Trump : Palestinians, please move out of GAZA. We (USA) will clean it up and make it the Riviera of the middle east. Then you can come back.

Valcazar

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if thats the case why can't they just ignore the executive order?
They should have.
That's also why they went to court and the court told Trump and Musk to stop their spending freeze.
(It seems unclear if they did so, Musk doesn't seem to feel he actually needs to obey the courts.)
Of course, Musk also took over the payment server and appears to have stopped the funds directly.
 

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How is a president gonna get a slush fund without an appropriation. Even if he blows up USAID he cannot reassign its budget without congresional approval.
The whole point of breaking the law and impounding congressional appropriations is to prove that the President doesn't need to get Congress's approval.
He just spends the money on something else.
 
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richaceg

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People receiving medical care, food, etc.
I get that you don't mind killing "the weak", but even if you are in favor of all of that, I would think the idea that the president can just ignore the law and the constitution would bother you.
Had they only actually used those funds for that...except they didn't.
 

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No, they can't.
Under some very narrow circumstances they can pause specific things and ask Congress not to overrule them.
But that's not what happened here, is it?
Trump and Musk went out of their way not to obey the relevant law.
Elon has clearance and doesn't make the decision. He's working as an adviser. You may not like it but that's the way it is.
 

richaceg

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That makes no sense whatsoever.

So if the budget for border security is public it shouldn't be an issue if some of those fundings are halted then. Clearly you must agree.
It will be halted if the budget for border security was funneled for sesame Street in Iraq.. or you think it's ok?
 

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The whole point of breaking the law and impounding congressional appropriations is to prove that the President doesn't need to get Congress's approval.
He just spends the money on something else.
Nah I doubt that can happen. I think the money is held in treasury and transferred in tranches during the budget year anyway. So USAID will not get 50B in the bank day 1 of the FY anyway. The executive of USAID will have to request the transfer and I don't think Samantha Power is in any mood to play ball with Trump.
 

richaceg

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When budgets and income was approved by Congress and signed by The previous Administration, well that is what is the biggest issue when an unelected dude like Musk with the help of his brats takes over the Department, especially when they do not have The Security Clearance. and the personal data of millions of Americans are then at risk!!
Whoa handling the budget for USAID and who's making the decisions where the funds go?
 

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if their activities were always public then there is no issue with Elon Musk showing the records of their activities to the public
And the point I was making is that the tDSers, who are currently all up in arms over the money spent, did not give a shit until the perfect leader told them to be.

Do you have posts to show us your outrage about the waste that were prior to trump/musk/DOGE jumping in?

Or are you just like the tDSers, silent until you get trump's GO command. It's a very familiar pattern.
 

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Harris did not want any genocide.
When I asked you before the election you said "How could it get any worse"?
And here you have Trump pushing ethnic cleansing.
Trump said what Muslims wanted to hear and within 2 weeks turned around stabbed them right in the heart, and we all warned you about it.
Things can always get worse and Muslims across the US, particularly Palestinians are learning that now.
Post of the month, sticks it to frank.
 
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It will be halted if the budget for border security was funneled for sesame Street in Iraq.. or you think it's ok?
Sorry rich. I gave a perfectly analogous situation to what you posted. Either we are both right, or we are both wrong. The point you were making was about the process, not about any particular issue.
 

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Harris did not want any genocide.
When I asked you before the election you said "How could it get any worse"?
And here you have Trump pushing ethnic cleansing.
Trump said what Muslims wanted to hear and within 2 weeks turned around stabbed them right in the heart, and we all warned you about it.
Things can always get worse and Muslims across the US, particularly Palestinians are learning that now.
Harris backed the genocide full on. End of story. That's why there were massive student protests, why they continued, why she lost the youth vote, uncommitted, the Muslim vote and the election. Period.

This was the moment when she lost the election.


She had chances to meet with uncommitted and the Muslim community, she chose to double down on her views despite 80% of dems backing a ceasefire.
 
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richaceg

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Sorry rich. I gave a perfectly analogous situation to what you posted. Either we are both right, or we are both wrong. The point you were making was about the process, not about any particular issue.
Well why arre the liberals echoing what the democrats are hellbent on doing? USAID is under review....uour side is actually supporting this should not happen...Elon is a great ambassador for this because he has more followers than CNN msnbc people are now knowing what's going on in these departments.
 

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Harris backed the genocide full on. End of story. That's why there were massive student protests, why they continued, why she lost the youth vote, uncommitted, the Muslim vote and the election. Period.

This was the moment when she lost the election.


She had chances to meet with uncommitted and the Muslim community, she chose to double down on her views despite 80% of dems backing a ceasefire.
‘This is reality. Biden, Harris and the Dems handed this to Trump with a bow on it. Who, pray tell, financed and armed the genocide and left a wasteland ? Who provided every tool and diplomatic cover for the genocide? Who provided air defense when POS Nation didn’t have the means of defending its genocide?

The idea of ethnically cleansing Gaza was floated long before Trump came to power and occurred during the Biden administration.
 
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I think the issue is the protocols under which musk is proceeding.
no, the issue is where has all the TAX PAYER money gone ?

protocol / process does not trump fiduciary principals
musk is simply auditing the public records
 

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And the point I was making is that the tDSers, who are currently all up in arms over the money spent, did not give a shit until the perfect leader told them to be.

Do you have posts to show us your outrage about the waste that were prior to trump/musk/DOGE jumping in?

Or are you just like the tDSers, silent until you get trump's GO command. It's a very familiar pattern.
you are more than welcome to search through my posting history
you will find many indications of outrage against wasteful government spending and excessive taxation / govt debt accumulation to pay for the wasteful spending
you will also find many references to the syndrome loonie left suffer from , the ability to conveniently ignore the undeniable mathematics that deficit spending can not continue.
that syndrome is called 'stupid' , although since you consider yourself to be an educated man, that syndrome would be 'morally corrupt' as you should know better.
 
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