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[–] 175 points 9 months ago (6 children)

The document describes a mechanism resembling the "purchase" of influence: standard membership in the Board of Peace is limited to three years and depends on the will of the chairman. This restriction is lifted for states that contribute more than US$1 billion in cash to the fund within the first year.

"Decisions would be taken by a majority, with each member state present getting one vote, but all would be subject to the chairman's approval," Bloomberg says.

Pay a billion to get a vote, and everyone gets a vote...

But trump can overrule any vote...

And he can kick anyone out that he wants, so if you ever go against his opinion of the moment, he'll kick you out.

Why the fuck would any country pay this?

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    He's going to play this whole game of doing military actions and stuff. Then people complain and he'll just say the decision was made in his board of peace. If you wanted something different, you had to be there and vote.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago

    I mean, to be real it'll be an invasion club.

    Join and pay up, and everyone votes that your invasion is for long-term stability and peace.

    Don't join up, and get labeled an aggressor for defending your own soverignity.

    If Russia, China, NK join up, it stops being a joking matter

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  • [–] 124 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    So a protection racket, in other words.

    Setup by the dollar store godfather wannabe

    Ever since trump got elected, the news has been either bizarre, devastating, hilarious, insane, removed, cringe, maddening....

    Can that heart attack come already? Come on, McDonald's hamburgers, do your job

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Absolutely fucking terrible protection racket if that's what it is.

    The US spends 7tn per year on government spending. Even if the entire UN ponied up a billion each, every year, that would be less than 200bn in additional revenue. Not nothing, but barely a fraction of the 5tn in tax revenue the US government takes in every year.

    That's like the mafia hitting you up for $50 a month.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Can that heart attack come already? Come on, McDonald’s hamburgers, do your job

    Can We the people wake the fuck up already and use the 2A to do a burger's job?

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  • [–] 107 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    ... oh my god this isn't an onion article.

    We are in hell.

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  • [–] 67 points 9 months ago

    "Bored of peace" coalition

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  • [–] 51 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Trump doesn't honor any agreement he signs,why would anyone be stupid enough to agree to this.

    He will just keep increasing the price.

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  • [–] 88 points 9 months ago* (6 children)

    Outside of the overt extortion for entry bit, how would this be any different than the current UN where the US unilaterally controls basically every decision or its consequences?

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  • [–] 99 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

    It's called the board of peace so we can assume it will be a global Mafia demanding protection money, and going to war whenever it's the more profitable outcome.

    The kind of group that should be nuked from orbit.

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  • [–] 41 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child)

    It’s his same old song. Tear down what already exists, then huck a new version of it out for the very low price of $19.84.

    I’m surprised he hasn’t added his name to the title of it yet.

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  • [–] 42 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Every pro Trumper I know also has a deep fear of the UN or some shadowy organisation controlling the world. Every conversation ended up with "Well at least he will take back power from the elites". Now Trump declares he wants to rule the world, and outlines their exact fears as his plan and they are silent. No comment. Why are people so stupid? And pathetically so. It not even hard to see how ridiculous this guy is, but people are still bowing down to it.

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  • [–] 39 points 9 months ago (7 children)
  • [+] -12 points 9 months ago* (6 children)

    The next 90 days will decide if the EU is a puppet state of the US.

    By the soldier count on Greenland right now, it's lookin kinda sus. They couldn't defend a movie theater rn.

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  • [–] 22 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Lol, tell me you don't understand posturing without telling me you don't understand posturing

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Any nation that joins this farcical board makes itself a vassal to the US. I kinda expect random small nations with low stakes in the UN to go for it, to suck up to tRump and try to curry favor. For them, becoming a vassal will be moving up in the world. But any self-respecting European nation needs to double down on its commitments to Europe.

    Who becomes chairman when trump leaves office? The next US president, a senior member of the board, or is it a position for life? Or is he so convinced that he'll never leave office that he didn't bother describing that in the charter?

    He's trying to make himself chancellor king of the world.

    Also Europe having a few dozen soldiers on Greenland is more of a deterrent. It says "you attack here, you're attacking all of us," and it also acts as an assurance to Denmark that the other nations will respond if something happens. Since Article 5 wouldn't apply if attacked by another NATO country...

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  • [–] 38 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Trump is a genius inventor: he keeps coming up with new ways to take bribes

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  • [–] 34 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    This guy has ruined satire news...

