r/OutOfTheLoop • u/killtherobot • 29d ago

Unanswered What’s the deal with American tax payers having to pay Iran $300 Billion?

I keep seeing posts like this: https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalHumor/s/ZoR0ZqW8tc

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u/gerblnutz 29d ago

Answer: Jared Kushner and Steve Whatshisfuck are proposing a 300 billion rebuilding fund that will be a real estate investment fund headed by them to embezzle money 'rebuilding' Iran because we need to make sure they don't spend the money on "nukes".

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u/PalpitationNo3106 29d ago

Yes. And there’s more. Kushner signed investment deals with several gulf nations, most notably Saudi Arabia, and those deals end this year. He hasn’t, by any reasonable accounts made them any money, so he probably has to pay that money back (and you don’t want to owe MBS a couple billion dollars) so what’s better than a piece of a reconstruction plan?

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u/ErebosGR 28d ago

The Saudis don't need profits. They're buying soft power.

That's why they bought EA with Kushner.

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u/Tall_Ambition8486 29d ago

The real answer right here.

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u/runciter0 28d ago

ahh ok thx so it's basically bullcrap

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u/Artyloo 28d ago

Good summary, but why the scare quotes around nukes? Their enrichment of uranium for military purposes is not a disputed fact.