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Takket

(23,813 posts) Wed May 27, 2026, 10:51 AM 5 hrs ago

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 5 hrs ago OP
No paywall link Nevilledog 5 hrs ago #1
+1 dalton99a 5 hrs ago #2
Guess what, the "funding" is going in by the untraceable route muriel_volestrangler 4 hrs ago #10
Gee, almost as if trump had PLANNED to raid the funds! 70sEraVet 3 hrs ago #12
Yeah, who woulda figured? KPN 3 hrs ago #14
It's so hard to guess who took the money dalton99a 5 hrs ago #3
Shams and scams. Monet deposited privately. No accountability delisen 5 hrs ago #4
ask Dimon dave99 2 hrs ago #23
I'm shocked! liberalla 5 hrs ago #5
Honestly, Hey Joe 5 hrs ago #6
Was the money spent on building American missiles and bombs? Wednesdays 4 hrs ago #7
Has anyone checked Jared's pockets? Totally Tunsie 4 hrs ago #8
Trump was involved in a scam? Ray Bruns 4 hrs ago #9
Is this guy the biggest scam artist ever? vapor2 3 hrs ago #11
Trump was right. I am tired of him winning. twodogsbarking 3 hrs ago #13
Trump steals in front of EVERYONE and dares anyone to stop him. Who is going to rid the World NoMoreRepugs 3 hrs ago #15
First (and last) meeting of the Board of Peace. generalbetrayus 3 hrs ago #16
I love that toon MustLoveBeagles 3 hrs ago #18
It was a scam?! 😭 MustLoveBeagles 3 hrs ago #17
Well duh Mad_Machine76 3 hrs ago #19
A very simple man to figure out once you understand dlk 3 hrs ago #20
The only thing I'm shocked about is the UN's stamp of approval on this grift many months ago. AloeVera 3 hrs ago #21
Clutch my pearls, that probably explains why there is no peace! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 2 hrs ago #22

muriel_volestrangler

(106,641 posts)
10. Guess what, the "funding" is going in by the untraceable route
Reply to Nevilledog (Reply #1)
Wed May 27, 2026, 12:22 PM
4 hrs ago
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

(7,432 posts)
4. Shams and scams. Monet deposited privately. No accountability
Reply to Takket (Original post)
Wed May 27, 2026, 11:09 AM
5 hrs ago

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,
Reply to Takket (Original post)
Wed May 27, 2026, 11:19 AM
5 hrs ago

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
Reply to Takket (Original post)
Wed May 27, 2026, 01:06 PM
3 hrs ago

of this pantload rapist pedophile??

Mad_Machine76

(25,020 posts)
19. Well duh
Reply to Takket (Original post)
Wed May 27, 2026, 01:14 PM
3 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

(13,361 posts)
20. A very simple man to figure out once you understand
Reply to Takket (Original post)
Wed May 27, 2026, 01:15 PM
3 hrs ago

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

AloeVera

(4,435 posts)
21. The only thing I'm shocked about is the UN's stamp of approval on this grift many months ago.
Reply to Takket (Original post)
Wed May 27, 2026, 01:24 PM
3 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.

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