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[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

The document describes a mechanism resembling the "purchase" of influence: standard membership in the Board of Peace is limited to three years and depends on the will of the chairman. This restriction is lifted for states that contribute more than US$1 billion in cash to the fund within the first year.

"Decisions would be taken by a majority, with each member state present getting one vote, but all would be subject to the chairman's approval," Bloomberg says.

Pay a billion to get a vote, and everyone gets a vote...

But trump can overrule any vote...

And he can kick anyone out that he wants, so if you ever go against his opinion of the moment, he'll kick you out.

Why the fuck would any country pay this?

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Why the fuck would any country pay this?

Same reason they would gift Trump an airplane?

[-] abcd@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

Because they couldn’t find a buyer?

[-] kadu@scribe.disroot.org 3 points 1 week ago

I first read this as

Because they couldn't find a burger?

And I like that both sentences are plausible

[-] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 2 points 1 week ago

He's going to play this whole game of doing military actions and stuff. Then people complain and he'll just say the decision was made in his board of peace. If you wanted something different, you had to be there and vote.

[-] MisterOwl@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

... oh my god this isn't an onion article.

We are in hell.

[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 week ago

He's fucking delusional.

[-] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago

TL;DR: Trump decides to let countries pay him a billion dollars to join his own UN ripoff

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

So a protection racket, in other words.

Setup by the dollar store godfather wannabe

Ever since trump got elected, the news has been either bizarre, devastating, hilarious, insane, removed, cringe, maddening....

Can that heart attack come already? Come on, McDonald's hamburgers, do your job

[-] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

Make news boring again

[-] OhmeHose@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

Heart Attack would be nice, but the men next in line are worse.

[-] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Absolutely fucking terrible protection racket if that's what it is.

The US spends 7tn per year on government spending. Even if the entire UN ponied up a billion each, every year, that would be less than 200bn in additional revenue. Not nothing, but barely a fraction of the 5tn in tax revenue the US government takes in every year.

That's like the mafia hitting you up for $50 a month.

[-] DarkDinner@quokk.au 6 points 1 week ago

Every pro Trumper I know also has a deep fear of the UN or some shadowy organisation controlling the world. Every conversation ended up with "Well at least he will take back power from the elites". Now Trump declares he wants to rule the world, and outlines their exact fears as his plan and they are silent. No comment. Why are people so stupid? And pathetically so. It not even hard to see how ridiculous this guy is, but people are still bowing down to it.

[-] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

Literally just tribalism. Trump is on "their team", therefore whatever he says is good.

[-] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Is he gonna give himself an award for this too?

[-] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

No need. Maria Corina Machado already gave him hers.

[-] Switorik@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

Can we start a go fund me to remove him from office since no one else with the power has the balls to do so?

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Hire like a mercenary army to overthrow him?

[-] laranis@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 week ago

This is pretty much how US politics already works. Trust me, all of us combined don't have enough money.

[-] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Or maybe we can start an alternative government of the United States as a micronation with a distinct name, flag, seal and such.

[-] D_C@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

The words in the picture are wrong. It should be:
I'm going to build my own UN with
little children and more little children!

[-] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Outside of the overt extortion for entry bit, how would this be any different than the current UN where the US unilaterally controls basically every decision or its consequences?

[-] Vikthor@piefed.world 2 points 1 week ago

UN SC is not unilaterally controlled by the US, other permanent members get a veto too. That's why he would like to replace that.

[-] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's called the board of peace so we can assume it will be a global Mafia demanding protection money, and going to war whenever it's the more profitable outcome.

The kind of group that should be nuked from orbit.

[-] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

So no different than the status quo where Team America World Police does whatever they want whenever.

[-] wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io 1 points 1 week ago

It’s his same old song. Tear down what already exists, then huck a new version of it out for the very low price of $19.84.

I’m surprised he hasn’t added his name to the title of it yet.

[-] Redacted@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

"Bored of peace" coalition

[-] skozzii@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Trump doesn't honor any agreement he signs,why would anyone be stupid enough to agree to this.

He will just keep increasing the price.

[-] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

He’s such a fucking joke.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago
[-] vegeta@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago
[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Thanks. I hate it.

LMAO. It's so cursed. I love it.

[-] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago
[-] grimpy@lemmy.myserv.one 1 points 1 week ago

“War is Peace, y’all, now hand over that one BILLION or I’ll have to sic my most sycophantic Secretary of War upon your sorry backsides”

[-] grimpy@lemmy.myserv.one 1 points 1 week ago

“Oh yeah, payment in cryptocurrency only, thank you very much!!!”

[-] kingofras@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago
[-] Redacted@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Reminds me of the episode of Silicon Valley when Jian-Yang is working on cloning popular western apps for the Chinese market and the whiteboard behind him is just a list of items like "New Facebook", "New Reddit" and "New Pied Piper" etc. Trump has a well established history of slapping his name on/endorsing, crappier versions of other people's ideas, e.g. Truth Social.

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago

Same energy as the million dollar email service where the idea was that people knew you’d blown a million dollars to have an email on that domain.

[-] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago
[-] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 0 points 1 week ago

This’ll still beat the Trump Phone to market.

[-] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

What about Trump Steaks?

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