Comments by "annoyed aussie" (@annoyedaussie3942) on "'Human consequences can't be overstated': Samantha Power on Trump admin gutting USAID" video.

  1. Someone needs to make the direct arguments about money and the stock market. While it's hard in many circumstances to completely boycott US companies, it's extremely easy to reduce consumption. To give one example, Coke and Pepsi literally dominate the world's Cola market. In most countries but possibly not all alternative cola brands or a home brand exists. It's extremely likely Coke and Pepsi's international sales will decline enough to affect profits and therefore the share price. Now think of all the big multinational food brands based in the US, same will likely occur with them but probably to a lesser extent because they often own lots of local brands that wouldn't be immediately associated with a US company. Trump has already most likely hurt many industries inside the US. Even these countries recieving AID will still have US company products on their store shelves. Only destitute refugees have nothing, poor countries are still big consumers overall especially on the most basic products like soap and detergent.
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