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Trump calls for end to foreign aid, says US should only give loans
Jack Posobiec on Twitter X ^ | February 10, 2024 | Jack Posobiec

Posted on 02/10/2024 6:58:30 PM PST by Macho MAGA Man

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To: Macho MAGA Man

Foreign aid is sh*t. The old show a man to fish thing. This is why the azhos are coming here in droves. They don’t want to get up off their worthless asses and fix their own country. The came here for the FREE Version of the American Dream but they sure as hell don’t want to work for it.


41 posted on 02/10/2024 7:52:29 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer ( Joe Pedo's America! The Motel 6 to the world. Joe's Border Patrol will keep the light on for you.)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Judge Engoron takes dim view of overvaluing collateral.

Not enough collateral. No loan.

Ding ! Ding ! Ding ! We have our man !


42 posted on 02/10/2024 7:57:03 PM PST by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: dfwgator

Good article! Thanks.


43 posted on 02/10/2024 7:57:56 PM PST by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: Segovia

Even worse, we spent $3 trillion on the Iraq war and didn’t take their fossil fuels. Now China is moving in and grabbing them basically for free


44 posted on 02/10/2024 8:13:26 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

That’s what the ChiComs do! Then when the Blacks can’t pay it back (which they never can), they take control of their ports.


45 posted on 02/10/2024 8:18:09 PM PST by montag813
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Good idea. And put a cap on the loan, perhaps based on the size of the borrower’s economy.

If they don’t repay it, rip up any US notes that they hold.

We shouldn’t be sending aid (gifts) to any other country until we wipe out our own debt.

(”Put on your own oxygen mask before helping others.”)


46 posted on 02/10/2024 8:59:56 PM PST by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

The only way this makes sense is if we are willing to foreclose on the collateral when they default. The US would own all middle eastern oil reserves and most European real estate. That would suit me just fine.


47 posted on 02/10/2024 9:02:07 PM PST by con-surf-ative
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Most of that money goes to the pockets of the thugs that run those s**t holes.


48 posted on 02/10/2024 9:31:01 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

I say great. Sadly, we know who is sitting out there just
waiting to pick up these nations in it’s circle of influence.

We’ll see how this works out.


49 posted on 02/10/2024 9:35:30 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: aquila48

It’s always been that way.


50 posted on 02/10/2024 9:37:02 PM PST by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical objects Trump is being given the Alex Jones tr)
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh; jimwatx; Macho MAGA Man; Fungi; Magnum44; DoughtyOne; metmom

Can someone tell me where in the Constitution is the Legislature or the Executive empowered to take money from the Treasury and either grant or loan it to a foreign nation?

Asking for a friend.


51 posted on 02/10/2024 9:49:31 PM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: DouglasKC

Foreign aid is just away for politicians to loot the US Treasury and funnel it back to the DNC.


52 posted on 02/10/2024 9:51:31 PM PST by Texas resident (Biden=Obama=Jarrett=Soros)
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To: EEGator

You are mistaken. The assumption that that no country would ever repay their loan is a false one. It all depends on the country, the situation and who negotiated the terms. There’s a long list of things that conventional wisdom said could never be done, that Trump was able to achieve for example, getting countries to take back their illegals, getting China to sign a trade agreement with enforcement mechanisms, renegotiating NAFTA and other trade agreements that were long overdue. We have enormous leverage if we have a president who’s willing to use it.


53 posted on 02/10/2024 9:59:33 PM PST by mbrfl
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The nitpickers are seizing on the wording of Trump’s Truth, anxiously looking for things to criticize while ignoring the fact that Trump was broaching a new topic of discussion in the broadest of terms. Trump understands that the repayment terms would necessarily have to be different for different situations.

When lending money to Taiwan or Israel, to help them through a rough patch during wartime, it’s reasonable to expect repayment after their countries return to normal. Lending money to a less wealthy ally who’s helping us to fight a common enemy, for example, Kurdish forces during the Iraq war, might require more forgiving terms. To criticize the idea because Trump hasn’t outlined every detail is foolish. Trump is discussing a policy in its broadest terms, a policy that would necessarily require situational flexibility, to be implemented successfully.


54 posted on 02/10/2024 10:24:49 PM PST by mbrfl
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To: Macho MAGA Man

foreign aid is a laundering scam where both sides, the politicians in country and our leaders handing it out get a cut


55 posted on 02/11/2024 3:07:52 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: Macho MAGA Man

I agree.


56 posted on 02/11/2024 3:10:44 AM PST by dinodino ( Cut it down anyway. )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Should be a QUID PRO QUO! Something for Something!!


57 posted on 02/11/2024 4:36:50 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

The mutuality of NATO Alliance has quietly morphed over the decades into the singularity of the NATO Reliance with US’ wealthy EU partners relying on the US to do all the heavy lifting, militarily, monetarily, providing advanced intelligence and weaponry for their land war threats while they are useless to us in defense of our homeland which will come in the way of a high tech air and missile attack, not a land war. As such, either it needs to be rewritten with member states required to form a joint standing military to defend Europe by a date certain and immediately required to up their country’s defense spending to 2% of GDP. Barring that, we should leave the Reliance. We don’t need to be paying child support for someone else’s baby while we are trying to raise our own.


58 posted on 02/11/2024 5:20:39 AM PST by chuckee
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To: Macho MAGA Man

I like it - and those that default don’t get any more money


59 posted on 02/11/2024 5:20:53 AM PST by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

The loans would never be paid back. Stop foreign aid. Period.


60 posted on 02/11/2024 5:37:21 AM PST by circlecity
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