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| ▲ | ceejayoz 2 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| What you know and what you can prove are not the same. What we can prove in the near future likely changed a bit when Congress went to the Dems a few days ago. Republicans weren't gonna make a scene about their $25M donation to the ballroom project. |
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| ▲ | radicalbyte 2 days ago | parent [-] | | It was reported on at the time: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/14/us-clears-h200-chip-sales-to... I need to find the links but the reporting in Europe was that this was part of a deal where Trump got given a 20% fee for it (I believe those were his own words!). It was reported together with the victim statements of the children Trump allegedly raped. I understand that the US media aren't allowed to publish any of these stories though so I can understand why few people would know about them. |
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| ▲ | stetrain 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Lots of things exist as open secrets, but once they become official news reports with lots of coverage the need to address the issue increases. |
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| ▲ | jshier 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| It's not just that they were selling through China, but that they bribed their way through the Trump admin's efforts to investigate it. But even that was partly known, it's just everything is now coming up all at once, making it so obvious he had to take a fall. |
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| ▲ | johnnyanmac 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| The emporer was naked the whole time. Someone finally pointed it out. This is the fallout. Not particularly new situation in the recent US times. Far from the last time this will happen. |