17 thoughts on “Obama wants country recieving more than 50% of U.S. military aid budget to buy American. Please?”
As America and Israel are in the process of completing an agreement to continue giving billions of American tax dollars annually to Israel for defense, the last obstacle to a deal extending to 2029 is what is known as the “offshore procurement” provision. It is a provision President Barack Obama says has to end because it is nothing more than American taxpayers subsidizing Israel’s defense sector. As the agreement has been, and is now, Israel gets to spend a whopping 26% of the American “gifts” at home to enrich its defense industry and create Israeli jobs. Israel is the only nation on Earth America has “that” special arrangement with and Benjamin Netanyahu demands that it stays in place.
Come on, media–there has to be one reporter who asks Trump what he thinks. It would be fun watching him simultaneously try to be pro-Israel (or appear to be sufficiently so to the voters who prioritize that) and stick with his "America is being ripped off by the rest of the world!" trope…
Come on, media–there has to be one reporter who asks Trump what he thinks. It would be fun watching him simultaneously try to be pro-Israel (or appear to be sufficiently so to the voters who prioritize that) and stick with his "America is being ripped off by the rest of the world!" trope…
I'm sure he'll get to it, after he makes all the hay he can off of Instanbul.
Has he started bloviating about that already?
[Unfortunately, yes]
Surprisingly, he didn't say anything horrible. Yet.
[ Kerry ]We are still collecting information and trying to ascertain what happened and who did it….
Oh sure. Wait until you know something, loser.
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Uruk Hipster ordering a glass of Gilgamesh Lentil Lager .
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That smug hipster look hasn't changed in millennia!
Heh, I didn't even notice that.
That, and the TPP all wrapped in a bow.
How do you say "takers" in Yiddish?
Goyim?
Drumpfen?
Ummm, OK. Do it, Bamz.
What, we give them money for military aid and they buy stuff from the Russians?
"Hey, Americans expect us to pay retail."
"What do I have to do to get you behind the stick of an F-35 today?!? You want white walls? YOU GOT 'EM!"