Just like with everything else, his Art of the Deal leaves us with less than what we had before.

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          See, that’s the thing though - he doesn’t. He never pays his own debts and never spends a dollar he doesn’t have to when it comes to his own money. When it comes to taxpayer money though? He’ll firehose that shit in whatever direction he feels like.

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      That’s a good idea! Trump should get a loan to pay that himself. Maybe a 50year loan? A Wargage! It’s a mortgage for wars. Let’s say you can’t pay right now, but you would really like to get rid of some country. You get a Wargage and just pay the minimum for 50 years! Get your family members into it to help you and you could own a war in no time! We just need a billion down payment and some collateral.

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        This is low key a good premise for a bit. Maybe add banker jargon, something about FHA loans and FAFSA applications and an intergalactic bank holding Trump personally responsible for billions

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      He never pays with his money, this isn’t his money and if gas prices go down a fairly large percentage of americans will say “we kicked Iran’s ass”.

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      It is to be paid by the Gulf coast coalition, so yes, Iran will see the money.

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        Regardless of where the money comes from, handing over $300 billion to Iran after we attacked them is a bad look.

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          I can’t fathom there being a good look at the end of this. The decapitation strike was stupidly underbaked, the later attacks were poorly orchestrated, the broad lack of planning seemed almost intentional. We spent money to lose money, and kill children.

          Honestly, I’m seeing a lot of parallels with the Russia/georgia/ukraine situation with the US/venezuela/iran

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          Not to his base, as soon as gas drops a Lil bit they will be screaming “fuck yeah we showed them not to fuck with us” meanwhile Iran is probably going to come out ahead in all this (except for human life ,which doesn’t seem to bother their leadership)

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            The Persian gulf area petro states, or their leaders, have profited really well from the combination of American military and American thirst. Usually I bet they’re happy to throw a little cash wherever we say. But being in the hook for this much money because Trump attacked for no reason and no planning? That has to make them unhappy.

            Yet more losing the influence we once had. Winning!?!?

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            Regardless of where the money comes from,

            I’m aware of where JD Vance is claiming the money will come from.

            It doesn’t matter. It still looks really fucking bad.

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        The gulf coasts will pay, Israel will violate the peace, and the money will be gone. The only way this holds is if Israel provides guarantors for the peace that will live in Iran. Preferably Ben Gvir and Netenyahus kids.

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          Why only send a couple, when you can send the whole Knesset? Someone needs to dig the tunnels again that were destroyed. No tools, bare hands.

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      It’s not Trump’s money. He’d give them trillion’s of US taxpayers’ money if it made him look better.

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      • Americans will be bankrupted by the Iran Deal

      • Iranians are stupid if they think the Americans will pay what they agree

      Somehow these are two bad things that we’re supposed to juggle in our heads simulateously.

      Where is the American liberal out saying “Holy fuck, we were wrong to attack and Iran deserves far more than the pittance Trump is offering”? Where is the American liberal saying “The Federal government should not continue to be allowed to welch on it’s debts to the people it has wronged. We must hold future administrations to the task of reparations we’ve agreed to today”?

      Instead, it’s just a litany of “Trump Bad! Trump Bad!” as though the rest of the federal system wasn’t rubber stamping this Holocaust from day one.