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Is there a reason you left out Eric Adams?
Nope
Albania Is Not for Sale: Kushner's $4B Resort Triggers'Flamingo Revolution'
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#222Earlier quoted context omitted.
Which is weird because this is pretty much what they voted/abstained for. I think we have to trust the ballot box more than opinion polls.
They didn't vote for a war with Iran.
Sure they did. They voted for the guy who airstriked an Iranian general in his first term. You might have caught the rampant social media commentary about how people were certain they'd be drafted soon. Of course, we didn't follow up with an invasion but it's a clear acknowledgement that acts of war are absolutely on the table.
His relationship with Netanyahu didn't start Jan 2025, nor did the eventual showdown over nuclear weapons precipitated by our withdrawal from the arms treaty.
I know that is a lot of thinking to ask of his voters so here's an easy one - it's very obvious when the dude is lying. Anyone hearing him talk about being the president of peace should have instantly known it was no different from claiming we'd all soon be rich beyond our imagination. Or that covid would be over in a week. Or that any election he lost was 'stolen'. Anytime he describes himself as being the "most/greatest anything in history". Whenever someone asks a critical question and he freaks out (sadly for Trump voters, Joe Rogan isn't capable of this).
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#223I simply don’t understand how American voters are fine with being robbed blind. Many countries have far more corrupt administrations than the current U.S. one, but even in the most degenerate ones none of them are as open about it. And it’s not just a political thing. Consider how the Chinese owned Smithfield’s is polluting lakes and land all over the Midwest with their highly intensive (and incredibly cruel) pig far…
> Many countries have far more corrupt administrations than the current U.S. one
not sure that "many" applies anymore; we're almost up there with DRC and Zimbabwe at this point
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#224Earlier quoted context omitted.
They didn't vote for a war with Iran.
Sure they did. They voted for the guy who airstriked an Iranian general in his first term. You might have caught the rampant social media commentary about how people were certain they'd be drafted soon. Of course, we didn't follow up with an invasion but it's a clear acknowledgement that acts of war are absolutely on the table. His relationship with Netanyahu didn't start Jan 2025, nor did the eventual showdown over…
Many Americans didn't vote for Trump at all, so to the extent this is true, it still can't be accurately summarized as "American voters are fine with being robbed blind." Maybe some still are, but they don't speak for everyone.
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#225Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sure they did. They voted for the guy who airstriked an Iranian general in his first term. You might have caught the rampant social media commentary about how people were certain they'd be drafted soon. Of course, we didn't follow up with an invasion but it's a clear acknowledgement that acts of war are absolutely on the table. His relationship with Netanyahu didn't start Jan 2025, nor did the eventual showdown over…
Many Americans didn't vote for Trump at all, so to the extent this is true, it still can't be accurately summarized as "American voters are fine with being robbed blind." Maybe some still are, but they don't speak for everyone.
Huh? When were we talking about Americans who voted against him?
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#226Jared Kushner tried a similar thing in Serbia[0] and failed after a public outrage. [0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/12/17/serbia-trump...
And Trump's plan to build a skyscraper on Australia's Gold Coast was nixed a month or two ago because his partner on it bailed because of its "toxic associations".
If you ever been to Gold Coast, that place is perfect fit for Trumps toxicity.
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Don't forget that resorts et al typically belong to international capital, and the tourists rarely leave the premises. So what does the local economy get out of it? A few maids salary to clean up the tourist's shit?
> Don't forget that resorts et al typically belong to international capital. What does the local economy get out of it? Same goes for any natural resource. Oil, precious metals, water, etc. Globalization feeds this behavior, but that’s a conversation people don’t usually want to have
Whats a fair share then? Should investors just return all profits to host country out of their kindness of their hearts?
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#228Earlier quoted context omitted.
And Trump's plan to build a skyscraper on Australia's Gold Coast was nixed a month or two ago because his partner on it bailed because of its "toxic associations".
If you ever been to Gold Coast, that place is perfect fit for Trumps toxicity.
Not since I was a child in the 90s. Haven't been to Brisvegas in 20 years either. But to be even too toxic for Trump? Hah.
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That Ivanka podcast interview about this island will go down as a masterpiece in tone-deafness. I assume there are already memes of it.
The short segment I saw on reddit, I believe, of Ivanka talking about an island gave VERY strong AI vibes. Is this interview real and are there links? This is the first I've seen it referenced so haven't given it much thought.
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There are 2 projects here. And there is a lot of missing details from both. But what has happened before is that: The government gives free/cheap/exclusive public land to someone to build apartments/villas. They sell these to whoever wants to buy before starting construction. At the end of construction, with the profits, they build nice hotels at the frontline and keep for themselves without investing any of their ow…
So... it's like a kickstarter for real estate!
It's worse. Most/All of the development is done by subcontractors who also get apartments/villas instead of plain cash for their work. So you will do plumbing on 10 villas and for your work get 20% cash + 1 apartment that you have to sell it yourself. This for all subcontractors except steel.