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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump is taking billions from defense and giving it to... who?
Who will be the recipient of the contracts to build the wall?
Trump is taking that money from the Department of Defense. It's taxpayer money, being diverted from national defense, to pay who?
Ask your senators and representatives this question.
TrishaJ
(797 posts)A large chunk of it will to into his pocket as kick backs from awarding the contracts.
yardwork
(61,418 posts)katmondoo
(6,454 posts)You are right Trisha
spanone
(135,637 posts)from February 2, 2019
Despite CNN reporting that several senior Senate Republicans and members of GOP leadership have raised serious concerns about the possibility of Trump bypassing Congress and using an emergency declaration to build his wall, the President's meeting with contractors shows that he is seriously considering doing so.
The White House declined to comment on the meeting. White House counsel Pat Cipollone was also present.
Trump came close to declaring an emergency after competing proposals to end the government shutdown both failed in the Senate at the end of January. But aides convinced him that waiting three weeks while a special committee of senators and representatives attempted to hash out a deal was a better idea. Then, if those congressional negotiators couldn't come up with an agreement that funded the wall, he could declare a national emergency.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-kushner-met-with-contractors-to-discuss-building-border-wall/ar-BBTd0pb
yardwork
(61,418 posts)Why is Trump so determined to build a steel fence instead of a concrete wall? Where is he planning to buy the steel?
Turbineguy
(37,212 posts)to realize their position if corruption is involved. Lots of people steal from the government, but there are no guarantees they won't get caught.
Windy City Charlie
(1,178 posts)I have no doubts he's promised someone kickback contracts. In the end, either A) the contractors will runaway with the money and no work will get done, or B) it'll be built so shoddy that people will be able to poke holes and walk through it.
suffragette
(12,232 posts)Chiyo-chichi
(3,564 posts)Roman Abramovich?
Putin?
https://crooksandliars.com/2018/12/guess-who-likely-profit-if-trump-gets-his
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,486 posts)Bet they were business buddies willing to skim and turn the money to him. Want to bet he is going to pocket hundreds of millions he owes Russians.
yardwork
(61,418 posts)Think about it. The president is robbing the Department of Defense and likely giving the money to a hostile foreign government.
Where is the outrage?
bdamomma
(63,658 posts)will go after his ass if he does this.
lark
(23,003 posts)That's who will get the immediate order for steel. Even if the courts stop his building, the steel will be ordered and he will have kept his word to the only one that matters to him almost as much as himself, his master - PUtin.
Windy City Charlie
(1,178 posts)It'll get stuck in the courts due to eminent domain. There's still cases from 10 to 15 years ago stuck in the courts. He knows it'll never get built and has had no intentions to. He's only looking at giving his base something to believe in, because they so badly fall for it each and everytime. It's a money grab and it's what it's always been.
yardwork
(61,418 posts)That's why they met in Helsinki, I'm guessing. Chump started pushing for the wall ever since then, and suddenly it was a "steel" wall, not bricks or concrete.
lark
(23,003 posts)In the entire world, they are the only ones making this type of steel and that's the exact kind Hair Furor says he has to have. The bill he signed had a clause that no construction would be permitted based on the plans (for Deripaska steel) submitted by orange assmouth.
duforsure
(11,882 posts)Or they wouldn't get the contract. Just like he and Jared probably got kickbacks from the Prince's arms sales to them, or a payoff from Turkey for policies .
Skraxx
(2,965 posts)Cha
(295,929 posts)I had forgotten the Puppet would be stealing money from the US treasury for himself to build his stupid wall.
It's like the Twilight Zone.. I can't wrap my head around it.
yardwork
(61,418 posts)I'm going to write to my Republican Senators.
Cha
(295,929 posts)Bettie
(15,998 posts)Russian oligarch who has a stake in that company that makes the steel slats. Nine billion dollars to the company, nothing ever delivered or built. That's my guess anyway.
bdamomma
(63,658 posts)going to pocket it himself. He has such disdain for the American people, plus he only thinks about himself.
spanone
(135,637 posts)He justifies all his insane policies in economic terms...
BSdetect
(8,989 posts)Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)It's an emergency, so there's no time for the normal bidding process.
lancelyons
(988 posts)KentuckyWoman
(6,666 posts)EVRAZ plc is a multinational vertically integrated steel making and mining company with headquarters in London, United Kingdom. It has operations mainly in Russia, but also in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Italy, Czech Republic, the United States, Canada and South Africa
Owner: Roman Abramovich
https://www.evraz.com/ (use the translator - it's in Russian)
BTW the google returns for this search are interesting.
How many shares of Evraz do the Trumps own?
HipChick
(25,485 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,112 posts)peggysue2
(10,811 posts)Besides the Russian steel owners, I read Erik Prince and Steve Bannon would really, really like a piece of the action. Privatizing the construction, dontcha know?
This is just another pool of money for the Trumpster to sink his dirty mitts into and feign innocence. If I wouldn't trust a man with a $20 bill, why would I trust him with Billions???
Grifters gotta grift.
kimbutgar
(20,882 posts)This money will be funneled to them as payback for rigging the election in the orange maggots favor.
I bet the intelligence agencies and the miltary know the maggot is a traitor but they have to bite their tongues and stand by helplessly while he turns our country over to Russia.