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Israel Kills 87 Palestinians in Gaza in Day After Ceasefire Deal Is Announced (truthout.org)

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This is the highest death toll in a day in nearly two weeks, one analysis found.

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[–] horse_battery_staple 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

He LOVES Saudi money so likely as not he'll push for giving the Saudis a contract to rebuild. Can't rebuild in a warzone, and if there's no buildings it's hard to justify the grift. So yeah, what you say makes sense. I hope for peace for Gaza.

[–] FlashMobOfOne 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Absolutely. Every single government deal made for the next two years is going to profit Trump personally to some extent. That's why he ran a second time, because there's no better way to monetize everything you do than being the president of the United States.

Hell, Obama makes a cool half a mil just for standing at a podium for 30 minutes and talking.

I say two because, historically, it's a near certainty that a president who enters office with Congress will lose control at the mid-terms. It happened to Clinton, Dubya, Obama, and Trump. Trump will have four years as POTUS, but only two of them with total power.