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If that was the case Facebook would be banned as well, it’s just another grift as usual. He even explicitly said that a US company could buy it as long as the f
by tehwebguy 6y ago
If that was the case Facebook would be banned as well, it’s just another grift as usual. He even explicitly said that a US company could buy it as long as the federal gov got a cut of the sale: pure grift.
- jariel 6y agoYou are mixing streams here. First - you mean 'graft' not 'grift'. Second - Trump's indicating that 'the US should get a cut' is just ridiculous and bizarre. He's not getting a cut, so it's not really 'graft' - but it just plays into his deal-making instinct that the US 'is a player and ought to get a piece'. He's just blatantly ignorant. There is 0% chance of this happening, there are 0 people in his circle that would ever conceive of such a thing, it's just one of those 'Trump things' they smile and ignore.
- zeroimpl 6y agogrift: noun, a petty or small-scale swindle. graft: noun, a shoot or twig inserted into a slit on the trunk or stem of a living plant, from which it receives sap. Edit: Ugh nevermind I found more definitions of graft. Google only showed the plant/medical-related ones by default.
- jariel 6y agoSo 'graft' is the right word in this context, but hey, I learned that 'grift' is a crime. Now I guess I know what 'grifter' means ...