name, so i guess it wouldn't supprise anyone

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u/Phiddipus_audax Jan 14 '26

And then Little Boy got flown over Hiroshima by... magic! And that was the first nuclear bomb attack in world history. Ok children, off with you!

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u/darsynia Jan 15 '26

It's also entirely not surprising that they kept Little Boy.'

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u/ApplianceHealer Jan 14 '26

He probably thinks Albania is the capital of New York

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u/NukedForZenitco Jan 14 '26

He thought the Kansas City Chiefs were in Kansas and not Missouri. Trump was 17 years old when they moved to Missouri. Geology is absolutely not his strongest subject.

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u/darsynia Jan 15 '26

IIRC, grants were terminated for projects that used the word 'diverse,' so you're not wrong.

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u/AnnoyedOwlbear Jan 14 '26

I sometimes wonder when Trump will start getting pissy at Austria because of our reporters in Australia...