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    Niemand im Team Trump wird dieses 130-Millionen-Dollar-„Geschenk“ an das Militär erklären

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    1. Hafiz_TNR on

      > Is this donation to the military coming with strings attached for government policy? Or is it benefiting the president’s personal interests in some way? Thanks to a lack of transparency, no one outside of the president’s inner circle has a clue.

    5. RedditReader4031 on

      Has any reputable journalist looked behind the curtain on this? At best, it sounds like Trump making up numbers again. There are 1.32 million active duty service members in this country. A single payroll of $130 million??? The “math ain’t mathin’” as they say.

      Edit: math

    7. RamonaQ-JunieB on

      So now we’re a country of Blanche DuBois who are relegated to relying “on the kindness of strangers”? What in the actual F is happening here?

    8. mcs5280 on

      The money will be used to pay the commander in chief of the military during the shutdown

    9. WYLFriesWthat on

      Now we’re privatizing the military?

      Americans should be dragging their elected officials into the streets, and tarring and feathering them. Instead, they have largely bought into some flavor of collective delusion or another.

      The wolves are running the chicken coop, people. This will not end well.

    11. HandsLikePaper on

      My bet is that there is no donation. The Trump administration is illegally moving money around in the Dept of Treasury.

    13. mokivj on

      That money wasn’t gifted or donated. Someone ~~paid that bribe~~ gave that money in exchange for a favor.

      Let’s see how this plays out.

    14. mowotlarx on

      In a few months every military uniform will inexplicably have an Apple logo on the shoulder.

    15. Tadpoleonicwars on

      When American citizens are not allowed to know who is paying American soldiers, we’ve crossed a real line.

    16. Loyal-Opposition-USA on

      “Bribe”. Romans who were thinking of deposing an emperor who frequently pay off the Praetorians.

    17. mmahowald on

      This is fall of the Roman republic shit. The rich are so wealthy they can support the military without a tax base. They don’t need us anymore.

    19. ElfegoBaca on

      Likely Musk and SpaceX

      As per the on-chain analytics platform Arkham Intelligence, a SpaceX-linked crypto wallet transferred 1,215 BTC worth $130 million on Oct. 24.

    20. Coldsmoke888 on

      For those that are wondering why this is bad, it’s called anti-bribery and corruption policies. There are many reasons why vendors or individuals are not allowed to give money to entities— quid pro quo highest amongst those reasons.

      If I were the CEO of a corporation or even a mid-level manager, I would be fired for this.

    21. Icy_Cat1350 on

      They keep saying, „Most transparent president ever“! I don’t think they know what that word means.

    22. codacoda74 on

      Explicitly illegal, the AntiDeficiencyAct specifically forbids private funds for federal employees

    23. robsbob18 on

      There is roughly 2 million troops including active duty and reserves. That’s about $65 per person. Closer to $100 if only active duty pays.

      For the fiscal year 2024, ice had over 21,000 agents. Which comes out to a little more than $6,000 per person. Sure seems like an anonymous billionaire gave Trump money to pay his private army.

    24. static-klingon on

      We gave 40 billion of taxpayer money to Argentina. Why the hell do we need $130million gift? Maybe don’t give billions to foreign countries and we’ll have enough to feed the troops. What a scumbag.

    29. Abrandnewrapture on

      the funny part, is that as far as the cost of running the american military is concerned, it’s practically an inconsequential amount of money. It covers like 4 hours of cost.

      it’s just a way to launder $130M, from whoever is trying to bribe Ol‘ Yam Tits.

    32. boondiggle_III on

      There is a bigger problem with this than many people realize. WE, The People, employ the military. Our taxes pay their salaries. They are loyal to–or supposed to be loyal to–the American tax payers and no one else. So who the *fuck* is trying to pay them besides us?

    33. casualtraveler33 on

      Google says there are 1.3 active military personnel. Isn’t that like $100 per person or am I bad at math?

    34. Project_53XD on

      It’s been a while since I worked I the finance office of a federal agency. That said, my recollection is that an agency can spend money only if it’s properly appropriated by Congress, regardless of the source. Moreover, “found money” like this sketchy donation must also be properly accounted into the agency revenues. Unless I’m wrong, simply “finding” money doesn’t give an agency authority to spend it, absent a congressional appropriation.

      Of course, my time as a fed was back during the quaint “rule of law” era.

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