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“I did say that ‘If you buy it [TikTok]… a very substantial portion of that price is going to have to come into the Treasury of the United States, because we’re
by antiviral 6y ago
“I did say that ‘If you buy it [TikTok]… a very substantial portion of that price is going to have to come into the Treasury of the United States, because we’re making it possible for this deal to happen.’ Right now they don’t have any rights unless we give it to them.”
Can anyone help me understand how this would work?
- endymi0n 6y agoIn practice, it‘s not that hard to do and should work pretty much the same as the big wall the Mexicans paid.
- runnr_az 6y agoNo.
- once-in-a-while 6y agoTrump is a master Troll. But here on YC most people don't get it...
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- piptastic 6y agoex·tor·tion noun the practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats.
- dencodev 6y agois taxation extortion?
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoIt's Trump running his mouth. Charitably, I think he does this to throw out trial balloons. Once he finds out they won't fly, he abandons them. But if you don't ask, they won't give it to you.
- rasz 6y agolike this https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-amazon-cloud/amazon-sells-off-china-cloud-assets-as-tough-new-rules-bite-idUSKBN1DE0CL https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-amazon-cloud/amazon...