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  • [–] 33 points 9 months ago

    The words in the picture are wrong. It should be:
    I'm going to build my own UN with
    little children and more little children!

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  • [–] 30 points 9 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] 29 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    Can we start a go fund me to remove him from office since no one else with the power has the balls to do so?

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  • [–] 17 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Hire like a mercenary army to overthrow him?

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  • [–] 29 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Is he gonna give himself an award for this too?

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  • [–] 27 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

    Rimmer: United America? Who's that?

    Kryten: Well, at the end of the 23rd century, America attempted to bring peace to the world by asking every nation on Earth to sign a peace treaty.

    Any nation that refused, they invaded.

    Now, a war ensued that was called the War Against War. Those countries who went to war because they were so against war, they were prepared to go to war to fight in a war against war, called themselves United America.

    United America

    (Sorry can't find a better source)

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I was not prepared for how Craig Charles looked in that clip.

    But then I gave up on the show ages ago. The Series 6 finale was the end as far as I'm concerned.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child)

    That's what years of curry and lager in deep space does to you.

    Krytens skin is still young looking though.

    Seemingly Cat hasn't aged at all.

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  • [–] 26 points 9 months ago

    First one trump invited is ofcourse putin ... ???

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  • [–] 25 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Noice country ya have here, vary vary noice...would be a shame if someone invaded it....wunnit?

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  • [–] 22 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    It costs money to join the axis? This will break the future Hearts of Iron IX mechanics.

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  • [–] 21 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    The stupid thing about this is the US already has a disproportionate amount of influence in the UN. Greed is something that can't ever be satisfied.

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  • [–] 21 points 9 months ago

    A board of peace - after telling the Norwegian prime minister that he's not committed to peace anymore because he didn't get the peace price (and no, the PM doesn't control the peace price)

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  • [–] 20 points 9 months ago

    This isn't his own UN, this is just a blatant way to bribe Trump in the hopes that you'll get something out of it. Like all Trump cons the only ones who will be paying into this are suckers or people that already have leverage on Trump and can guarantee compliance (in which case this is just an extra money laundering step).

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  • [–] 20 points 9 months ago

    I can only assume it will be renamed the "Board of War" in six months

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  • [–] 38 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    On Friday, the White House presented the composition of "a founding Executive Board", consisting exclusively of figures loyal to Trump: his Middle East adviser Steve Witkoff, his son-in-law Jared Kushner, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former UK prime minister Tony Blair.

    It's astonishing how often Tony Blair manages to find new ways to be a massive fucking disappointment. It's like he's already concluded that he's going to hell for the whole Iraq thing so he'd may as well lean into it by being a huge cunt while he's alive.

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  • [–] 18 points 9 months ago
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    Well, after he got a Nobel Peace Prize, it makes sense that he moves onwards towards his next great wish: King Of The World.

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  • [–] 17 points 9 months ago

    Why can't they just make a Discord server for free instead??

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  • [–] 16 points 9 months ago

    He doesn't know how to spell, its meant to be "Bored of Peace"

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  • [–] 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    “War is Peace, y’all, now hand over that one BILLION or I’ll have to sic my most sycophantic Secretary of War upon your sorry backsides”

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    [–] 12 points 9 months ago

    Well, that’s one way to start the new Axis powers. The internal fascist structure could be a gamble (usually even other fascist leaders want to have more authority than deference), but I guess we’ll see how it goes.

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  • [–] 23 points 9 months ago

    A "Board of Peace" membership and a 100 Euro bill are worth 100 Euros combined.

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  • [–] 23 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    TL;DR: Trump decides to let countries pay him a billion dollars to join his own UN ripoff

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago*

    "I am a Nigerian Princess and I am going to start my own UN. If you decide to invest a billion dollars in it now, you are guaranteed to at least double your investment by the end of the year."

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago
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    The grift goes on.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    He’s such a fucking joke.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago

    I sure do love being an American (I don't)

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago

    Little like Trump University, but for peace.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago

    Board of peace has the same energy as ministry of truth

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  • [+] 8 points 9 months ago (1 child)
  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago

    "Board of Peace" tracks better than "Golden Dome". Good phrase donny. That'll make everyone forget about your pedophiliac degeneracy.

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