Just one unforced error after another

Mik

I'd imagine so. Offering them money won't change that and is boorish. Not that that's a surprise.

Klaus

If he'd offer every Greenland citizen several million US$, I imagine they might agree. Let's say 1T$ , that would be $15 million per citizen or something.

jon-nyc

And he’d never get the votes for that in Congress.

Axtremus

May be claim that it will all be self-funded by the minerals in Greenland, akin to saying it will cost American taxpayers zero to "run
Venezuela" because it will be funded by Venezuela's oil money, no Congressional appropriations needed.

jon-nyc

Still doesn’t work. Money the US receives has to go to the treasury and be spent by Congress. There is no constitutional provision for a presidential slush account funded by plunder.

Mik

Yep.

Mik

Renauda

There’s grift and then there’s GRIFT!

Have a spare 1 billion USD? If you do you might want to take advantage of Donald J. Trump’s offer for your country to have permanent member seat on his Peace Board to rebuild Gaza (and possibly the future Donald’s World). Make your cheque out to Donald J. Trump today!

President Trump will ask countries that want to join his “Board of Peace” to oversee Gaza to pay $1 billion for membership, according to reporting from Bloomberg and The Atlantic on Saturday.

A draft charter seen by both outlets showed that Trump will serve as the executive board’s inaugural chairman, who will approve which member states can join on the board. The board will become official after three member states agree to the charter.

“Each Member State shall serve a term of no more than three years from this Charter’s entry into force, subject to renewal by the Chairman,” the draft reads, according to Bloomberg. “The three-year membership term shall not apply to Member States that contribute more than USD $1,000,000,000 in cash funds to the Board of Peace within the first year of the Charter’s entry into force.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5694508-trump-board-peace-gaza-membership-fee/amp/

Bat-shit crazy