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Trump administration to be paid $10B for brokering TikTok deal

• ck2 8mo ago
  Roughly same cost as first week of his war so Congress should seize it and put it back in the treasury QatarForceOne will also have to be sold, they stole a BILLION from nuclear missile maintenance to refurbish it!
• rayiner 8mo ago
  The fee isn’t being paid to the “Trump administration.” It’s being paid to the U.S. Treasury: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-set-receive-10-025159978.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-set-rece... (“Sources familiar with the matter indicate that the Treasury received an initial $2.5 billion payment upon the deal’s closing in January, with the remainder to be paid in installments until the $10 billion threshold is met.”). Exaggerating straightforward facts to maximize clicks for every story undermines the other reporting of the plenty of sketchy things the administration is actually doing.
  • voganmother42 8mo ago
    The same treasury trump is suing for that same 10B?
• oa335 8mo ago
  Not a fan of Trump administration in general, but I do like how he is extracting concessions from large corporations (this, Intel deal, etc) for the benefit of US Treasury.
  • arturkesik 8mo ago
    this is what you need government for? For brockering deals?
    • stale2002 8mo ago
      If it works it works. A benefit is a benefit.
      • bigyabai 8mo ago
        If it weakens America's ability to regulate monopolies and stimulate competition, it's only subjectively beneficial.