Trump Sought $10 Billion From South Korea for US Defense Support

https://www.newsweek.com/videos/trump-sought-10-billion-from-south-korea-for-us-defense-support

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Eternal192@anarchist.nexus · 33 pts · 24d (3 replies)

There's a word for this, racketeering.

P1k1e@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 24d (1 reply)

And it never seems to work either

numbermess@fedia.io · 7 pts · 24d

Did it work for them?

No. It never does. But it might work for us.

phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 23d

Well he is a mob boss wannabe

christopher@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 24d (5 replies)

Not related but what's with all the gold trim in the White House?

valek879@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 24d (1 reply)

It's been this way since the manchild of nightmares was reelected. Gaudy, ostentatious, and out of touch. There are no old money vibes; just smear gold on everything because taste is something you cannot buy.

ITGuyLevi@programming.dev · 3 pts · 23d

100% more like a Family Dollar during clearance season than 'old money'.

WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 24d

Mental illness

MintyFresh@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 24d

Clown makeup as best I can tell

GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 23d

it's to distract you from the smell.

dandi8@fedia.io · 7 pts · 23d

So he just openly calls it protection money...

kokesh@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 24d

He is so pwoerful! Wow! Shits his pants, completely senile, pedophile and now going around begging for money. USA, you did it. Not even a 3rd world country. More like the 5th.