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CNN: Trump sending urgent aide to Lebanon. (Original Post) sheshe2 Aug 2020 OP
How about sending aid to Americans instead? kimbutgar Aug 2020 #1
How about both? sweetloukillbot Aug 2020 #2
The only aid he sends us are Federal Troops. sheshe2 Aug 2020 #3
Too close to home Retrograde Aug 2020 #18
I'm so glad Michelle Obama raised the issue malaise Aug 2020 #4
On the depression, is it because of Covid or Trump's Presidency? Under The Radar Aug 2020 #5
For me, it is all that. sheshe2 Aug 2020 #6
That must be unrewarding Under The Radar Aug 2020 #7
Thanks. sheshe2 Aug 2020 #9
Time and society has changed so much. Under The Radar Aug 2020 #13
Bless you... HipChick Aug 2020 #11
Thank you. sheshe2 Aug 2020 #12
PTSD...Pres. Trump Stress Disorder Karadeniz Aug 2020 #10
Send Ivanka IggleDuer Aug 2020 #8
He sent broken ventilators to Americans in CA. keithbvadu2 Aug 2020 #14
true sheshe2 Aug 2020 #15
wonder what the quid pro quo is for trump helping Lebanon IcyPeas Aug 2020 #16
More than he did for coronavirus testing spanone Aug 2020 #17

sheshe2

(83,791 posts)
3. The only aid he sends us are Federal Troops.
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 06:11 PM
Aug 2020

They are unidentified And teargas our citizens, once...ONCE for a Fugging Photo op!

Fact:

Fact check: It's true tear gas is a chemical weapon banned in war

A Facebook post shared on June 2 shows a screenshot of a tweet from Robert Reich — an economist and the secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton — that says, “Your reminder that tear gas is a chemical weapon banned in war.”

The screenshot also shows a user replying to the tweet saying, “Imagine using a chemical weapon that targets the lungs against your own citizens who are exercising their 1st Amendment rights during a Global Pandemic of a virus that targets the lungs!”

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/06/06/fact-check-its-true-tear-gas-chemical-weapon-banned-war/3156448001/


Retrograde

(10,137 posts)
18. Too close to home
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 08:07 PM
Aug 2020

If he spends money on aid to Americans suffering under his pandemic and crashing economy, some journalist may be able to see and report that it's not actually happening. Lebanon's far away, and still suffering from a series of conflicts, and therefore people won't be able to report on his new misuse of our funds (I don't think he's realized that in this day and age instant global communication is a thing).

Or he's looking ahead to the Trump Beirut.

Under The Radar

(3,404 posts)
5. On the depression, is it because of Covid or Trump's Presidency?
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 06:15 PM
Aug 2020

For me I have been depressed since Election
Night 2016, and it isn’t mild either. All hope has been lost because of Trump.

Under The Radar

(3,404 posts)
7. That must be unrewarding
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 06:28 PM
Aug 2020

But you must be an angel, I think my kids are ready to push me off a cliff and I am only 60 and still working.

Under The Radar

(3,404 posts)
13. Time and society has changed so much.
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 07:32 PM
Aug 2020

It is too easy to discard an elderly relative into a nursing home where they lose all hope and any happiness they had.
I pray that you are cared for and loved in equal amounts that you give it.

IcyPeas

(21,893 posts)
16. wonder what the quid pro quo is for trump helping Lebanon
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 07:56 PM
Aug 2020

you KNOW there is a quid pro quo. trump does nothing out of the goodness of his heart or just because it's the right thing to do.

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