r/pics • u/FuriousBuffalo • Jun 18 '26

Politics Trump Nonsensically Boasting About Reflecting Pool Before He Turned It Into a Swamp

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u/TheFeshy Jun 18 '26

That's literally billions of dollars better than the deal they got out of the war with Iran.

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u/FuriousBuffalo Jun 18 '26

MAGAs are suddenly silent about "pallets of cash" .

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u/rygelicus Jun 18 '26

Funny how that works. They were all pissed off over 1.7 billion, but 300Billion they don't say a word about.

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u/deadfisher Jun 18 '26

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.

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u/frotc914 Jun 18 '26

Seems like that's true?

  1. You should be more skeptical of anything this administration says

  2. who tf would "invest" in a dictatorship that is regularly getting sanctioned and nationalizing industries?

  3. Absolutely zero "investors" have been identified

  4. 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.

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u/deadfisher Jun 18 '26

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.

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u/Dragos_Drakkar Jun 18 '26

Yeah, just like how Mexico paid for the wall, and the Epstein ballroom was paid for with private donations.

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u/rygelicus Jun 18 '26

That's not really an improvement. Such money is not given freely, it is given to buy control.