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What does the UAE get out of this? Is it just a massive financial loss in exchange for US market access?
> What does the UAE get out of this? What does the UAE gain by funneling $2B to Trump, who is notoriously a) transactional and b) one of the most powerful people on the planet?
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What does the UAE get out of this? Is it just a massive financial loss in exchange for US market access?
One of NYT's recent podcasts (The Daily) covered this, basically the Biden administration was reluctant to give the UAE access to Nvidia chips because of their close dealings with China. 2 weeks after this crypto investment, the white house agrees to give the UAE access to the chips. Here's an article if you're interested: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/us/politics/trump-uae-chi...
> MGX, chaired by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, will take 15% stake, with social media firm valued at $14bn So they value the most attention owing social media at a mere $14b? As reference: Meta has a total market cap of around $1.8 T.
It is so outrageous to value Tiktok USA at $14 billion. Forget Meta's market cap, does anyone think Zuckerberg wouldn't have paid 20 billion for Tiktok USA ? Just so corrupt and to even call it a sweetheart deal is outrageous. I thought it should just be banned in the US. The idea we are basically strong arming a whole nation and stealing a company at a bullshit valuation is completely insane.
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You won't believe this next part. We actually did make vaccines for several diseases that were as close to 100% safe as real world possible, and people were voluntarily rejecting it.
Which vaccines are you talking about?