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Extraordinary (and illegal) move - Trump says he's transferring $10B from the US Govt to.....himself

JD_co
in Off-Topic
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02/19/us/trump-news
Board of Peace: President Trump promised that the United States would commit $10 billion to his Board of Peace, the body created for the security and redevelopment of the Gaza Strip, although he did not specify the source of that funding.

In his opening remarks at the opening the board’s inaugural meeting in Washington, Mr. Trump also appeared to tease the possibility of military action against Iran “over the next 10 days.” Read more

Trump chairs this made up "Board of Peace" and can therefore use the funds as he wishes.

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  • Old_JoeOld_Joe
    Maybe that's the $10 Billion that he's suing the IRS for. Or maybe that's some other $10 Billion. There's so many Billions floating around this lying chiseler that it's hard to keep track.
  • JD_co
    So we are now saying that Orange stealing $10B at a time is essentially being normalized.

    And he's "grifting" at our expense, just in much larger amounts than before.
  • Observant1
    This would be an "Extraordinary (and illegal) move" for anybody else.
    But for Donald J. Trump, this is just another day in the office—unfortunately!
  • Old_JoeOld_Joe
    edited February 19
    Well, one of those $10Bs should be enough to clear a lot of rubble in Gaza, and build the first and most important improvement- yet another Trump Gold Golf Course.

    Ideally it will include new tents for at least fifty Palestinian caddys to live in, off to the side and out of sight, of course.
  • JD_co
    Maybe he's buying his own special island.

    Dang, $10,000,000,000. That's a lot of graft.
  • Observant1
    Supreme Court justice Louis D. Brandeis reputedly said: "We can have democracy in this country
    or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we cannot have both."
  • MarkMark
    Apparently Supreme Court justice Louis D. Brandeis never met 2/3rds of our current supine court or anticipated that they would help enable and facilitate this process.
  • JD_co
    Day 1 - "I'll take $10B for my Board of Peace."
    Day 2 - "We might invade Iran within days."

    Only in America, folks.
  • AnnaAnna
    How can you bring "Peace" to the world without making international problems and war all over first.
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