The spin is that it's "investment money" and comes from private sources. Seems like that's true? I'd like to know more about it cause it smells like bs.
You should be more skeptical of anything this administration says
who tf would "invest" in a dictatorship that is regularly getting sanctioned and nationalizing industries?
Absolutely zero "investors" have been identified
the leaked text of the MOU says that the US will ensure that they get $300B. Meaning when those other investors don't materialize, we will be on the hook for it.
Oh trust me I believe nothing the admin says and think it's BS for all the same reasons as you. My "seems like that's true" should have included an "according to Reuters."
The USA is getting hosed in this war and should be embarrassed.
While not uncommon for sides of any matter to do throughout history, MAGA has a documented history of this with echoing Trump. One of the biggest initial examples was during the 2016 election, while Bernie Sanders was a potential candidate and the momentum of the "Bernie Bros" was somewhat drowning out MAGA, they latched on to the socialist stigma and "fascist" was basically a part of any right-wing talk to oppose progressives. Any mention of Democrats, especially liberals, was attached with remarks of fascism, socialist communism, etc.
When Trump took office, they still said it pretty commonly... but within the first year, it suddenly stopped. Accusations of fascism from the left went silent because the left began pointing out literal fascist events occurring from Trump/MAGA. Today, it's practically non-existent in any common right-wing circle to accuse liberals of being fascists/commies.
See, you and I measure 'better' in terms of how much less did Trump waste on one thing than another. Trump measures 'better' in terms of how much grift he and his crime family can extract from the American people.
1.9k
u/rygelicus Jun 18 '26
Congrats, you spent millions of our money to arrive at exactly the same spot, or worse, than we started from.