Probably. It’s possible they (the Gulf States) could change their minds. Theoretically, President Trump could put some kind of pressure on them to comply. Like refusing to defend them from Iran or something.
And like doogie said, maybe this is just some unacceptable opening offer to make the “real” offer seem better.
Really, who knows? Maybe Pres Trump is selling a line of BS to Netanyahu so he’ll end the war and make Pres Trump look like a peace making hero.
I don’t think that’s an or else where we have any leverage. Or else we send our troops to fight a war no one would support and waste more money and lives in a sand pit.
We have bases in Saudi Arabia.
You mean Iran gives up power.
Israel would help them. Regardless, we would not allow Iranian expansion so it’s a meaningless threat.
Potential impacts of Trump EO’s are being reported on by Maine’s premiere Democratic Socialist rag, the Maine Beacon.
The scale at which federal funding props up Maine is actually quite staggering. I learned that 1 in 6 workers in Maine works for a non-profit, compared to a 1 in 10 nationwide.
One impacted NGO/nonprofit has extremely lucrative compensation, as do MANY other non-profits.
Every day that goes by puts all of this into better perspective for me. All of the rabid opposition to Trump, the censorship push, the pardons, the characterizing of the entire MAGA movement as fascist.
A massive, massive grift is being uncovered and that is always bad for the people participating in it.
Kinda. For now. That can change pretty fast though.
I am just upset that I could have been sending in invoices to USAID and had them blindly paid.
I missed some good bags there.
I’ve seen some completely wild invoices that just get paid.
$64 EA for an item you can buy with a click on Amazon for about .$0.006 EA
I’m going to need an attorney to represent me for all of the welding invoices that were destroyed when they became aware that they would be investigated.
I worked at an old welding supplier from the steel industry’s heyday and they had stuff on auto repurchase that was piling up and being stuffed into corners for years and auto paid. Case boxes of torch tips that cost a thousand dollars a piece, all kinds of hidden treasures.
The 2 sales reps that were left were pilfering the hell out of that stuff and hooking themselves up with some nice side sales.
I will continue to repeat that I’m not declaring victory yet, but holy crap is there a torrent of information being disclosed. Just like that.
Eggs will definitely be getting broken in whatever omelette ends up being prepared for the American public.
Oldie Goldie from the people who helped bring us COVID
I tried watching that this afternoon and could only get half way through before I started crushing my molars and getting a head ache.
This is for the suckers. She’s a fall guy. There is no way she was running anything. The people who know where the bodies are buried, never get publicly shamed.
And I don’t know why she is referred to as a clintonista when she called Hilary a monster, among other things. She was an Obama acolyte and is probably an antisemite. Champagne Joshi needs to do his research.
With all the money that was spent there over decades, Gaza actually belongs to the USA, not Israel or the Palestinian authorities
Like you, I’ve watched and read about all of the wasteful spending by USAID and gnashed my teeth and had my blood pressure skyrocket, stewing about how hard I work everyday to bust my ass and provide for my family and then thinking about when I look at my pay stubs and see how much tax gets taken out of MY money before I even get to touch it! If you think about it too long you’ll lose your mind.
But the main thing I wanted to say is, Nancy Mace is HOT! Especially in that outfit there, with the librarian glasses and tousled hair…just do a search for her and click on the images, she is hot AND smart as hell, not to mention a tough bitch who doesn’t back down from anything. I love when they have her on Fox and she’s speaking about something she’s really passionate about.
One time she was late appearing in person at Fox for a segment and when they asked her what caused her to be late, she gave this sly smirk and said that as she was trying to get out the door, her husband grabbed her and was feeling frisky. The hosts nervously laughed and didn’t know what to say but she just sat there smiling, it was awesome…and again, HOT!
She said tranny, then said it 3 more times after being admonished for it.
The scale of this grift is somewhat difficult for me to process. It’s going to be really hard for all of the TDS sufferers to come to terms with.
Imagine spending 8 years calling Trump voters stupid and racist, only to realize that you were actually working to fleece yourself.
Meanwhile, in Maine, you hear about “equity” from these stooges nonstop and we have DEI commissars throughout government.
There were two shootings in my area in the last week. One in downtown Lewiston, one at the Maine Mall in S. Portland. Both victims survived. Both shooters have been arrested and charged with the same class A felony of elevated aggravated assault.
Somehow committing the exact same crime resulted in a $100,000.00 bail in one county and a $1,000.00 bail in another.
So close, yet so far.
The people that scream “antisemite” every time someone says something even a little bit critical of Israel - are the same people that control the media, colleges, medicine and banks.
Speaking of the Clintons, I heard it mentioned that US Taxpayers have paid Chelsea Clinton tens of millions of dollars through USAID, just a small drop in that wild bucket we’re finally getting a look at.
One of my favorite academic blog authors is a guy named Brett Deveraux, who is outstanding when he stays in his lane of ancient military history and pop culture commentary. He is still clinging to his Trump as a fascist narrative. He’s but one of many who are going to eventually have to swallow a very bitter pill.
Despite his PhDs and long record of academic achievement, America’s plumbers and truck drivers have demonstrated that they have far superior political judgement.
Of course, many will not swallow such a pill, and we’ll continue to see the narrative evolve into even wilder directions. Right now the story is that laying bare the USAID corruption is an authoritarian move out of Hitler’s playbook.
They can’t just say “I’ve been duped”. They have to be right.
