President Donald Trump said the U.S. will be giving $10 billion to his neocolonialist “Board of Peace” — over 12 times the U.S.’s contribution to the UN this year and more than double the amount that the U.S. currently owes the international organization. Trump made the announcement while addressing the Board of Peace at its meeting on Thursday, stating that the Board of Peace — which he…

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  • mavu@discuss.tchncs.de
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    I assume the missing part of the headline reads: “… until courts invalidate his order” as usually

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    So it is giving US tax payer money to a board of which he is in control of and only he can choose a successor to thats some new kinds of BS

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      Not just that, but he is the chairman and the term is “until they no longer wish to serve the role”, so effectively a lifetime appointment. He will be chair of this peace board even after his term is up, collecting taxpayer dollars that will vanish into a fund that no one will be able to audit.

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    trump stealing 10 billion from americans to give to pootin and israel lmao Deserved. Thanks so much America for making Ruzzia richer SMH. Karoline even invited the Vatican to this board of peace because America wants a theocracy and not a secular society ig?

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        The board of peace has two committees one for international trade and one for peace with Ruzzia, and trump invited putin to the board idk

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          He invited zelensky too and all those leaders supporting the terrorist state of Israel