• Xaphanos@lemmy.world
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      Now everyone knows how weak we are and exactly how to get whatever they want from us.

      • evenglow@lemmy.world
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        Go look up how long it took Trump to call Xi after China hit the off button for rare earth metals.

      • IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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        Lol … most powerful military in history and all you have to do defeat it is … threaten to stop investing in them.

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      That’s ridiculous. Qatar holds like a billion or two in US Treasuries, which isn’t even a minute’s worth of trading volume. Japan, China, UK, all closer to a trillion, would be a serious threat. Even UAE at $100B. But Qatar?

      No, if anything this is payback for the nice airplane Qatar gave to “Trump Library.”

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      Tinfoil hat: the threat was just a ruse to provide plausible deniability. The actual reason they are allowed to establish an air base on US soil is because they gave Trump a $400M airplane.

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      Google AI (sorry) indicates this is a false story. “Reports of Qatar threatening to sell all its U.S. Treasury bonds are false. The rumor, which gained some traction in September 2025, appears to have stemmed from a misinterpretation of remarks made by a Qatari official.” I asked it, “did qatar threaten to sell all its us treasury bonds?”

    • 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      So you have a source? Because this would be amazing to have in a discussion with some maga idiots I know.

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      Is there a source on that? Not saying it’s not true I’m just having trouble finding anything atm