Trump’s Billion-Dollar Board of Peace
www.theatlantic.com
The new entity has a global remit and a steep price for a permanent seat.

Trump’s new “Board of Peace” is shaping up to be a billion‑dollar alternative to the UN. Invitations sent to world leaders offer three‑year seats—or permanent membership for those who pay $1B—on a body with a global mandate far beyond Gaza.

    • Thorry@feddit.orgEnglish
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      2 hours ago

      Well you got to show the countries they could be attacked at any moment, so they know paying for protection is worth while.

    • I_Jedi@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      5 hours ago

      I have come in peace. You need not fear me; I mean you no harm. However, it is important to note that most of you will not survive the next 24 hours. Those of you who do survive will be enslaved and experimented on. You should in no way take any of this personally. It’s just business. So, just to recap: I come in peace, I mean you no harm, and you all will die.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 hours ago

      It’s more like the trade federation from Star wars, a conglomerate of people using money power to sway international relations of governments. They were never about peace, but the are about taking what they want when they want

      • SlacksMcTavish@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        4 hours ago

        I was more thinking the Mars Attacks aliens who say “we come in peace” while gunning down everyone, starting with a literal peace dove

    • YappyMonotheist@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 hours ago

      It’s not like the other slogans weren’t spin or euphemisms either. Democracy means getting an American puppet in power, freedom means capital taking the reigns of the country, “fighting for your country” means simply colonizing others, etc etc.