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pat_k

(12,984 posts)
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 08:51 PM 3 hrs ago

The Felon's War on Iran is the most monumentally corrupt payoff we have ever seen take place in front of our eyes.

This war is a payoff to the Saudi Crown Prince (MBS) for the billions he has shoved into the Felon in Chief's pockets.

The corruption taking place under the aegis of the so-called "board of peace" is mind-boggling. It is the most monumental pay-to-play scheme I think the world has ever seen. And this war is a payoff to Netanyahu for facilitating that scheme.

Yes, Trump's war is a violation of the constitution and international law. Yes, it is a distraction from the Trump/Epstein scandal.

But it is ALSO an epic payoff off.

And we need our electeds to being SAYING THIS. And to say it over, and over and over.

Even before Dar Global, with its deep links to MBS and the Saudi state, started funneling tens of millions in licensing fees to Trump in 2021, even before they partnered with trump org on multiple projects worth billions, even before the Saudi/MBS-led Public Investment Fund shoveled 2 billion into Kushner's Affinity Partners, MBS owned Trump.

As William Rivers Pitt (may he rest in peace) reported in 2019

In 2001, he sold the entire 45th floor of Trump Tower to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for $4.5 million. The fact that Trump is the 45th president serves as further proof that the universe has a gruesome sense of humor.
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“They buy apartments from me,” Trump said at a rally in Alabama in 2015. “They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.” Trump has ample reason to “like them very much”:
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Now, after the recent attack against a significant portion of Saudi Arabia’s petroleum infrastructure, the commander in chief of the United States armed forces appears to have verbally ceded decision-making power over to the 45th floor tenants of Trump Tower.

“There is reason to believe that we know the culprit,” Trump tweeted on Saturday, “are locked and loaded depending on verification, but are waiting to hear from the Kingdom as to who they believe was the cause of this attack, and under what terms we would proceed!”

“Waiting to hear from the Kingdom as to who they believe was the cause of this attack, and under what terms we would proceed!” Every member of the vast, wildly expensive U.S. intelligence-gathering apparatus can take an early lunch, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff can stay in bed, because the president says Saudi Arabia will tell him who launched the attack, and when it will be time to go to war (against Iran).
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We MUST call on our electeds to bang the drum on the ACTUAL corruption with the relentless vigor the right-wing nuts muster for utterly bullshit "scandals." Yes, they bring it up. But somehow our side has not learned the lesson of repetition. A few statements doesn't cut it. They need to learn to say the same set of things over, and over, and over, and over again until they are sick of hearing themselves say them. And then they need keep saying them. Only then do the "messages" have a shot at penetrating.

As they make their statements denouncing the Felon's illegal war of aggression, it is not enough to condemn the violation of the constitution and international law, they need to call it what it is: A payoff to MBS and Netanyahu from a man whose greed and appetite for corruption knows no bounds.
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The Felon's War on Iran is the most monumentally corrupt payoff we have ever seen take place in front of our eyes. (Original Post) pat_k 3 hrs ago OP
Let's not forget where most of the 9-11 hijackers came from..15 of the 19 came from Saudi Arabia Deuxcents 3 hrs ago #1
Muhammad Bin Salman is a genocidal maniac. He is not to be trusted. Initech 2 hrs ago #2
They sure know how to make friends with Americans. wnylib 1 hr ago #5
Yes. That's also the reason three troopers died. Justice matters. 1 hr ago #3
Well said, kick nt cliffside 1 hr ago #4
My Money Is On "We Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet." Three. More. Years. ColoringFool 47 min ago #6
KNR niyad 31 min ago #7

Deuxcents

(26,399 posts)
1. Let's not forget where most of the 9-11 hijackers came from..15 of the 19 came from Saudi Arabia
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 08:59 PM
3 hrs ago

Two from UAE, one from Egypt and one from Lebanon

Initech

(108,378 posts)
2. Muhammad Bin Salman is a genocidal maniac. He is not to be trusted.
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 09:23 PM
2 hrs ago

The Saudis are not, nor will they ever be our friends. We should stop treating them as such.

wnylib

(25,592 posts)
5. They sure know how to make friends with Americans.
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 10:56 PM
1 hr ago

Bush Sr, Bush Jr, and the current scumbag.

When you have money to spend, you can buy anyone, I guess.

Justice matters.

(9,650 posts)
3. Yes. That's also the reason three troopers died.
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 10:46 PM
1 hr ago

And, hopefully, no more, but also doubtful.

BTW, where are the orange $atan's "concepts of a plan" that supposedly are "better than Obamacare" and "the best healthcare" plan the world has ever seen?

Hidden like 50% of the Epstein files?

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