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swong19104

(670 posts)
16. Iran's money held in escrow
Mon Jun 15, 2026, 01:48 PM
5 hrs ago

Since the 1970s have been returned by Obama. That’s my understanding. There’s no more Iranian money held by the US. This $300B is capitulation. Should come out of Trump’s pockets.

Torchlight

(7,158 posts)
2. End result: Pres. Rump spent billions of our dollars to increase our gas prices
Mon Jun 15, 2026, 11:25 AM
8 hrs ago

Little else changes except we pay more at the pump and he lines his pockets with more lucre. I wonder what it's like to be an idiot and believe he's the smart one.

durablend

(9,445 posts)
3. asdf
Mon Jun 15, 2026, 11:26 AM
8 hrs ago
I wonder what it's like to be an idiot and believe he's the smart one.


You walk among them every single day in public.

Think about it.

ret5hd

(22,681 posts)
6. he is unilaterally bankrupting and disarming us...
Mon Jun 15, 2026, 11:55 AM
7 hrs ago

that’s a bit less than a $1000 per u.s. persons, and we already know musk/thiel/waltons/etc are immune…

plus our oil reserves are depleted

plus our defensive arms are depleted

how soon till we are attacked?

erronis

(24,803 posts)
11. putin and other external and internal enemies have been very clever.
Mon Jun 15, 2026, 01:27 PM
6 hrs ago

And the magats will still blame Obama and Biden.

pat_k

(14,348 posts)
7. Shhhh! The 300 billion of our tax dollars is secret -- declared national security info classified at the highest level.
Mon Jun 15, 2026, 01:11 PM
6 hrs ago

At least that would be my bet.

When this administration is gone, I expect we'll learn about what ACTUALLY happened. As it is, I expect that a key component of the deal is that the reparations be kept secret, even from the American taxpayers footing the bill.

popsdenver

(2,756 posts)
14. The Republicans and Trump
Mon Jun 15, 2026, 01:41 PM
5 hrs ago

figured we were suckers for IRAQ war, totally fabricated by Cheney/Rumsfeld.....why not try it again?????????


Everything old, is new again............

littlemissmartypants

(35,236 posts)
12. He isn't. But someone in this maladministration must be. He's a psychopath. He's sleeping through the whole thing.
Mon Jun 15, 2026, 01:31 PM
5 hrs ago

Characteristics of Psychopaths
1. Aggressive, callous, and cunning
2. Completely void of conscience and empathy
3. Adept at manipulating others
4. Willing to engage in immoral, criminal conduct
5. Willing to take what they want and do as they please, regardless of who is hurt or wronged
6. Deceptive ability to appear outwardly benevolent
7. Deceptive ability to behave in superficially charming ways to hide purely selfish motives
8. Willing to use force, intimidation, and violence to control others in order to satisfy their own needs
9. Willing to intentionally violate the basic inherent human rights of others
10. Completely lacking any sense of guilt or remorse for the harm their actions cause
11. Rationalize their own immoral behavior
12. Attempt to lay blame upon someone else for their own bad conduct
13. Will deny their own wrongdoing outright
14. Display utter contemptuousness toward the feelings and desires of others
15. Exhibit pathological lying, will compulsively say anything without any concern for the truth to advance their own agendas
16. Able to fake normal human emotions and empathy with the exception of joy, laughter
17. Have a distorted sense of the consequences of their actions
18. Totally fail to accept any responsibility for their own socially irresponsible ways
19. Strongly believe that they will never be brought to justice for their criminal behavior

progressoid

(53,470 posts)
9. Sure. Why not.
Mon Jun 15, 2026, 01:23 PM
6 hrs ago

MAGA stayed silent when Trump gave Argentina 20 billion dollars, while the farmers he was screwing with his tariffs were going bankrupt and committing suicide.

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