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[-] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 33 points 2 weeks ago

TRUMP EXTORTS THE GULF FOR MORE MONEY!!!

"If you want the war to continue — $5 trillion. If you want it to stop — $2.5 trillion."

Omani journalist and international affairs researcher Salem Al-Jahoori on BBC Arabic confirms reports of U.S. pressure on Gulf Cooperation Council states to pay up, either way.

According to leaks Al-Jahoori cites, Trump is demanding GCC states pay $5 trillion to sustain the war, or $2.5 trillion as a fee for stopping it, framed as payment for "what has been accomplished."

Protection racket without any protection.

Video in https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/178556

[-] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 2 weeks ago

Lol. Chances are they will pay it too.

[-] KrasnaiaZvezda@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 2 weeks ago

I don't think they asked Iran yet. They probably just have to give it all to them, plus whatever else they demand anyway...

[-] jmo@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 2 weeks ago

Has anyone seen any independent corroboration for this? I've been looking and having seen anything.

[-] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 2 weeks ago

You could probably find something in the Arabic media.

As context, this claim is done not by Iran but by an Omani journalist to a Western media which is the BBC. You could crosscheck by searching for that specific video segment elsewhere.

[-] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago

Pretty sure the gcc have figured out that usa isn't the one with the on/off switch.

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