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Takket

(23,815 posts)
Wed May 27, 2026, 10:51 AM Yesterday

Try to contain your shock... the "Board of Peace" was all a photo op and a scam.......

The State Department supposedly sent .5 billion tax dollars to the Board of Peace slush fund, which is now empty.

Lindsay Beyerstein (@beyerstein.bsky.social) 2026-05-27T13:17:27.699Z


https://www.ft.com/content/5ba3bd2c-0e0e-4306-84be-99d6d89b0d49?syn-25a6b1a6=1

sorry the article is paywalled... but you get the idea.
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Try to contain your shock... the "Board of Peace" was all a photo op and a scam....... (Original Post) Takket Yesterday OP
No paywall link Nevilledog Yesterday #1
+1 dalton99a Yesterday #2
Guess what, the "funding" is going in by the untraceable route muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #10
Gee, almost as if trump had PLANNED to raid the funds! 70sEraVet Yesterday #12
Yeah, who woulda figured? KPN Yesterday #14
It's so hard to guess who took the money dalton99a Yesterday #3
Shams and scams. Monet deposited privately. No accountability delisen Yesterday #4
ask Dimon dave99 23 hrs ago #23
I'm shocked! liberalla Yesterday #5
Fortunately, I managed to sit down before reading the news... GopherGal 2 hrs ago #35
Very wise! liberalla 1 hr ago #36
Honestly, Hey Joe Yesterday #6
Was the money spent on building American missiles and bombs? Wednesdays Yesterday #7
Has anyone checked Jared's pockets? Totally Tunsie Yesterday #8
Trump was involved in a scam? Ray Bruns Yesterday #9
Is this guy the biggest scam artist ever? vapor2 Yesterday #11
Trump was right. I am tired of him winning. twodogsbarking Yesterday #13
Trump steals in front of EVERYONE and dares anyone to stop him. Who is going to rid the World NoMoreRepugs Yesterday #15
First (and last) meeting of the Board of Peace. generalbetrayus Yesterday #16
I love that toon MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #18
It was a scam?! 😭 MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #17
Well duh Mad_Machine76 23 hrs ago #19
A very simple man to figure out once you understand dlk 23 hrs ago #20
The only thing I'm shocked about is the UN's stamp of approval on this grift many months ago. AloeVera 23 hrs ago #21
Clutch my pearls, that probably explains why there is no peace! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 23 hrs ago #22
....aaaaannnddd it's gone. TalenaGor 18 hrs ago #24
Hey, if the Donald is involved, that's what it's ALWAYS gonna be that way. calimary 17 hrs ago #25
I'm shocked! greatauntoftriplets 17 hrs ago #26
The most transparent government blah blah blah. Well, the corruption is indeed transparent! Beartracks 15 hrs ago #27
Gee, if Congress would do its job, couldn't they approve an audit? Baitball Blogger 15 hrs ago #28
I call them the Republicrooks Party for a reason. Justice matters. 10 hrs ago #32
Everything Trump initiates is a scam, pure and simple. When is he going to be held accountable? Martin68 14 hrs ago #29
I bet that 1.5 is in an account in Qatar Figarosmom 12 hrs ago #30
Trump promised to drain the swamp Dave Id 11 hrs ago #31
What evil dwells in the heart of a man when he knows his days are drawing to a close . . . Aussie105 8 hrs ago #33
This is what John Roberts and his wife worked so hard for wolfie001 4 hrs ago #34

muriel_volestrangler

(106,648 posts)
10. Guess what, the "funding" is going in by the untraceable route
Wed May 27, 2026, 12:22 PM
Yesterday
Rather than use the fund administered by the World Bank, and endorsed by the UN, the board has received donations directly via its JPMorgan account, the board’s spokesperson and another person familiar with the arrangements said.

While the World Bank must report on the financial position of the Gaza fund to contributors and board members, no independent transparency requirements are in place for the JPMorgan account.
...
The Board of Peace “will report its financials” to its own executive board, which is made up of Trump administration officials and other advisers, “at a time deemed appropriate”, the official added.

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delisen

(7,433 posts)
4. Shams and scams. Monet deposited privately. No accountability
Wed May 27, 2026, 11:09 AM
Yesterday

Has there been money deposited privately through the J P Morgan account which has disappeared?

If so is the account a conduit for bribes.to the Trump family or allgned individuals?

Hey Joe

(832 posts)
6. Honestly,
Wed May 27, 2026, 11:19 AM
Yesterday

I would have been much more surprised if it wasn’t a scam.
We all knew this was a scam before the first dollar was deposited.

NoMoreRepugs

(12,245 posts)
15. Trump steals in front of EVERYONE and dares anyone to stop him. Who is going to rid the World
Wed May 27, 2026, 01:06 PM
Yesterday

of this pantload rapist pedophile??

Mad_Machine76

(25,028 posts)
19. Well duh
Wed May 27, 2026, 01:14 PM
23 hrs ago

When will people (i.e. media, MAGA, et. al) learn? What's it gonna take? Somebody should check on the Ballroom donations too!

dlk

(13,362 posts)
20. A very simple man to figure out once you understand
Wed May 27, 2026, 01:15 PM
23 hrs ago

Everything he says is a lie and everything he does is a grift.

AloeVera

(4,438 posts)
21. The only thing I'm shocked about is the UN's stamp of approval on this grift many months ago.
Wed May 27, 2026, 01:24 PM
23 hrs ago

I guess it was so eager to see a ceasefire and the end of Gaza's bombardment it went along, not seeing any other option. Still wish it had put up some kind of fight though.

calimary

(90,966 posts)
25. Hey, if the Donald is involved, that's what it's ALWAYS gonna be that way.
Wed May 27, 2026, 07:46 PM
17 hrs ago

One way or another.

If he’s in there, so is a very bad and deeply suspicious smell.

Beartracks

(14,664 posts)
27. The most transparent government blah blah blah. Well, the corruption is indeed transparent!
Wed May 27, 2026, 09:51 PM
15 hrs ago

Baitball Blogger

(52,756 posts)
28. Gee, if Congress would do its job, couldn't they approve an audit?
Wed May 27, 2026, 09:56 PM
15 hrs ago

Because passing along One Billion dollars for a photo op, and then this IRS deal make the Republican party complicit in embezzlement.

Justice matters.

(10,104 posts)
32. I call them the Republicrooks Party for a reason.
Thu May 28, 2026, 02:31 AM
10 hrs ago

It's in that name. A bunch of gangsters took over to fill their pockets. It was not tough to do. Religious propaganda and made-up lies about everything like a reality-teevee show.

Everybody should use it: The Republicrooks Party, a.k.a. the Guardians Of Pedophiles (GOP).

Martin68

(28,099 posts)
29. Everything Trump initiates is a scam, pure and simple. When is he going to be held accountable?
Wed May 27, 2026, 11:03 PM
14 hrs ago

Aussie105

(8,221 posts)
33. What evil dwells in the heart of a man when he knows his days are drawing to a close . . .
Thu May 28, 2026, 05:05 AM
8 hrs ago

but his unending daily desire is to steal from others and lie to enrich himself?

Building a golden stairway to Heaven, perhaps?
(cue the Led Zeppelin song)

wolfie001

(8,017 posts)
34. This is what John Roberts and his wife worked so hard for
Thu May 28, 2026, 08:13 AM
4 hrs ago

Having a christo-fascist grifting machine in the WH. Backed by amoral billionaires. Way to go you nasty fuckers.

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