US Elections (& Politics) :)
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Who will fund it?
Does this decide global US policy sidestepping Congress?
Did you vote for this?
Does this decide global US policy sidestepping Congress?
Did you vote for this?
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Sybertiger
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For you who got married I always wondered the same thing. Especially given all the people I know who got divorced or currently wish they could pull off a divorce and remain intact. LOL
We'll have to wait and see what, if anything, the saber rattling gained. May have improved our hand. One thing I'm pretty sure of...if Greenland volunteered to be a part of the US you'd see a lot of Europeans upset about it so have to wonder why.
Sybertiger
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Trump is the Great Disruptor of the status quo. I think the Board of Peace is a part of him disrupting existing pieces of the global world order. In many ways I think he's trying to reassert US control of our destiny. He's making sausage and some of us who will eat it prefer not to see how it's made.
Oceanslider
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We do have access now, but it’s limited and negotiated. “Total access” would imply broader freedom to build and operate, which would be a major change, not the status quo.
Oceanslider
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Your posting good things about Trump now also? All hope is not lost!
If Trump is going to be leader of "board of peace" for life. I don't think any major power is going to waste 1 billion. Currently more than 90% of the countries on that board is irrelevant or unknown.
Most of EU nations and BRICS have not yet accepted or outright rejected Trump.
Most of EU nations and BRICS have not yet accepted or outright rejected Trump.
Sybertiger
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Who cares, those EU losers haven't done anything in the region except to create the problem as it now exists. EU began as an economic confederacy to turn into an overbearing master of the states of which are members. Many of them are no longer recognizable in terms of culture or values.
Trump, Kushner launch Board of Peace at Davos — without EU partners
President Trump and his administration rolled out the Board of Peace initiative for Gaza in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, featuring leaders of more than 20 countries that notably did not include…
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Sybertiger
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Trump said help was on the way but seems to be quiet about this despite Iran directing threats his way. Not so sure Trump will forget what he promised. USS Lincoln turned off its location beacon as it enters the region. Saturday morning fireworks?
nypost.com
Horrific new photos show brutality of Iran’s protest crackdown as death toll feared to reach 20K: reports
The images were taken so the dead could be identified by their families, with many relatives finding it difficult to clearly identify them due to the graphic injuries.
nypost.com
I care!... this is great... The more time Trump, his son in law, and Rubio spend on their new Ministry of Peace in the middle east, the less time they will have to spend on the Ministry of Plenty here!
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Another example of why I don't believe anything in the media. One headline says doom, while the other says no biggie.
Air Force One plunged into darkness and was forced to U-turn en route to Davos
Air Force One plunged into darkness and was forced to U-turn en route to Davos
If you are a member of the lgbqtabc sect (only because we don't have to kiss your ass any longer), a criminal, illegal alien, liberal or demonturd, SURE I agree with this pole.
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Parley
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US allows China to purchase Venezuelan oil but not at 'undercut' prices of Maduro days, official says
By Timothy Gardner
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is allowing China to purchase Venezuelan oil but not at "unfair, undercut" prices at which Caracas sold the crude before the U.S. removed President Nicolas Maduro, a U.S. official said on Thursday.
While the oil will be sold in the global marketplace, the administration has required that the majority be sold to the United States, the administration official said on condition of anonymity. The U.S. says it will control Venezuela's oil sales indefinitely after seizing Maduro on January 3.
"Thanks to President (Donald) Trump’s decisive and successful law enforcement operation, the people of Venezuela will collect a fair price for their oil from China and other nations rather than a corrupt, cheap price," the official said.
China has been Venezuela's top oil buyer for years, and the sales helped Caracas repay massive loans to Beijing in debt-for-oil deals.
The administration is allowing China to buy the oil at "fair market prices - not the unfair, undercut prices" at which Maduro sold oil to China to pay debts, the official said.
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said last week that the U.S. was receiving about $45 per barrel for Venezuelan oil compared with the roughly $31 Venezuela was getting before Maduro's capture.
Trading houses Trafigura and Vitol have sold some 11 million barrels of oil in an initial supply deal between Venezuela and the U.S. of stranded crude, representing about a quarter of the $2 billion agreement.
I don't know what he said-- but it wasn't "bullshit"... there's a few more syllables there.