Just like with everything else, his Art of the Deal leaves us with less than what we had before.

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      A fraction of what your regular military budget is. Hell, a fraction of what the government already pays for healthcare.

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      How much has this cost the USA?

      When you consider how much we’d lose continuing to fight the war, it’s a net gain.

      The cost was bombing Iran to begin with, not paying reparations for the damage done.

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          Needed to do something to distract from the epstein files, they were getting to much attention.

          and it worked.

          Whens the last time you saw media mention epstein? now that they’ve been spoonfed their constant IV of controversy with regards to the baseless attack on Iran?

          The market manipulation with constant monday/friday announcements were just a happy bonus for their benefactors… and whens the last time you saw media mention this, either?

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            and it worked

            The CBS buyout and the AI infestation of media has done more to quell Epstein talk than the war.

            What we’re experiencing outside a few niche social media holdouts is an automated smothering of discourse.

            now that they’ve been spoonfed their constant IV of controversy with regards to the baseless attack on Iran?

            You can trace this kind of journalism back to the Clinton Administration. It’s not new.

            What is new is the gobbling up of public broadcasters and news outlets and media feeds.

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        Would it even cost one bomber to buy their entire system and have it shipped here?

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          The system is free - it uses the same stuff! - but the governmental changes required would be too much.

          (Cuba and Canada used the same system until conservatives started making Canada a little mercenary, so Cuba is like Canada but more affordable and equal)

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      The thing is, Congress is in bed with defense primes. This made them a lot of money. The american people on the other hand…

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        Really? My murder based stocks went down over this. They did not exactly cover themselves with glory, and it cost a lot of business outside the states. I really wish I could buy murder stocks from South Korea or Europe.

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      How much has this cost the USA?

      Probably a lot on bombs, fuel, inflation etc. but this isn’t really costing us anything. These were funds that Iran held in the US prior to trump pulling out of the iran deal the first time and were frozen because of sanctions. So it’s more returning money that we stole rather then paying Iran with US taxpayer money.