Trump Orders Vetting Review for Refugees, Not His Own Cabinet's Conflicts
Donald Trump, whose administration approved over $33 billion in military aid to Israel (which often included waiving vetting requirements for arms sales, not people), now demands 'broad vetting' for 200,000 refugees. This from the man whose Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, spent his post-Trump years on the payroll of hawkish think tanks and giving speeches sponsored by groups like Zionist
Organization of America, staunchly advocating for foreign policy agendas that directly benefit foreign states. (Pompeo's 2021 financial disclosures show significant income from such affiliations.) The 'security risks' always seem to come from brown families fleeing war, never from wealthy lobbyists or former officials cashing in on foreign influence. One might wonder why the standard for human
beings fleeing violence is infinitely higher than for the weapons we send to prolong it. This isn't about 'national security'; it's about political theater, playing to fear, and deflecting from the actual influence peddlers in Washington. When your cabinet members are free to transition straight from government to advocating for foreign interests, but a refugee's background is scrutinized to the
nth degree, it's not vetting – it's hypocrisy. Just how many 'security threats' has a former cabinet member shilling for foreign interests been, versus any of those 200,000 refugees?