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ChoppinBroccoli

(3,900 posts)
Mon May 19, 2025, 12:13 AM May 19

Is NO ONE Going To Question How A Country With A GDP Of $200 Billion.........

............can pledge $1.2 TRILLION to the United States? So you're telling me you got them to agree to give us SIX TIMES their ENTIRE GDP, and we're just supposed to believe it? Is NOBODY going to call this out?

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Is NO ONE Going To Question How A Country With A GDP Of $200 Billion......... (Original Post) ChoppinBroccoli May 19 OP
the media does not question Donald Fucking Trump Skittles May 19 #1
He literally has the vocabulary of a two year old. Initech May 19 #2
The name calling. sheshe2 May 19 #5
FACT!!!!! BurnDoubt May 19 #7
comments on Bruce Springsteen's skin Skittles May 19 #10
He is so far gone... sheshe2 May 19 #25
What's truly scary is that his fans love him for it. Initech May 19 #24
"...loud, rude, crass and insensitive." My alliterative characterization of the SFV (short-fingered vulgarian) - 3catwoman3 May 19 #26
Those all work! sheshe2 May 19 #27
The Orange Mathematician plays 4D chess RainCaster May 19 #3
What country is this referring to? swong19104 May 19 #4
Qatar LoisB May 19 #6
Qatar sheshe2 May 19 #9
And the White House $1.2 Trillion statement progree May 19 #13
Wait! sheshe2 May 19 #14
... SheltieLover May 19 #16
... sheshe2 May 19 #17
I think it does dsc May 19 #20
And the text says "$600 billion investment commitment secured in Saudi Arabia." /nt progree May 19 #21
yeah it is confusing to say the least dsc May 19 #22
I'm glad you asked that because it saved me the trouble. n/t elocs May 19 #19
Invisible Hands, Imaginary Friends, Alternative Facts, And Magical Thinking!!! BurnDoubt May 19 #8
He's a "short-fingered vulgarian." Straw Man May 19 #11
collateral enid602 May 19 #12
I heard that they are quoting the cost in Qatar currency values FoggyLake May 19 #15
Still Too Much ProfessorGAC May 19 #28
Where's the Media on this proud patriot May 19 #18
It's easy. trmp lies, media reports without questions. spanone May 19 #23
millions, billions, trillions.. stillcool May 19 #29

Skittles

(164,517 posts)
1. the media does not question Donald Fucking Trump
Mon May 19, 2025, 12:32 AM
May 19

I'm currently SICK of hearing them refer to the "BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL" as if it isn't TOTAL FUCKING CORRUPTION.

sheshe2

(92,171 posts)
5. The name calling.
Mon May 19, 2025, 01:19 AM
May 19

Crooked Joe Biden, Crazy Joe, Crooked Hillary, Lyin' Ted, Nervous Nancy, Crazy Bernie, Little Marco, Tampon Tim, Adam Schitt, Commrade Kamala, Laffin'Kamala. He is a pouty two year old with a potty mouth. He should have been sent to the naughty mat eons ago.

The man has no filter. He is loud, rude, crass and insensitive. The man is unhinged and a clear and present danger to the entire world.

I will repeat...He is a CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER TO US AND TO THE ENTIRE WORLD.

FACT!

Skittles

(164,517 posts)
10. comments on Bruce Springsteen's skin
Mon May 19, 2025, 01:53 AM
May 19

I mean has that baked orange fascist fuck Trump SEEN what he fucking looks like lately?????????

sheshe2

(92,171 posts)
25. He is so far gone...
Mon May 19, 2025, 05:03 PM
May 19

When he looks in the mirror he sees an AI image of himself as Adonis.

Initech

(104,988 posts)
24. What's truly scary is that his fans love him for it.
Mon May 19, 2025, 12:41 PM
May 19

Which makes me think way less of them because they're just as horrible as he is. My biggest fear is that even long after he's gone, someone will attempt to take up his mantle, we must take some drastic steps to ensure this nightmare never happens again.

3catwoman3

(26,740 posts)
26. "...loud, rude, crass and insensitive." My alliterative characterization of the SFV (short-fingered vulgarian) -
Mon May 19, 2025, 05:10 PM
May 19

- contemptible, crude, coarse, crass, common

RainCaster

(12,878 posts)
3. The Orange Mathematician plays 4D chess
Mon May 19, 2025, 12:57 AM
May 19

That must be it. Kinda like his understanding of how tarrifs work.

swong19104

(426 posts)
4. What country is this referring to?
Mon May 19, 2025, 01:06 AM
May 19

I'm sorry, but there's so many eye-rolling comments by various people in the current administration that I can't keep track of all the stupid things they say.

LoisB

(10,604 posts)
6. Qatar
Mon May 19, 2025, 01:21 AM
May 19

Trump Seals $1.2 Trillion Qatar Deal: Largest Boeing Order Ever - per the White House

Qatar Airways inks $96B Boeing jet deal during Trump visit
White House says agreements signed by the US and Qatar would lead to an economic exchange worth at least $1.2 trillion. - per Al Jazeera

progree

(11,947 posts)
13. And the White House $1.2 Trillion statement
Mon May 19, 2025, 02:40 AM
May 19
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Secures Historic $1.2 Trillion Economic Commitment in Qatar
The White House
May 14, 2025

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/05/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-secures-historic-1-2-trillion-economic-commitment-in-qatar/

At a quick read-through, I don't see it adding up to more than a small fraction of $1.2 Trillion unless it includes this:

Today’s announcement builds on yesterday’s $600 billion investment commitment secured in Saudi Arabia.


that alone gets us halfway there, assuming one believes the $600 billion figure. And the "secured in Saudi Arabia" commitment isn't something he did in Qatar AFAIK, but what the heck

THE ART OF THE DEAL: President Trump is securing billions in investments to revitalize American manufacturing, delivering on his promise to bring back “Made in America” and usher in a new Golden Age of prosperity.
. . .

As the dealmaker in chief, President Trump’s latest achievement in Qatar is another win for America..
Bold and all caps in the original

progree

(11,947 posts)
21. And the text says "$600 billion investment commitment secured in Saudi Arabia." /nt
Mon May 19, 2025, 07:54 AM
May 19

dsc

(52,947 posts)
22. yeah it is confusing to say the least
Mon May 19, 2025, 08:06 AM
May 19

but signed in and invested in could mean that the saudi stuff counts. But it would be odd that it was signed in Qatar when he was just in Saudi Arabia.

BurnDoubt

(543 posts)
8. Invisible Hands, Imaginary Friends, Alternative Facts, And Magical Thinking!!!
Mon May 19, 2025, 01:33 AM
May 19

What Could Go Wrong???????

enid602

(9,373 posts)
12. collateral
Mon May 19, 2025, 02:04 AM
May 19

The sale of the jets to the Govt of Qatar would not be secured by Qatar’s future GDP, but rather by the aircraft themselves.

FoggyLake

(253 posts)
15. I heard that they are quoting the cost in Qatar currency values
Mon May 19, 2025, 02:44 AM
May 19

If going by the currency exchange rate, the actual number is much less.

ProfessorGAC

(72,870 posts)
28. Still Too Much
Mon May 19, 2025, 05:17 PM
May 19

The exchange rate is about 3.7.
So, it's still greater than their their GDP by a lot.

stillcool

(33,940 posts)
29. millions, billions, trillions..
Mon May 19, 2025, 06:37 PM
May 19

there all the same to Donald & CO, just words to toss around. Preposterous to think that any member of the GOP might say something that's true.

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