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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo this is why they shut down USAID
They are using those grants for blackmail. " if you want (such and such grant/ deal) to continue then you have to do what we want you to do ( it use Starlink). That's why they were moved to rubios preview, he's using the grants to make "deals " rather extort what trump wants.
— Phecdaðºð¦Plato (@phecdaplato.bsky.social) 2025-05-23T22:21:26.618Z
Ilsa
(63,856 posts)p much for the US trying to do some good in the world.
I don't think part of the loaves and fishes story in the New Testament had Jesus holding back food until the hungry people made a profession of faith.
KentuckyWoman
(7,374 posts)I thought we all understood that would be SOP for this Admin.
AleksS
(1,714 posts)Pro quo itself you know!
[sarcasm]
FoggyLake
(308 posts)Just Jerome
(437 posts)and this is Lets Make a Steal
Alice Kramden
(2,880 posts)And then some
DENVERPOPS
(13,003 posts)on all kinds of Grants here in Colorado and Denver......Huge normal grants........He has even said that basically when we start agreeing with him, he will free the money. The State and City of Denver are suffering serious budget problems because of it.
He loathes Colorado and Denver for standing up to him. The majority of Colorado is about as Blue as you can get.
Except Rural Colorado.....(think Bang Bang Boebert) and Colorado Springs which is bright RED....
Figarosmom
(9,798 posts)Blue states or states with Dem governors
denying money to California to help with their wildfires was first.
But he is even already screwing some Red States.......Just look at how he recently screwed over Governor Huck a Pig for any FEMA money
yardwork
(68,985 posts)The state went for him three times but we have a Democratic governor. Trump wants to make him look bad.
Kid Berwyn
(23,046 posts)
applegrove
(130,365 posts)Nixie
(17,939 posts)Making his mob boss moves with taxpayer money now.