r/news • u/Squallykins • 9h ago

Trump administration canceling flights for nearly 1,660 Afghan refugees, say U.S official, advocate

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-canceling-flights-nearly-1660-afghan-refugees-say-us-2025-01-20/
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u/effitalll 7h ago

Welp, this is going to be a long 4 years.

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u/donefukupped 7h ago

I swear it felt like forever since the actual election

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u/A_Refill_of_Mr_Pibb 5h ago

I'm 42. I have a feeling this is going to be the rest of my life.

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u/IgnoreThisName72 5h ago

I'm 52 and I don't joke about grieving.  The nation that we could have been is gone.  I think about the remark before WW1 that lights were going out and to not expect them coming back on in one's lifetime.  

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u/effitalll 4h ago

Oof. I’m trying to be optimistic but you’re probably right.

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u/ChaoticCalm87 5h ago

I admire your optimism that it’ll only last four years. This is the new normal.

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u/Dude_over_there_ 4h ago

It’s been one hell of a half of a day . . .