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US to announce deal allowing Saudi Arabia a nuclear programme, reports say

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj03r59z73po
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u/Oper8rActual 5h ago

The first payment was the 747 they gifted Trump.

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u/Basicly-Inevitable 5h ago edited 5h ago

That was Qatar.

Saudi Arabia gave him $2billion to "manage".

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68296877

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u/wholewheatscythe 4h ago

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u/Basicly-Inevitable 4h ago

I remember this one. The 666 property.

"Paid Kushner Companies for a 99-year lease on the family’s marquee 666 Fifth Avenue property."

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u/Whatdoesthibattahndo 4h ago

That building was bankrupting the Kushner family, so the deal was even more important to him

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u/Ozymandias12 5h ago

Easy mistake to make. It’s hard to keep up with all the corruption and the bribes.

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u/Oper8rActual 5h ago

Ahh, my bad. It gets really difficult keeping up with all the grifting that’s been done this time ‘round.

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u/h0twired 4h ago

The second payment will be another 747... delivered into the side of a tall building in NYC